TRANSFORMING POLYHEDRA
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TRANSFORMING POLYHEDRA
Slinky, the metal spring toy that walks down stairs has been my key inspiration. When squeezed it forms a cylinder with an ellips as cross section. The endings remain circular, parallel or anti-parallel. The parts are assembled to make flexible structures. They led to the discovery of several transforming polyhedra.
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TRANSFORMING CUBE , 24 rotation axes, elliptic cylinders as edges
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TRANSFORMING RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON, transforms into cube, 48 axes
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TRANSFORMING TRIACONTAHEDRON, transforms into dodecahedron, 120 axes
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