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Untangling coiled cables – MIT News

Engineers at MIT, along with computer scientists at Columbia University, have developed a method that predicts the pattern of coils and tangles that a cable may form when deployed onto a rigid surface. (Learn more about the method: http://bit.ly/1BDn5sh)

The research combined laboratory experiments with custom-designed cables, computer-graphics technology used to animate hair in movies, and theoretical analyses.

Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News
Coiling experiment videos: Jawed, Da, Grinspun & Reis
Animated hair simulation: Weta Digital

Music sampled from “Casual Graphic Designer” by Bacalao
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