From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri Aug 1 09:34:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id JAA27030; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 09:34:40 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From nbodley@tiac.net Thu Jul 31 22:03:44 1997 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 22:00:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley To: Ponder Cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Rubik's octahedrons etc. In-Reply-To: <9707312052.AA16660@roosevelt.austin.ibm.com> Message-Id: If you were lucky, you could use a good CAD program to define the shapes, and NC machine tools to produce them; also possible is Rapid Prototyping. A graphic computer simulation would also be a substitute for a physical puzzle, although holding one in your hand beats just about any graphics. Good luck! |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Electronic Technician {*} Autodidact & Polymath |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* When the year 2000 begins, we'll celebrate |* Amateur musician *|* the 2000th anniversary of the year 1 B.C.E. --------------------------------------------------------------------------