Blurring is a commonly used visual effect when digitally editing photos and videos. One of the most common blurs used in these fields is the Gaussian blur. You may have used this tool thousands of … ...

Description: Dimensions: d The Gaussian Peak family of functions is quickly integrated analytically, to high precision. In its two-dimensional form, as shown in the plot above, the function shows a ...

I’m not sure which is more flattering: someone getting the Gaussian copula function tattooed across his arm , or Donald MacKenzie titling his latest paper after my Wired story on that function.

If you had asked us yesterday “How do you 3D Print a Photo”, we would have said “well, that’s easy, do a lithophane”– but artist, hacker and man with a very rela… ...