hypercube

[Charlie Mike]

How do I build one?

After watching the movie "The Cube" I'm interested in making one. Is anyone familiar with a "Tesseract"?

 

[Esav Benyamin]

You can't. We live in a physically three-dimensional universe. The tesseract is a four-dimensional object.

 

[Charlie Mike]

I've been reading a lot of Michio Kaku and it is mathematically possible.

 

[freedoom]

try ductape and cardboard.

 

[Charlie Mike]

The whole "Plank length" business would be a royal SOB to attain. If this works, CCW permits will be a thing of the past.

 

[ednemo]

You could technically do it. It would be difficult to do physically. If you used a clear material and created it as a frame and then filled the cells you could possibly do it. But it is something that would have to planned to the letter before you got started.

 

[Charlie Mike]

I'm thinking more along the lines of this...

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[Esav Benyamin]

Of course it is mathematically possible. In other words, you can write the mathematics to describe it. But you cannot construct a physical model of it in this universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract

Study the designs of M.C.Escher first, then draw a tesseract:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher)

 

[untamed]

I've been reading a lot of Michio Kaku and it is mathematically possible.

Yep, mathematically possible. Abstract equations are the only way to imagine it given the limits of our 3D (not the re-emerged sh*tty Hollywood fad ) existence.

On a related note of brain farting, here's a Klein bottle -


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[Charlie Mike]

That mobius strip reminds me of the train station scene from Matrix 3.

 

[Doc_Savage]

Of course it is mathematically possible. In other words, you can write the mathematics to describe it. But you cannot construct a physical model of it in this universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract

Study the designs of M.C.Escher first, then draw a tesseract:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher)

The same goes for a Klein Bottle... 4 dimensional bottle, no inside... mathematics can prove it all day long, it just cannot be physically constructed it in a 3D world.

You can, however, make a mobius strip ( or loop) . A strip of paper with only one side

Doc_Savage

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Klein bottles! and check out their Klein Stein.

No, they are not "correct" but unlike the tesseract, they are a fair representation of the mathematical concept.

 

[harkamus]

There was Cube, Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero

Just a head's up if you liked the movie you saw.

 

[Charlie Mike]

There was Cube, Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero

Just a head's up if you liked the movie you saw.

I saw the second one.

 

[harkamus]

I saw the second one.

I think the first two were the best. Zero was good but not as good as the first two.

 

[proud2deviate]

I could stare at this for hours.

 

[JLBauer]

How do I build one?

After watching the movie "The Cube" I'm interested in making one. Is anyone familiar with a "Tesseract"?

Assuming you mean Cube you should check out the sequel hypercube!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/

 

[freedoom]

lets not forget about time cube either http://www.timecube.com/

 

[timcsaw]

I like sugar cubes.

 

[tyr_shadowblade]

I saw the second one.

You really need to see all three films. They are great. :thumbup:

Only THEN can you begin work on a prototype made from Maytag cartons and duck tape. Of course, you'll probably need to acquire a few "cubes" soaked with LSD to make it functional. On second thought, don't do that. I don't want to hear you've been running down the street attacking ice cream trucks with your rodent waki.