MetaFilter posts tagged with Spirograph

A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves

Tube — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:58:20 -0800

A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves is an outstanding resource for curves found in nature, man-made objects, and mathematics. Other websites that list exotically named curves also animate how they are created. One of the most unusually named curves, the “Witch of Agnesi”, has an unusual etymology. A number of these curves will be familiar to anyone who has used a Spirograph. Previously.

Duct tape/Deep Space/Gravity=Fun

bullitt 5 — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:31:54 -0800

Great Shockwave Game - "Doom Funnel Chasers" asks you to launch projectiles through space, plugging the funnels o' doom. Each attempt leaves its own trail, producing a fun Spirograph-ic effect. [Found via Qarcade]

Good Time Mix Machine.

gottabefunky — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:29:17 -0800

Good Time Mix Machine. Artist Rosemarie Fiore has turned a classic Scrambler amusement park ride into the world's biggest Spirograph.