In this episode of the podcast I continue where I left off last time, but this time it's about making the first connection between the nuance engine and something else. Needless to say, the first thing that deserves trying is to somehow get the nuance engine to build tensegrities! I discuss the approach that seems to make the most sense.

Also, it appears to be possible to set up an applet that uses OpenGL via JOGL without having to use Java Webstart. The nice thing about applets is that they just sit there on a web page, rather than you having to launch them. (..and ever since browsers started storing JNLP files instead of just using them to launch and keeping them hidden, Webstart has become a slightly dirty process, leaving droppings behind). Next version should be an applet with a text field for you to type binary numbers 0101010010101010, which are used as genotypes to generate tensegrity phenotypes.

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