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Lego, but with the blob spacing exactly the square root of 2
times bigger than
usual, so that it links with normal Lego, but at a 45°
diagonal.
Diamond Shreddies -> Diamond Lego?
http://meanwhile.wo.../diamond-shreddies/
Could the same concept be applied to Lego, thus baking the idea? [AntiQuark, Mar 05 2011]
Hippo Lego
http://www.brothers...2/06/i-like-hippos/
[Ling, Mar 14 2012]
Badass Lego Guns
http://www.amazon.c...d=1331744869&sr=8-1
The (very good) book "Badass Lego Guns" has an excellent diagram of all the angles that 'Technical Lego' struts can be made to interconnect. This is what [Alterother] means. It's not quite the same as this idea though. [hippo, Mar 14 2012]
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Hippasus got a raw deal. [+] |
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Just make them N-dimensional. Easy! |
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I like the ideo of an art project that riffs on legos. There are enough lego ideas on the HB to fill a category. |
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Firstly, there are already Lego pieces that connect at 45
degrees and many other angles on several axes, and
secondly, isn't the square root of two an irrational number? |
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I think I see what you're getting at, but (I may be wrong)
you still can't build a physical model of an irrational
number. It would be like trying to make the spacing aspect
ratio 1:pi. |
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Sorry--I know you can get it really close, but I'm a stickler
when it comes to practical geometry. Too much fabrication
and machining will do that to you. |
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The idea is good, but
unless I'm entirely missing the point I still think it's doable
with regular Lego. It might require some hard-to-find or
discontinued pieces; I haven't messed around with them
since the '90s. I can't remember what they were called, but
the special bricks with the rows of holes all along could be
configured in almost any position using the little connector
pegs. Of course, using those to build a multiaxial structure
might get pretty bulky. Your way would be much more
elegant. |
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