Agenda for DTS Meeting, 9 Jun 05 ================================= Schedule Picnic plans for 17th: I wrote to Nick Horton June 2005 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NSF 16-17; 17th Duc's last day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AWIS 23-24 26 27 28 29 30 1 Last (half) day Admin Table & room reorganization Patricia Cahn poster -> Rm 209 Purchase floor fan for Mc403A to move hot air out of room Web pages Lots of updates installed PROJECTS 3D Printing & Geometric Models ============================== daVinci Polyhedra, continuing Universal joints: re-designed? Print run Friday? D-Forms ======= convex + straight + straight: Finally proved! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THEOREM If two rectangles of paper are glued along a common edge to form a smooth curve gamma in space, such that the resulting object is convex, then, if gamma is creased, then gamma is a straight segment in 3D. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attempt to write down proof Then onward! to: convex + straight + curved Curved origami of Huffman NYTimes article? Published paper in journal? Faith model Knight's Visor ============== Image of Knight's Visor "Close helmet" [attached] Pop-Up Books ============ POV-ray animations Stitching together images to animated GIF ... => MPEG? Medial plane rotating through cone rim traces out a circle Protein Folding =============== Models for next run: Sphere model Backbones Interlocked Chains ================== New dowels & eyelets purchased, construction under way