Speaking of non-traditional applications of Gamma... In the 3d printing world, we have a filament of PLA (corn based plastic) with wood dust mixed in the plast

Speaking of non-traditional applications of Gamma... In the 3d printing world, we have a filament of PLA (corn based plastic) with wood dust mixed in the plastic, of around 20%. This gives a filament that feels, machines, and colors like wood. And if you extrude at varying temps, you can give the part lighter or darker colors (darkness dependant on higher temp). I can almost guarantee that there's no gamma correction, let alone darkness calculation, being done for filaments like that. And it would follow an inverse power distribution - the more heat, the higher the power and the lower the final energy result (burnt = lower potential energy in wood). So yeah, even if you don't do graphics, it still applies. Damn...