I didn’t intend to start an “is evil” series, but several readers asked me to explain why I mentioned that you should avoid get/set methods in last month’s column, “Why extends Is Evil.” Though getter ...

Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields, ...

Many object-oriented analysis (OOA) methods are now available for use in system analysis. The methods have many common essential features. For example, they build analysis models for systems and ...

A new article presents step-by-step protocols for creating publishable 2D and 3D visualizations. The techniques will allow anyone to produce high-quality images and models with minimal effort and cost ...

Although scientists have been able to levitate specific types of material, a pair of UChicago undergraduate physics students helped take the science to a new level. Third-year Frankie Fung and ...

In addition to the mechanics of lifting and grabbing, we felt it was important to explore other forms of feedback that could help convey an object’s weight. This manifested in two forms: visual and ...

The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one competitive interest comprises maximizing a profit of the entity provider and minimizing an interest rate associated with the software object, or ...