New Shape! Gomboc |
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02.03.2007
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Mono-monotastic! In an attempt to explain the self-righting skills of beetles and turtles, two Hungarian mathematicians have developed a new shape labelled the ‘Gomboc’. The artificial three-dimensional form with one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium is beautifully described as ‘mono-monostatic’ (a convex, homogeneous body with fewer than four equilibria). The shape recently made the cover of The Mathematical Intelligencer, an honour once also accorded in the 1970s to another Hungarian shape: Erno Rubik's cube-shaped puzzle. |
Let's see if Adobe manages to equip Illustrator CS3's palette with a Gomboc tool in time. Man-made shape explains how turtles self-right Reuters Gomboc Wikipedia Some amazing Mathematical Intelligencer covers Google Image Search |
Gábor Domokos, head of the department of Mechanics and Materials and Structures at Budapest's Technical University, shows his invention "Gomboc" mono-monostatic body. (Reuters)
The Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 28, Number 4, 2006
The mono-monostatic Gomboc shape (Wikipedia)
it is 900 euros for that piece of shit
Posted by smartman
17:36 / 02/01/2008
17:36 / 02/01/2008
i was talking to some fyshicists and it turns out tha thing will boil down to a few equations describing it shape. does any one know where i can get those?
Posted by andy
15:17 / 25/02/2008
15:17 / 25/02/2008
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