Geodesic Gear Sphere
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This engine could spin the Earth forever ! Just.. speechless, awesome work
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@taffgoch said:
@castromann said:
there has to be a lot of thinking behind this one. i saw your geodiscs and models in the warehouse before. where does your addiction to geodiscs come from - seems like your obsessed by these
I beg your pardon! - OBSESSED ?
I rather prefer "enamored," if you don't mind.
( "Smitten," "enchanted," "infatuated" or "enraptured" will also do )
~Taff
It's been 40+ years of fascination with the geometry & mathematical derivation of the elements of geodesic domes, which used to be closely-guarded proprietary information.
haha! ok i will keep that in mind. whatever your "relationship" with these is - this is simply great and fascinating work
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A simplified SketchUp model is available:
Gears Ball- 3D Warehouse%(#BF0000)[(Clickable image-link, to deviantART
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~Taff
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Hypnotic!
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This is superb!
I wondered the same thing as slimdog when I saw this though. Where would the gears meet and what could be powering it? ( just a thought)
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Cool indeed!
Great to see more of your amazing work. -
I'm gratified that you folks are liking this.
I've decided to embark upon striving to learn Adobe Flash. As my first production, I converted this particular animated-gif into an animated-flash (adding sound, as "lagniappe.")
I am, right away, impressed with Flash. The SWF-animation has much-higher color resolution (24-bit), yet the jpeg-compression can be adjusted to produce a file no bigger than the animated-GIF. 'Looking forward to learning more about Flash.
-Taff
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Dear Taff,
I have taken these pictures, thinking they where for you: it is "time" with this wonderful geodesic watchmaking to offer them to you.
La Géode, Cité des Sciences, La Villette, Paris.
Cheers, simon.
PS: I love the "doom" sound of your machinery into the flash animation.
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Thanks, Simon,
I've long admired La Géode, from photos I've seen online.
It would be great to visit (adding to a long list of other geodesic-architecture landmarks.)
-Taff
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your work is always unbelievable
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I'm blown away, Taff, your work never fails to be inspiring
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