Yoshimoto Cube

http://boingboing.net/2009/01/19/fun-with-the-yoshimo.html

by mhb • 17 years ago

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mhb• 17 years ago

Buy one ($65!):

http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay?catalogI...

Keyframe• 17 years ago

ha! I just googled for it after I saw it, same link. However cool it might be, I'm not paying 65$ + s&h for it!

bockris• 17 years ago

I feel the same way about a Gomboc (self righting shape) http://www.gomboc-shop.com/

I'd love to play with one and leave it on my desk as a fidget toy but it's not worth 99 euro to me for just that.

ecyrb• 17 years ago

The build quality on this one is not as high as I had anticipated (considering the cost). Though it is still good for blowing a mind now and again.

kilian• 17 years ago

Microsoft handed those (well, not the 'double' one) out a couple of years ago as Silverlight/Expression swag, pretty sweet toy and fun to play with.

You can make a continuous folding 2d variant with paper fairly easily as well, though I don't know for the life of me how it's called.

RiderOfGiraffes3• 17 years ago

Some discussion from a year ago, and a link to another video.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=416514

nazgulnarsil• 17 years ago

reminds me of disassembling a sphere and reassembling into two spheres. damn topologists.

RiderOfGiraffes3• 17 years ago

You're thinking of the Banach-Tarski Theorem, sometimes called a paradox. Mentioned here several times.

http://searchyc.com/banach+tarski

Same connection was made last time: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=416765

jcl• 17 years ago

The actual article (linked and quoted in the BoingBoing one) goes into the connection in much more depth, pulling quantum mechanics and the Big Bang into the mix:

http://forgetomori.com/2009/science/folding-the-yoshimoto-cu...

Luyt2• 17 years ago

Make one yourself from colored paper. Video showing how it's done at http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1014711/crazy_star_cube_nice_p...

Luyt2• 17 years ago

Oh, and this is a simpler variant, but interesting nevertheless... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/783529/unbelievable_white_or_b...

nollidge2• 17 years ago

I made one out of wooden cubes and two colors of duct tape.

pavel_lishin• 17 years ago

Can you post a how-to? This would make a pretty great present.

dustmop• 17 years ago

I remember getting a Taco Bell Star Wars toy just like this when the special edition came out.

http://www.listia.com/auction/20297

It does the infinite folding thing but doesn't split into two stars.

Yoshimoto Cube

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