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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [X-POST] KDE and Google Code-In 2010 -- we need Ideas!
From:       Lydia Pintscher <lydia.pintscher () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-10-27 5:40:36
Message-ID: AANLkTim8=Z+2uPgDjkA2MEZannz4sxFSW7LOqrS0bYt6 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 06:57, todd rme <toddrme2178@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some possibilities (some may be too easy or too hard:
>
> Additional measurement units for qalculate or some other KDE-related unit
> convertor.
>
> Physics demonstrations from your textbook in step
>
> Recreate a certain number of the orbit simulations from the following
> website in step: http://burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/
>
> Implement an additional dictionary backend in the dictionary plasma widget
> (may be too difficult)
>
> A cantor worksheet implementing all of the equations from one chapter in an
> algebra-1 or above textbook
>
> A plasma implementation of the Antikythera mechanism
>
> Implement either collision detection between balls (if this is even
> possible), random brownian motion in individual balls, realistic bouncing of
> non-circular balls, or deformation on bouncing for the plasma bouncy ball
>
> Implement a realistic real-time solar system map, to scale, with zooming, in
> plasma
>
> Reimpliment the NASA JPL Asteroid Watch Widget in plasma:
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/download.cfm
>
> Implement a new screensaver or plasma wallpaper based on a science or math
> principle.  This could include porting one of the many science or
> math-oriented screensaver to a plasma wallpaper, or making a new one from
> scratch
>
> Extend the plasma calculator to include a scientific, statistic, or numeral
> system mode with all of the functions in the corresponding mode from kcalc.
>
> Implement one of the alternative period table layouts in kalzium.  See here
> for a list: http://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook/35_pt/pt_database.php

If anyone thinks these tasks are doable by a 13 to 18 year old student
and wants to mentor them please add them to the wiki asap.


Cheers
Lydia

-- 
Lydia Pintscher
Amarok community manager
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