Our first AI generated pick: Double Pendulum Chaos Explorer

Posted by Mike Croucher, January 16, 2026

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Mike's pick this week is Double Pendulum Chaos Explorer (AI built) by Duncan Carlsmith.

Today's pick is interesting from at least two points of view; the first of which is the fact that it provides an easy to use application to explore the dynamics of double pendulums. Release two double pendulums from almost, but not quite, identical starting positions and soon they are moving in completely different patterns. With five, things get crazy really fast! It's a classic demonstration of chaos theory. 

The second reason why today's pick is interesting is how it was developed. Duncan has been experimenting with various AI tools such as Claude Desktop and MATLAB MCP Core Server. He has been discussing his experiments over at the MATLAB Central Generative AI discussion forum. The story behind this particular application is at Double Pendulum Chaos Explorer: From HTML5 Prototype to MATLAB interactive application with AI.