{"product_id":"rotating-moebius-strip-by-akiyuki","title":"Rotating Moebius Strip, by Akiyuki","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7IYQgDFUAVE\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRotating Moebius Strip is the latest brick-built automaton from the legendary Japanese builder Akiyuki, and it is pure mechanical poetry.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eInside a large black diamond-shaped frame, a ring made of dozens of identical hinged links twists on itself to form a Möbius strip, the famous one-sided loop with a single half-twist.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDriven by a motor unit at the top of the frame and guided by spoked wheels on each side and a pair of rubber rollers at the bottom, the whole ring glides endlessly along its own length.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEach link can tilt by 3.75 degrees relative to its neighbour, which is exactly what allows a rigid building bricks chain to follow such a smooth, continuous curve.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe colored links, shading from yellow to orange and deep red on one stretch and from pale blue to dark blue on another, make the magic visible: watch them travel along the strip and come back on the opposite face without ever leaving the surface.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis kinetic sculpture is as hypnotic as it is ingenious, a perfect blend of mathematics, motion and brick engineering.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYou can now build this mesmerizing brick-built Möbius strip yourself, with ready-to-build kit available on BuildaMOC.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Akiyuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55724435341651,"sku":"BAM-1838","price":799.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/3109\/7188\/files\/CvYmTlKJzI.jpg?v=1793703481","url":"https:\/\/buildamoc.com\/products\/rotating-moebius-strip-by-akiyuki","provider":"BuildaMOC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}