If you’ve ever dealt with orbital mechanics or sophisticated computer graphics, you’ve probably run across the math term quaternions. [Anyleaf] has a guide to the practical use of this math concept ...

Plotting three Euler angles using an RGB color scheme is the best way of generating an orientation map, which is normally referred to as a Euler map (Figure 1). Figure 1. Euler angle coloring ...

Have you, dear reader, ever needed to plot the position of a swimming pool noodle in 3D and in real time? Of course you have, and today, you’re in luck! I’ve compiled together a solution that’s sure ...