Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Dodecahedron in Disguise

I like this image, created while experimenting with MagicTile last night.


It is a spherical dodecahedron with a set of five concentric circles surrounding each vertex, and stereographically projected to the plane.

9 comments:

  1. That's awesome - I set it as the lock screen wallpaper on my iPad.

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  2. May I use this image on my video? My video will describe a software that enables a new mass transport concept of mine called Hyper Shuttle. Video (without dodeca illustration): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq6VNqUhEj4

    The dodeca enables a phenom called implosion whitch allows the Hyper Shuttle to self organize its' routing. Notice that the system uses a radial outline. If you have comments feel free to email me: Emperor1009@gmail.com

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  3. Hi Zane,

    Yes, please feel free to use this image in your video. Transportation is an interest of mine, and I like your concept. Here in Austin, we're lucky to have roaming vehicles through a company called car2go :)

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  4. Thank you. I'll send you the link when I'm done.

    There is a similar car service in Seattle.

    If you like my concept maybe we can collaborate on my video...are you able to make animations? Do you have other images that might fit?

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  5. Hyper Shuttle uses a unique organizing principle that generates an algorithm based on dodecahedron geometry. Inside the software, each Hyper Shuttle has its' own virtual dodecahedron sphere where mobility information is correlated along the edges of the golden ratio embedded in the geometrical shape, allowing the Shuttles' schedule to be flexible yet meanningfully purposeful in its' mission to move a maximum amount of people in the minimum of time. When the geometrical shape perceives mobility information through the phenomenon of implosion, it sends that information to the Hypershuttle onboard display (at the speed of light hehe).

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  6. Mobility data points are seen as waves and when those waves collapse into a larger wave, they nest into a Hyper Shuttle itinerary.

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  7. Here is a first draft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py8qUSFkaeU

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  8. Here is the final (for now) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkNdmHpssVs

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