Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Geometry Links - November 4, 2020

 Triple axis watch tourbillon

https://www.royist.com/horology/the-mbf-legacy-machine-thunderdome-jointly-signed-by-eric-coudray-and-kari-voutilainen/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/fashion/watches-tourbillon-eric-coudray.html

Sisyphus Table - kinetic sand art
https://sisyphus-industries.com
https://boingboing.net/2020/10/16/sisyphus-tables-create-shifting-mathematical-sand-patterns.html

Jennifer Townley - mechanical and geometric art
http://www.jennifertownley.com
https://www.instagram.com/jennifertownleyart/
https://www.core77.com/posts/102331/Jennifer-Townleys-Mesmerizing-Mechanical-Sculptures

Anyons - bosons, fermions, and now anyons
https://www.quantamagazine.org/milestone-evidence-for-anyons-a-third-kingdom-of-particles-20200512/

Dave Blair’s video feedback kinetic sculpture
https://youtu.be/wMeV98BHLVE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvC7-_psQKJf31YpfnVlPQ

Scott Darby’s projects - programmer and sound designer
https://scottdarby.com/#projects

Simple software for complex wooden joints based upon Japanese carpentry traditions
http://ma-la.com/tsugite.html
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00138.html

PORTALS & CRYSTALS at Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas - Crystals In Art Exhibit 2019
https://youtu.be/9GHvMEtdug4

Fire ant paintings
https://horacesnature.com/2019/05/20/fire-ball-ants-painting/

3D Solar Panel Design Increases Light Absorption By 125%
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3d-solar-panel-design-increases-light-absorption-by-125pt/
Editorial Comment:  It takes about a decade to go from lab to the marketplace, if the lab development ever makes it that far, so pace your expectations
Light trapping in solar cells: simple design rules to maximize absorption - scientific paper
https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-7-10-1377&id=440926
Editorial Comment:  The design described reminds me of a Peano curve (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_curve) which I’ve seen suggested for a heat transfer system

Daniel Garber - sculpture and painting
https://wizardgarber.wixsite.com/wizardslair-1/emotional
https://wizardgarber.wixsite.com/wizardslair-1/landscapes
hat tip to Tom “Blue” Newell

Conservation of angular momentum demonstrated with a Hoberman sphere
https://youtu.be/64t-dVtDwkQ
hat tip to Karl Thidemann