“When are we ever going to use this?”
February 10th, 2007Saw this article via Slashdot: a researcher has developed mathmatical equations to describe the motion of fluids that appear to be more accurate than those currently being used. What fields does this impact? Animation and video games.
The next time your math or science students ask “When are we ever going to use this?” you can respond with “How many of you would like to design video games?” and then tell them about this article.
One of the interesting things about technology is that it is creating jobs that actually have a use for all the stuff we learned in school. 