Kaleidocycle Möbius strip 3π
Made from Teak wood this kinetic mechanism topologically resembles 3π Möbius strip though it has no solid surface. 9 hinges are connecting 9 identical links creating mechanism with one degree of freedom - rotation about neutral line of Möbius strip. Research of this type of mechanisms was presented to National Academy of Science by Johannes Schönke and Eliot Fried. As for any Möbius strip you can follow surface of the strip with the finger and find out that it is possible to visit any point on this figure without crossing the edge. The same with following the edge: any point on the edge is accessible without crossing the surface. Möbius strips are studied by mathematicians since 1858 and is widely publicized now. Where Möbius strip designation 3π came from read here.
This toy made from warm, polished wood and is a joy to handle supplementing analytical effort of your mind.
Author’s logo engraved on the surface.Overall size of this figure: 70 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm.
Made from Teak wood this kinetic mechanism topologically resembles 3π Möbius strip though it has no solid surface. 9 hinges are connecting 9 identical links creating mechanism with one degree of freedom - rotation about neutral line of Möbius strip. Research of this type of mechanisms was presented to National Academy of Science by Johannes Schönke and Eliot Fried. As for any Möbius strip you can follow surface of the strip with the finger and find out that it is possible to visit any point on this figure without crossing the edge. The same with following the edge: any point on the edge is accessible without crossing the surface. Möbius strips are studied by mathematicians since 1858 and is widely publicized now. Where Möbius strip designation 3π came from read here.
This toy made from warm, polished wood and is a joy to handle supplementing analytical effort of your mind.
Author’s logo engraved on the surface.Overall size of this figure: 70 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm.
Made from Teak wood this kinetic mechanism topologically resembles 3π Möbius strip though it has no solid surface. 9 hinges are connecting 9 identical links creating mechanism with one degree of freedom - rotation about neutral line of Möbius strip. Research of this type of mechanisms was presented to National Academy of Science by Johannes Schönke and Eliot Fried. As for any Möbius strip you can follow surface of the strip with the finger and find out that it is possible to visit any point on this figure without crossing the edge. The same with following the edge: any point on the edge is accessible without crossing the surface. Möbius strips are studied by mathematicians since 1858 and is widely publicized now. Where Möbius strip designation 3π came from read here.
This toy made from warm, polished wood and is a joy to handle supplementing analytical effort of your mind.
Author’s logo engraved on the surface.Overall size of this figure: 70 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm.