A puzzle that tiles infinitely across both sides, based on the Klein Bottle
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Re: A puzzle that tiles infinitely across both sides, based on the Klein Bottle
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Re: A puzzle that tiles infinitely across both sides, based on the Klein Bottle
#3Ok, that is one of the best math + lasercutter = art links that I have seen in a while. And the concept of being able to keep moving the puzzle pieces around is pretty cool.
There is also a link to upload your own art work and create your own puzzle, which is what I will be doing for this mother's day.
Overall, a pretty cool link.
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#4The soundtrack appears to be these NASA space recordings that were released in the 80s. They translated probe data into audible frequencies and released them as a CD box set.
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#5A puzzle like this will drive someone with serious OCD nuts. :)
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#6This would be even more awesome if the puzzle pieces were curved, so they'd form a Klein bottle when put together.
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#7The coolest part is if you put a few them together you open a non-orientable wormhole and pass into an Alice Universe.
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#8I've played with one of these puzzles in person. They're incredibly cool but pretty difficult. I worked for 20 minutes and was able to tesselate a single piece into a different position.
I might just be bad at it though. On the other hand, the challenge is part of the appeal to me.
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#9this is awesome and reminds me of the tiling puzzle from the book Anathem:
http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Teglon
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling
I would love to have a Penrose tiling puzzle set.
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#10This would be even more awesome if the puzzle pieces were curved, so they'd form a Klein bottle when put together.
That would be INCREDIBLY awesome, considering that it would require pieces that have a curve in to the 4th dimension (or perhaps just pieces that could pass through each other). A Klein bottle is a 2-dimensional surface cannot be embedded in a 3-dimensional space without crossing.