Comments on: In Soviet Russia, sponge soaks you

In Soviet Russia, sponge soaks you

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:37:35 -0800

Dr. Jeannine Mosely finishes building a level-3 Menger sponge from business cards. You can also build your own, though Dr. Mosely warns, "[a] level 4 sponge would require almost a million cards and weigh over a ton. I do not believe it could support its own weight — so a level 3 is the biggest sponge we can hope to build." (related)

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:40:31 -0800

A worthy sponge, indeed.

By: watsondog

watsondog — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:48:53 -0800

Great link! Thanks!

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:55:27 -0800

Sponge-worthy!

By: rifflesby

rifflesby — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:03:26 -0800

When I used to work in a tech-support call center, I'd keep my hands busy with post-it note origami. Did a level 2 sponge once, that was plenty time-consuming enough. I can't imagine the determination necessary to spend nine years building a level 3. Impressive!

By: alms

alms — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:09:17 -0800

Hey, my roommate used to work with this woman. Cool! He'll be gratified to know that she's still doing her business card thing.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:15:45 -0800

now all she needs is an elephant and a large bathtub

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:21:20 -0800

Okay, how many people just made a cube out of six of their business cards? I did!

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:23:03 -0800

The Institute for Figurin' rocks!

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:26:37 -0800

So awesome. Still and always one of my favorite conceptual structures. I look forward to the advent of a nano-machined depth 10 Menger paperweights.

By: Muddler

Muddler — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:36:14 -0800

We need to get her together with my buddy, Brian Berg, world champion card stacker.

By: felix grundy

felix grundy — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:46:04 -0800

The IFF does rock; I'd had no idea that such a thing existed. For those of us who don't have piles of business cards but wanted to build a conceptual model anyway, the bottom of this link has a pdf to build a hyperbolic soccerball: Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane. "Warning: the finished product will not be ball-shaped." Part of the IFF's ongoing relationship with the ever-excellent Cabinet.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:37:35 -0800

Every job I've had has given me business cards and I've never known what I was supposed to do with them. Now I know.

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:48:29 -0800

Fun! What a nice Friday diversion...

By: quin

quin — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:20:25 -0800

Nifty. I guess to compete I'll have to finish my fully-functional origami Lament Configuration. It would be easier, except I have to fit so much empty space in there. So much...

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:20:15 -0800

This is EXACTLY why I still come here after 5 years. F*ck the geeky photos of Bill Gates.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:31:46 -0800

So. How 'bout dem scientists, eh.

By: SemiSophos

SemiSophos — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:16:36 -0800

There's a project that hopes to produce a level 4 sponge.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:58:26 -0800

Are you deaf man? It can't be done! It just can't be done! *starts sobbing*

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:10:40 -0800

T+S+C=M₂-Pc