Palaeontologist: Dinosaur Footprints – Biomechanics – Simulation
This is a re-post of a document I placed on Academia.edu a few years ago. In fact, that academia paper has sat in Academia.edu's top 0.5% of papers in terms of views for some time. However, I'm reposting for two reasons: 1. Academia.edu have added so many 'premium' (i.e. costly) features that I'd like it... Continue Reading →
Ok, this isn’t really necessary, but I’m posting it for completeness sake as part of an upcoming blog post. This will just give you a quick rundown on how wiz through Agisoft’s Photoscan and generate a model. If you’d like a more in-depth piece, I suggest Heinrich Mallison and Oliver Wing’s paper in Journal of... Continue Reading →
The recent update for Windows 10 enabled a feature that I’m sure has gone unnoticed by many: You can now install a native linux terminal in Windows. Who cares? I hear you ask. Well, I’ll be writing up guides on some open source software soon, and using Bash on Windows 10 is waaaaay easier than... Continue Reading →
**update 21/2/19: Not only has Dremel moved to a waaay better slicing software (based on Cura), but the latest firmware (v1.5, 20180611) has enabled standard *.gcode support for the 3D20 model. Finally...** Last year I got hold of a Dremel Idea Builder 3D printer. It’s been great, and I’ve been able to print a... Continue Reading →
I've been struggling to find the time to get blog posts out recently. Luckily, I have a morning to do just that! Sauropod tracks First up, we have 'Digit-only sauropod pes trackways from China – evidence of swimming or a preservational phenomenon?' by Lida Xing and a number of colleagues including myself, published in Nature Scientific... Continue Reading →
New paper out today in Biology Letters led by Chris Basu and with John Hutchinson, both from the Royal Vet College. Sivatherium is an extinct Giraffid from the Plio-Pleistocene boundary (~2.5 million years ago), found near the foothills of what is today (and indeed basically was then…) the Himalayas. It’s an interesting beasty that has... Continue Reading →
For a moment there, between 2012 and 2015, there was a glorious time where it all came together for me. I took to windows 8.1 immediately – it’s the first operating system I’ve ever bought outside of a new computer. I had it on my home computer, my work computer, and my phone. Settings and... Continue Reading →
I've uploaded a couple more datasets to the neoichnology section. Welly Impression Not a lot to say here, human foot, wearing a wellington boot, in mud. I recorded this for making a guide (which may appear soon), and thought I may as well upload it and add to the collection. Horse footprints and raindrop... Continue Reading →
New paper in Proc B on Cambrian Echinoderm Hydrodynamics
A few words on the design of the SVPCA 2016 logo.
Prof. Peter L. Falkingham 