Voting is open for the first individual prize to be awarded as part of the Möbius App Challenge.  The winner will receive a MacBook Air! 

Here are the finalist Apps:

• Wind Turbine Calculations
• The Cosmic Travel Planner

An update to Maple 17 is now available. Maple 17.01 includes improvements to the mathematics, interface, and plotting capabilities of Maple, including:

• An expansion of the  video component to provide new start/stop time index controls and audio file support, as well as improved ability to play video files from a URL
• Extended MATLAB® connectivity to include MATLAB® R2013a
• Improvements to printing and resizing code edit regions

We have just released a new, more powerful version of the Maple Global Optimization Toolbox.  

For this new release, Maplesoft has partnered with Noesis Solutions to develop a new version of the Maple Global Optimization Toolbox that is powered by Optimus technology. Optimus, from Noesis Solutions, is a platform for simulation process integration and design optimization that includes powerful optimization algorithms. This advanced technology is now available...

Just wanted to let everyone know that the fix provided for the plotting problem discussed here is now available as a Maple 16.02a update.  This update will be available through Check for Updates and through the Maple 16.02a download page.

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MapleSim 6.1 is now available.  MapleSim 6.1 provides improved performance, more tools for programmatic analysis and custom components, connectivity enhancements, and more.  Here’s a sampling:

• For all models, the model pre-processing phase is more efficient, so your simulation results appear sooner.
• New API commands make it easier to analyze the parameters in your model programmatically. These commands can take advantage of the full...