ADRM
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Looks like a couple of bacteria have escaped their protective blue coating:
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Must’ve just about bumped into you.
Looks like a couple of bacteria have escaped their protective blue coating:
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Looks like a couple of bacteria have escaped their protective blue coating:
Must’ve just about bumped into you.
This is how pandemics begin.Must have bumped into you both!
This is how pandemics begin.
Will be interesting to see how these move without bumping into each other.
I don't see it like what you describe. Maybe, MAYBE it's like the dough kneading attachments on a mixer that the spirals intertwine in the way that when you spin them in the correct direction simultaneously they don't touch. Maybe. But this thing looks so intertwined in real life that it gives an impression that it needs multiple rotating joints and some serious software to run without collisions. I can't wait to see some timelapse footage of this thing running to analyze what's actually going on. Either way, even if it's just a dough kneader, it will be an awesome public art piece.Maybe we're thinking it wrong - maybe the individual segments are locked in, but the entire metal "column" rotates. If the rate of rotation for both are locked in (perhaps through some kind of shared gear mechanism), there is no reason why they can't avoid bumping into one another while creating an undulating impression. I have seen kinetic sculptures of this sort.
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Maybe we're thinking it wrong - maybe the individual segments are locked in, but the entire metal "column" rotates. If the rate of rotation for both are locked in (perhaps through some kind of shared gear mechanism), there is no reason why they can't avoid bumping into one another while creating an undulating impression. I have seen kinetic sculptures of this sort.
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I doubt it is anything kinetic as there is heavy traffic that would constantly pass by and you can bet it would cause accidents as a driving distraction.I don't see it like what you describe. Maybe, MAYBE it's like the dough kneading attachments on a mixer that the spirals intertwine in the way that when you spin them in the correct direction simultaneously they don't touch. Maybe. But this thing looks so intertwined in real life that it gives an impression that it needs multiple rotating joints and some serious software to run without collisions. I can't wait to see some timelapse footage of this thing running to analyze what's actually going on. Either way, even if it's just a dough kneader, it will be an awesome public art piece.
If by "kinetic" you mean dynamically animated, then yes, it was originally envisioned as kinetic. I mean, it's not supposed to use its noodly appendages to reach down and hit pedestrians on the head or grab and throw cars around, but it is supposed to very slowly change its shape throughout the day. Although, I am worried what it may start doing once Skynet takes it over...I doubt it is anything kinetic as there is heavy traffic that would constantly pass by and you can bet it would cause accidents as a driving distraction.
if movement is slow then it may pass, it depends I guess on the number of moving parts and the number of revolutions, etc...If by "kinetic" you mean dynamically animated, then yes, it was originally envisioned as kinetic. I mean, it's not supposed to use its noodly appendages to reach down and hit pedestrians on the head or grab and throw cars around, but it is supposed to very slowly change its shape throughout the day. Although, I am worried what it may start doing once Skynet takes it over...