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Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
@nervousjesse.bsky.social
Cofounder and Chief Science Officer at Nervous System. Computational designer interested in geometry, fabrication and simulation. Also jigsaw puzzles, ultimate frisbee, and ceramics

https://nervo.us
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ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!

this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I have no idea if anyone does these puzzles but we've been a bit delinquent on posting new Flummoxagon puzzles. I just posted 2. Please let me know if you try them

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
Nervous System | flummoxagon
Nervous System is a design studio that works at the intersection of science, art, and technology. We create using a novel process that employs computer simulation to generate designs and digital fabri...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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"dad why did you name me Lissa"
"so that your life will be colorful like the decorator crab Lissa chiragra, darling"

"why is my little sibling called Lybia"
"so that they grow up cheerful like the pom pom crab Lybia tesselata"

see, this conversation works
June 16, 2023 at 6:35 AM
A neat project from John Hart. SLA printing with dissolvable supports using a resin with different properties when exposed to different wavelengths of light #scf
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Radiolaria are microscopic unicellular sea creatures that create skeletons from silica. Their skeletons are among the most beautiful and complex natural microstructures, resembling elaborate filigree. blog post: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9861
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tomohiro Tachi presenting at SCF with his classic Origamizer
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I just uploaded this week's Flummoxagon puzzles. I _may_ have made the expert level one a little too hard. Let me know!

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I posted our second set of "weekly" Flummoxagon puzzles. For now, we're doing this completely manually. These 2 puzzles focus on the 2-hex piece. The small pieces tend to be tricky because they can fit anywhere, so we didn't include them in any of our initial puzzles

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
Nervous System | flummoxagon
Nervous System is a design studio that works at the intersection of science, art, and technology. We create using a novel process that employs computer simulation to generate designs and digital fabri...
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We have finally caught up on our initial Flummoxagon orders! The last ones are shipping today, and we have some in stock for immediate shipment. Has anyone received theirs yet? If so, how many scenarios have you done?

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...
Nervous System | Shop | Flummoxagon
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'll be presenting at the Symposium for Computational Fabrication in Cambridge, MA November 20-21. If you're in town and want to meet up, let me know

scf.acm.org/2025/

Oh hey, look what's that on the front page?
scf.acm.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We have finally released our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon! We've done more tweaking and playtesting on this than any other puzzle, and I think we've managed to make a unique and addictive game. It's turned into something completely different from our original idea

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
Meet the Flummoxagon
We’re excited to announce Flummoxagon, a new geometric puzzle game that might just leave you flummoxed. Imagine a mash-up of Pentominoes and Sudoku. Your goal is to fit all the pieces into the hexa…
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have finally released our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon! We've done more tweaking and playtesting on this than any other puzzle, and I think we've managed to make a unique and addictive game. It's turned into something completely different from our original idea

n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
Meet the Flummoxagon
We’re excited to announce Flummoxagon, a new geometric puzzle game that might just leave you flummoxed. Imagine a mash-up of Pentominoes and Sudoku. Your goal is to fit all the pieces into the hexa…
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Meet the Flummoxagon, a new geometric puzzle game that might just leave you flummoxed. Imagine a mash-up of Pentominoes and Sudoku. Your goal is to fit all the pieces into the hexagon frame but there’s a twist, pieces of the same color can’t touch. n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
October 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Younger daughter & I are sorting our fossil
collection with a late breakfast of ammonite pancakes 🐚🌀
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Join us tonight for a unique puzzle stream at 8:30 EST where we will be introducing our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon

twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us tonight for a unique puzzle stream at 8:30 EST where we will be introducing our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon

twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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We just added a puzzle frame option to our website for folks who want to preserve and showcase their puzzles n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...
October 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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🦠Watch Peter Whidden's first public talk on Mote: an interactive ecosystem simulation!

Mote uses a custom GPU-based physics engine to model hundreds of thousands of organisms, leading to fascinating emergent phenomena: a sandbox that is part game, part research.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju0...
Localhost: Peter Whidden's Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation
YouTube video by Recurse Center
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August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Tonight starting around 8:30pm EST we'll be streaming our new Flummoxagon puzzle! join us on Twitch as explore strategies for solving these puzzles www.twitch.tv/nervouspuzzles
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I realized we hadn't updated our headshots in over a decade. It felt fitting to take new photos inside our own work (also featuring @nervousjesse.bsky.social @nervo.us)
October 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We had a wonderful workshop building gyroids with students at Auburn University. It turns out the desire to wear a gyroid is universal
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Reminds me of the murmuration of starlings.
September 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Always gratifying to see my art at the airport. Off to speak at Auburn University for the Day of Design
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been play testing our new puzzle which is _NOT_ a jigsaw puzzle. It’s been super fun. How long do you think should an easy puzzle take? What should each one of these sets of tiles be called? Internally we’ve been calling them scenarios but also considered “board” or just “puzzle”
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Word of the day: boletinoid
Mushrooms having a structure intermediate between gills and pores. As seen in this ash-tree bolete. (I love these) #fungifriends
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM