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I bought one of these a few years ago and was touched by the personal note written in it. I hadn't realised until now that it was Clifford Stoll who actually sent these! Fascinating video.
Real life Gyro Gearloose!!! In the next video he talks about how a Klein bottle is made, and how, contrary to a bottle, it has no edge. I'm not sure I understand why a bottle "has to" have an edge? Surely it's possible to make a bottle with no edge? For example, if one takes a sphere and progressively turns it into a bowl (by punching into it), and then makes the bowl deeper, it still has just one surface and no edge…
http://www.amazon.com/Shape-Space-Chapman-Applied-Mathematic...
His tiny robotic warehouse in the crawlspace of his house is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Pure distilled mad science. He's like a living cartoon. I want to be him when I get old so very much!