02/01/2024 -
Picture two rigid metal pieces tangled together. What steps would you take to untangle them?
The most straightforward approach involves twisting each wire to line up the gaps and then pulling one through the other. The design of wire puzzles becomes more complex, like the ones below.
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06/06/2018 -
The world is made up of shapes of all kinds, from boxy cubes to perfect spheres and everything in between. Some shapes work best for certain applications; for example, only a few configurations will lead to a stable building.
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05/08/2018 -
UT College of Natural Sciences News | October 16, 2017
Nature has a way of making complex shapes from a set of simple growth rules. The curve of a petal, the swoop of a branch, even the contours of our face are shaped by these processes. What if we could unlock those rules and reverse engineer nature's ability to grow an infinitely diverse array of shapes?
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