The Gomboc

The first self-righting object

clipped from inventorspot.com Gabor Domokos and Peter Varkonyi, of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics created the first self-righting object , an object that, no matter where it is set down, will right itself to its natural balance. The pair discovered the "Gomboc" using mathematical concepts. clipped from www.smh.com.au Two Hungarians puzzled by how certain creatures with shells, like turtles and beetles, are able to self-right have developed a shape with one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium to explain the phenomenon. "Nature has created such shapes but we did not understand why they are this way," said Gabor Domokos of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE). clipped from www.spiegel.de clipped from www.gomboc.eu Here you can find news and photos about the Gömböc. The Gömböc in the New York Times Magazine Knight's Cross for the Gömböc, Gömböc for Arnold The Gömböc and the Turtles in the news of Nature Magazine

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