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  Re: OmniCube (newtoy.jpg 149k)  
From: Thomas Lake
Date: 19 May 2002 03:46:04
Message: <3ce7583c@news.povray.org>
> Hello everyone! I just got real internet access this afternoon, not
> that constrained library or work-computer access either. I can actually
> post things without looking over my shoulder to make sure my boss isn't
> watching.
>  Anyway, here is an image I made last summer with MegaPOV .5. I was
> thinking of what a next-generation building block toy might be like and
> came up with a design that lets you connect pieces no matter which way
> they were rotated. I didn't take the idea any further than the simplest
> block type. I imagine many different kinds of special blocks could be
> created using the basic design.
>  Block was made in Rhino 3D, exported to pov and traced with radiosity

Neat image! Since you created this in Rhino I bet you could find a way to
convert the mesh to a rapid prototyping format and have one of these thing
made for real, of course for that you would really have to make sure your
"boss isn't watching";-)

Am I the only one who just recieved this post?


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