Commands such as input() or pause() have not worked in the GNU Octave module previously. When these commands were executed, the script simply stopped on the server and waited for human assistance. Of course there was no one to press the button. Getting over this required quite some work! Now, whenever the input() command is
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NCLab 0.9.4 Released
We are excited to announce that NCLab was upgraded to version 0.9.4! Here is a brief overview of the most important changes: A major improvement is the upgrade of the underlying windows library from Ext JS 4.1 to Ext JS 4.2. This required a huge number of changes across the entire platform. Most of
New Plotting Module
Advanced plotting based on Pylab and Matplotlib has been available in NCLab since long time ago, but it was never really exposed to the user (this is a generic problem we have and we are gradually improving it). The new module makes it possible to plot polylines, polygons, functions of one and two variables, planar
Amazing Karel Program
With this simple 13-lines program, the robot will measure the length of an arbitrarily complicated wall: Author: NCLab Team, for tomorrow’s NCLab workshop at Virginia City Middle School.
3D Clock Model
This beautiful 3D model of a clock was created by Eric Duong (Dilworth MS, Reno, NV). If you want to look at the example in more detail, or use it as a basis for your own 3D design, download it from NCLab’s public database. The database is accessible through the File manager’s File menu. In
Karel Fans, We Dare You!
Karel is hunting for the legendary Treasure of the Pharaoh’s. He is almost there – one last deadly trap awaits him! He stands in complete darkness, at the cross-section of four tunnels. He is facing a random direction – either North, West, South or East. He knows that the West tunnel leads to the treasure
NCLab 0.9.3 Released
NCLab was just updated! Your may experience temporary problems caused by your browser’s cache. Please empty your browser’s cache (“clear browsing data”) or press F5 several times. After that, NCLab should behave normally. New Features and Improvements – Newly created accounts require email activation. – File system revamped. It is now more stable and faster. – Available
NCLab Summer Camp 2013
NEW: The Summer Camp is just days away. Please read updated information here. On August 7 and 8, 2013 we will welcome 50 K-12 students to UNR College of Science for the 2013 NCLab Programming and 3D CAD Design Summer Camp. The Summer Camp is open to all K-12 students and homeschoolers. Complete beginners as
First K-12 School Outside Nevada Partners with NCLab!
Westminster Schools of Augusta (GA) is a private institution with rich tradition of excellence in academics and arts. Computer Science teacher Craig Ham at WSA says “I’ve been very impressed with what I saw in NCLab and know its been promoted by the CSTA. We want to use NCLab primarily for 3D design and introductory
NCLab Donates Chromebooks to Dilworth STEM Academy in Reno
The Dilworth STEM Academy middle school in Reno was one of the first K-12 schools to partner with the NCLab project. There are more students that want to use NCLab than computers available. Therefore we decided to donate some Samsung Chromebooks to the school. Supporting K-12 schools that use NCLab, as well as open source