Moshpit Simulator

Apparently, moshpits and heated gas molecules have a lot in common. Play with the controls on the flocking simulator to get different levels of chaos.
From: http://mattbierbaum.github.com/moshpits.js/
Listen to the news story about the science behind the simulator on NPR.

Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity

http://www.ted.com Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data -- and at times vast numbers of people -- and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines tracing airline flights to landscapes of cell phone data, from a Johnny Cash video assembled from crowd-sourced drawings to the "Wilderness Downtown" video that customizes for the user, his works brilliantly explore how modern technology can make us more human.

Interactive swarm software

Most of the text from this interactive application is it Japanese, so I have no idea what it is saying. I do know that it is amazingly hypnotic to watch. I've taken quite a few screenshots of it and I'll bet that at least a few of these random compositions will make their way into my paintings...

forked from: 重力マウス（ちょっぴり軽量化してみた） - wonderfl build flash online

Fluid Fire Simulation

This is a pretty cool user-interactive software... I am not so interested in the fire aspect of it as I am the fluid. It's fun to play with.
http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_fire_3/index.html

Line Drawing in Three Dimesnsions

This is so cool...I have never seen anything quite like it. I've seen the 3D CAD programs, but this is capable of a much more "hand drawn" feel, whereas those programs are geared toward a more exacting engineering or architectural approach. This is almost like creating a wire sculpture in virtual space. I would love to get my hands on this software and see how it works. It doesn't seem that difficult once you get the hang of moving the object around and understanding the dimensionality of the lines you are creating.

Great choice of music as well.

http://rhondaforever.com/