Geometry Links - November 13, 2018

Hypercube -  a hi-tech work of art that simulates the appearance of a near infinite amount of light and space, contained within the finite volume of a sleek and futuristic frame
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperspacelighting/the-hypercube

Neolithic geometric cave markings the beginning of written language?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230990-700-in-search-of-the-very-first-coded-symbols/

Nuclear pasta - the hardest known substance in the universe
https://scitechdaily.com/the-hardest-known-substance-in-the-universe-nuclear-pasta/
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.132701

The Great Pyramid of Giza can focus electromagnetic energy at resonant wavelengths. Physicists now to copy the structure at nanoscale for solar and other application.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-can-focus-electromagnetic-energy/
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5026556

Quantum network architecture and teleportation through a quantum gate
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-demonstrate-teleportation-of-a-quantum-gate/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0470-y

Modular canopy reconfigurable by drone
https://vimeo.com/265752944

Stabilimentum or web decoration by some species of spiders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_decoration
https://www.treehugger.com/animals/these-spiders-mysteriously-decorate-their-webs-photos.html

Noah Deledda’s aluminum can sculptures
https://youtu.be/tilw2vZYPLM
https://www.instagram.com/noahdeledda/

Triply Ambiguous Object - 2018 optical illusion of the year
https://youtu.be/iA5zBZB2dng

Op art book covers animated
https://vimeo.com/297671782

The shape of a symmetrical wormhole
https://scitechdaily.com/physicist-details-the-shape-of-a-symmetrical-wormhole/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931830563X?via%3Dihub

Music Animation Machine
http://www.youtube.com/user/smalin
https://www.youtube.com/user/smalin/videos
http://www.musanim.com/watch_mam.html

Geometry Links - October 7, 2018

Tyler Thrasher’s crystallized art
http://www.tylerthrasher.com/crystallized/
https://www.instagram.com/tylerthrasherart/
hat tip to Bethany Leach Parmley

Alice Potts’ crystal projects using body fluids
http://www.projects.alicepotts.com/
https://www.instagram.com/alicenapotts/
Editorial Comment:  Do I detect a trend?

Japanese “mon” designs
https://www.facebook.com/NHKten5/videos/423021054858673/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

Carlo Sequin talks through platonic solids and regular polytopes in higher dimensions
https://youtu.be/2s4TqVAbfz4
Extra footage (Hypernom):  https://youtu.be/unC0Y3kv0Yk
More videos with with Carlo:  http://bit.ly/carlo_videos
hat tip to Werner Grundl

Hungarian shamanic paintings by Joska Soos
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/soosentities.htm
much more at http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/soosintro.htm

Julian Voss-Andreae - disappearing statues and more
http://julianvossandreae.com/works/

Algorithmic art
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/21/17761424/ai-algorithm-art-machine-vision-perception-tom-white-treachery-imagenet

Medieval fantasy city generator
https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator

Hydrophytes - 3D designed plants for the future, a Master’s thesis by Nicole Hone
https://vimeo.com/286637303
http://nicolehone.com
https://www.treehugger.com/culture/4d-printed-hydrophytes-nicole-hone.html

7-Directional Space Filling Polyhedra from JJKostick
https://sketchfab.com/models/d0f61c7e6f52481ba646b95a58bab4be
https://sketchfab.com/jjkostick

Deployable, three-dimensional (3D) origami-based solar steam generator capable of near full utilization of solar energy using Miura-ori tessellations
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b07150
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/24/origami-design-boosts-efficiency-of-solar-water-purifier/

Wooden Ellipse Jig
https://youtu.be/i8ktMxuJhEw

Geometry Links - August 14, 2018

Octonian Math and Fundamental Physics

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/

Soma Cube - 3D puzzle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_cube

Ambigrams - playing with the form of words

https://youtu.be/JyD6b9ww-1I

Anni Albers Notebook 1970-1980 - her only known notebook of fascinating weaving patterns and designs

https://davidzwirnerbooks.com/product/anni-albers-notebook-19701980

Esteban Diacono - "Animation experiments and small pictures of great moments"

https://www.instagram.com/_estebandiacono/

http://www.estebandiacono.com

Gary Doskas - magnetic modules for a regular geometric modeling system

https://youtu.be/MMvQXXBEiIw

https://youtu.be/o-grCOvaZbk

https://youtu.be/1qclsDvad3o

https://youtu.be/36-dHmJ_Q9g

https://youtu.be/1b5Crlj0MaQ

Editorial Comment:  This is incredibly beautiful and useful work.  Gary Doskas has done something marvelous and (naturally) magical.

PS:  Gary is trying to identify this shape which contains 4 overlapping rhombic dodecahedra

https://youtu.be/v0yBmNk9wzY

If you recognize it, please contact Gary Doskas or me so that I can refer the information to him.  I already pointed him to George Hart’s Encyclopedia of Polyhedra:  

http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html

Scutoid

https://www.livescience.com/63207-scutoid-new-shape-nature.html

Disney Research on Mechanical Characterization of Structured Sheet Materials or Isohedral Tessellations

https://youtu.be/Fbqn-swwf-Q

https://www.core77.com/posts/79064/Need-to-3D-Print-a-Pattern-That-Behaves-in-a-Certain-Way-Under-Force-Check-This-Out

Theo Jansen’s 2018 Strandbeests

https://youtu.be/On8v-Wr3XxU

BBC on Jansen’s collaboration with NASA

https://youtu.be/cmfEDpP9lzk

Origami hand made from paper

https://youtu.be/llLuy57cLKQ

Kagkatikas Secret - transforming a Greek ruin on Paxos

https://vimeo.com/281782224

Flickering Lights

https://vimeo.com/253586552

from https://quintessenz.art

Chladni patterns in color

https://youtu.be/a7Zr6jqz3Vs

Dogs herding sheep

https://youtu.be/H1LYXooK7dk

Geometry Links - July 24, 2018

Louis Henry Sullivan's System of Architectural Ornament is a beautiful book by a pioneering architect
https://www.pinterest.com/gilesphillips/louis-sullivan-system-of-architectural-ornament/

Laslit Supernova shape-shifting chandelier

https://youtu.be/6dkM-_och1Q

Mary Wagner’s spirographic drawings

https://www.marywagner.com

https://www.instagram.com/marywagnerinc/

BlocksCAD - “use coding, math, & design to create 3D models.  Best for 3rd - 10th grade."

http://BlocksCAD3d.com

John Kostick:  "These are some models of interesting but not very well known space filling arrays that I've been working on rendering.  Some of this goes back 50 years or so, some is more recent."
https://sketchfab.com/models/8fb95f8e5cfb4ff8b5f7b2915881140a
https://sketchfab.com/models/79704820cbde4b7189cd9d6d42473e40
https://sketchfab.com/models/57bf4aef7d4d4099b99d62635dc02a13

Telemetron - a dodecahedral musical instrument designed for zero gravity

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/594m95/the-telemetron-is-a-post-earth-musical-instrument-designed-for-zero-gravity

2-D 3-D art by Aakash Nihalani

http://www.aakashnihalani.com

Balancing Act - currently on Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway

https://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/public-art/currently-greenway/aakash-nihalani/

A twitter bot creating a random 2-dimensional tiling once a day, by @roice713

https://twitter.com/TilingBot

https://github.com/roice3/TilingBot

Comparing City Street Orientations

http://geoffboeing.com/2018/07/comparing-city-street-orientations/

City Street Orientations around the World

http://geoffboeing.com/2018/07/city-street-orientations-world/

Bonus:  Jefferson Grid

https://www.instagram.com/the.jefferson.grid/

hat tip:  https://slate.com/business/2018/07/manhattanhenge-exists-in-your-city-too.html

Nano-kirigami to Manipulate Light

https://scitechdaily.com/kirigami-inspired-technique-manipulates-light-could-enable-microchip-based-3d-optical-devices/

CGI Kaleidocycles

https://twitter.com/end_tt

https://boingboing.net/2018/07/17/trippy-cgi-designed-kaleidocyc.html

Sphericons

https://youtu.be/wb29-ULRBaE

Editorial Comment:  I wonder if you can combine sphericons with Celtic stones or rattlebacks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattleback

Geometry Links - June 30, 2018

Peace for Triple Piano - by Vi Hart

https://youtu.be/HcRW3FMuttY

Making of video

https://youtu.be/x1zJoU6Luss

Visual Reference Guide for Wood Joints

http://www.core77.com/posts/43001/Reference-The-Ultimate-Wood-Joint-Visual-Reference-Guide

Geomorphic forms inspired by “urban fragments” of Seoul

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1776943553/urban-soap-fragments-of-seoul

http://www.core77.com/projects/77920/Simple-Yet-Beautiful-Geometric-Soaps-Inspired-by-Urban-Fragments-of-Seoul

3D printed magnetic shapeshifters

https://youtu.be/MUt1YKtn6kM

http://news.mit.edu/2018/magnetic-3-d-printed-structures-crawl-roll-jump-play-catch-0613

Shape-shifting flying robot
https://youtu.be/zMi5v2KznU4
Editorial Comment:  I for one welcome our shape-shifting flying robot overlords.

Self-assembling dodecahedral silica nano-cage
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05529-8

Rogan Brown’s paper sculpture - biomorphic forms from corals to human microbiome

http://roganbrown.com/section/327584.html

https://www.treehugger.com/culture/coral-art-rogan-brown.htmls

Vortex rings collisions

https://youtu.be/EVbdbVhzcM4

Fun with a carbon arc lamp

https://youtu.be/8S-pVOtAwmE

Scott Albrecht’s typographic deconstructions

http://scottalbrecht.com

Dichroic and other glass art by Chris Wood

https://chriswoodlight.art

Victor Acevedo has launched an Indiegogo campaign for a book on his work

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/acevedo-in-context-the-book-books

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/acevedo-in-context-the-book-books

"ACEVEDO in Context : will be an illustrated chronology about my life & art with an emphasis on the art. It will issued as an ebook and if the campaign goal is reached as a hardcopy print book as well. It will cover my work beginning in traditional media (painting & drawing) from 1977–85 to digital media from 1983–2018. It will include commissioned critical essays by two well-known art historians. All editions are projected to contain 250 pages including 175 images.”

Here is a link to the pitch video as it lives on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ftNyWh4-SzI

Editorial Comment:  Victor is a long-time member of the Synergetics Collaborative and has videotaped many of the meetings and symposia.

Geometry Links - June 5, 2018

Kirigami for better bandages

https://scitechdaily.com/kirigami-inspires-better-bandages-for-deformable-regions-of-the-body/

“Breath/ing” sculpture purifies air with nanomolecule fabric

https://inhabitat.com/this-spiraling-sculpture-can-absorb-the-emissions-of-90000-cars/

http://www.thebreath.it/en/

Polyhedral Knots and Links (Joe Clinton)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267688456_Polyhedral_Knots_and_Links?enrichId=rgreq-43e301608b9e45df7581146c893f28d0-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzI2NzY4ODQ1NjtBUzoyMjYyNzQxNzkwNjM4MTZAMTQzMDk1OTM3Njg1MQ%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf

Rhythm of Math: kinesiological method of teaching mathematics

http://crosspulse.com/rhythm-of-math.html

Visoth Kakvei’s art - the floral & optical illusions especially

https://society6.com/visothkakvei

Lisa Lloyd’s papercraft art

http://www.lisalloyd.net/papercraft/

https://www.instagram.com/lisa_lloydpaper/

hat tip:  boingboing.net

Animated explosion from Disney

https://twitter.com/DisneyAnimation/status/991376620060528641

ACID EYE 360 VR - Psychedelic Deep Dream Fractal Trip 4K

https://youtu.be/MaTQYFG_pb8

Journal of Molecular Modeling - reporting on “'hardcore' modeling… with a particular focus on three-dimensional modeling"

https://link.springer.com/journal/894

HS student George Wang’s proof of carbon’s seven possible bonds

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00894-018-3640-9

Paper flower artist Tiffanie Turner

http://www.papelsf.com

Wooden maps of Greenland

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/greenland-wooden-maps-ammassalik

hat tip:  Chris Hager

Animation of crystal growing

https://vimeo.com/214173784

https://mariacf.com/About

Geometry Links - April 10, 2018

Geometric pies (π’s?)

https://www.lokokitchen.com

https://www.instagram.com/lokokitchen/

Editorial Comment:  Previously mentioned in http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2017/12/

Lightweight Wooden Deployable Structure

https://www.archdaily.com/889286/how-a-lightweight-deployable-structure-of-wood-and-metal-can-have-a-large-social-impact

https://www.aub.edu.lb/msfea/news/Pages/dilab-archdaily.aspx

https://inhabitat.com/stunning-temporary-beach-pavilion-rises-in-lebanons-tyre-coast-nature-reserve/

NIH 3D Print Exchange:  "a unique set of tools to create and share 3D-printable models related to biomedical science.”  Make your own molecule models

https://3dprint.nih.gov

Orphan Geometry Toys?

Facets:  the building blocks of 3D geometry

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1720791787/facets-the-building-blocks-of-3d-geometry/

RHOMB) Blocks

http://www.rhombo.com/index.html

Felicia Thrash’s Stellations - focusing on the dodecahedron

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680Fa07/Thrash/asn1/stellations.html

Stroboscopic Easter Eggs

https://youtu.be/JfajQ4_hSN0

Kagome metal - a new quantum electronic material

https://scitechdaily.com/new-quantum-electronic-material-discovered-physicists/

Gabriel Schama’s laser cut mandalas

https://www.gabrielschama.com/gallery#laser-cut-work

3D Simulation of Melting Snowflakes

https://youtu.be/VxhQ3weqmiY

Folding paper airplanes

https://youtu.be/3BNg4fDJC8A

https://youtu.be/JhYZy1ugI3Q

Frank Chester’s chestahedron (heptahedron) and its dual, decalia (“dekatreísahedron” - 13 sided polyhedron

http://www.frankchester.com/sculpture/

My notes to The King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry

https://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2018/03/king-of-infinite-space-donald-coxeter.html

Geometry Links - March 17, 2018

Weaving Machine - dance with 640 “Kinetic Lights"

https://youtu.be/Fg4NwsdxngY

Ekaterina Lukasheva’s flower origami and tessellations

http://kusudama.me

https://www.instagram.com/ekaterina.lukasheva/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kusudama-me

Olafur Eliasson’s Reality Projector

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/02/olafur-eliassons-reality-projector-maf-los-angeles

Making identical snowflakes

https://youtu.be/N2oJaW7Xiek

http://www.snowcrystals.com

The Flower Game - draw flowers with your arrow buttons

https://withering-systems.itch.io/flower-game

Malleable metal sculptures by Erika Rejka

https://youtu.be/aKjAQLqdXp4

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9aihYl2Is_T6NA6C4GHAA/videos

Editorial Comment:  reminds me of a Peano curve

The Flying Mosque

http://choishine.com/flyingmosque.html

Tensegrity for Burning Man

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tensegrity-Goes-Big-For-Burning-Man/

hat tip to Joe Clinton

Neural net produces knitting patterns and knitters knit them

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/12/skyknit-knitting-patterns.html

Elusive Cube videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/ElusiveCube/videos

“Late-type" star-forming galaxy animation

https://youtu.be/Ed9CC7s4NNQ

Shona Wilson and natural mandalas

https://www.treehugger.com/culture/offerings-mandalas-from-natural-materials-shona-wilson.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96293674@N04/

http://www.shonawilson.com

Geometry Links - February 26, 2018

Genaille-Lucas Rulers
https://youtu.be/OxRMyPsLtTk

Fractal generator
https://anvaka.github.io/pplay/?tx=0&ty=0&scale=1

Kate MccGwire’s feather art
https://youtu.be/Cwc_BYZraRY

Algorithmic structures
https://youtu.be/v759cZI4cqc

James Brunt’s mandalas
http://www.jamesbruntartist.co.uk

Origami simulator
http://apps.amandaghassaei.com/OrigamiSimulator/

MC Escher wallpaper
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/escher-wallpaper-jannelli-volpi
MC Escher online gallery
http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/

MC Escher:  Infinite Dimensions - exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts until May 28, 2018
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/m-c-escher-infinite-dimensions

Animated geometric gifs from a 17 year old hobbyist
https://twitter.com/Satsuki_8198
https://twitter.com/Satsuki_8198/media

Dandelion fluff sculptures
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2018/01/30/architectural-sculptures-made-from-dandelion-fluff-by-yusuke-aonuma/

Seashell sculptures by Rowan Mersh
http://wwww.rowanmersh.com

Flowers in ultraviolet, trees in infrared from Craig P Burrows
http://www.cpburrows.com/independent-work/#

Geometry Links - January 31, 2018

Hirschvogels Geomatria from 1543
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/hirschvogels-geometria-1543/

Single strand DNA and RNA for autonomously folding structures
https://scitechdaily.com/single-stranded-dna-and-rna-origami-that-can-autonomously-fold-into-defined-structures/

Leaf Art
https://omidasadiart.com/works/leaf-art/

“Fireworks” jellyfish
https://youtu.be/9D0eyl7-XQA

"Bitten Biscuits” symmetry puzzle
https://youtu.be/6n95RvrMMDQ
https://www.puzzlemaster.ca/search/?q=bitten+biscuit

Optical illusion tiled floor
https://youtu.be/wj8etahgC6o

Computing snowflakes
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/in-silico-flurries/
Editorial Comment:  Found on a day when there is a foot or more of actual snowflakes outside my door

Photographing the colors of snowflakes
https://petapixel.com/2018/01/08/photographing-vibrant-color-inside-snowflakes/

The sounds of space filling curves
http://www.win.tue.nl/~hermanh/doku.php?id=sound_of_space-filling_curves#axis_mapping

Psychedelic stickers fool vision recognition systems
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/02/these-psychedelic-stickers-blow-ai-minds/

Revolve Wheel - puncture-proof, foldable wheel for bikes, wheelchairs, and more
https://www.revolve-wheel.com

Geometric animation
https://youtu.be/7IxUFYmkk2I