Top "Physics" questions

Refers to real-world physics.

Heap space out of memory

My application currently consumes quite a lot of memory because it is running physics simulations. The issue is that consistently, …

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Ball to Ball Collision - Detection and Handling

With the help of the Stack Overflow community I've written a pretty basic-but fun physics simulator. You click and drag …

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Unity 2d jumping script

Does anyone have a good jumping script for 2d games in unity? The code I have works but still is …

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Android accelerometer accuracy (Inertial navigation)

I was looking into implementing an Inertial Navigation System for an Android phone, which I realise is hard given the …

android physics accelerometer acceleration calibration
Units of a Fourier Transform (FFT) when doing Spectral Analysis of a Signal

My question has to do with the physical meaning of the results of doing a spectral analysis of a signal, …

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How to calculate bounce angle?

I played around with it for a while, but I simply can't figure it out. I made a tank that …

c# xna physics
Cosmic Rays: what is the probability they will affect a program?

Once again I was in a design review, and encountered the claim that the probability of a particular scenario was "…

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Calculate the position of an accelerating body after a certain time

How do I calculate the position of an accelerating body (e.g. a car) after a certain time (e.g. 1 …

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Meaning of "LSB/Unit" and "Unit/LSB"

At the moment I'm playing with the LSM303DLHC accelerometer/magnetometer/thermometer. This is its datasheet: http://www.st.com/…

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How can I get the direction of movement using an accelerometer?

I'm developing a Android application and I would like to know if is possible detect the direction of movement with …

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