Has anyone else designed geometrical structures to use magnets ?
This is a very interesting geometrical construction of cuboctahedral spheres.
The 2 large spheres and the 25 small ones are the same cubocahedral form.
https://www.shapeways.com/model/1596423/3d-metatron-s-cube-f ractal-spheres.html?li=shop-results&materialId=62
There is a video of me adding the magnets to the geometry here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3AdfXNSNfk
The cubeoctahedron is one of the 13 Archimedean solids
but it has another unique property among 3 dimensional forms
that caused Buckminster Fuller to name it the Vector Equilibrium.
Each dimension only has one vector equilibrium -
the regular convex form where the vertexes
are the same distance from their connected neighbors
as they are from the centre of the form.
In 2 dimensions this is the hexagon
where lines drawn through the centre
create 6 equilateral triangles,
and in 3 dimensions it is the cuboctahedron
where the lines through the centre create 8 tetrahedrons.
Being most famous as the inventor of the geodesic dome
Fuller was of course obsessed with triangles and tetrahedrons
and the advantages they have over our obsession with rectangles and right angles.
This form also relates to the traditional 2D design called Metatron's Cube
and is a very close approximation to a 3D analog of it.
From one angle you can clearly see that the cross section would indeed be Metatrons Cube
(albeit with a few lines missing).
From another angel it looks very much like the classic drawing of an atom
with 3 electrons circling around it.
Adding magnets to the geometry gives it weight and energetic presence.
If you insert the magnets correctly then the magnetic field can be made
to conform to the underlying geometry.
See my video on the sales page if you wish to know how to do this.
With the magnets I find it mesmerizing and have trouble taking my eyes and hands off it.
Do you like it ??
https://www.shapeways.com/model/1596423/metatron-s-hypercube- sphere-60-1-5mm.html?modelId=1596423&materialId=62
I am also the creator of www.SacredGeometryWeb.com where you can find out much more
about the most important geometries for creating a universe and all the things in them.