A robotics student at UC Berkeley named Aaron Hoover has built a working model of a Mobius gear, an object that was thought to be a work of fiction until Hoover unveiled it recently to the world. The model seems to be impossible, but the student has shown that when you truly put your mind to something, the impossible becomes the achievable. There is only 1 side/plane to a mobius strip, and that scientific fact is enough to cause geniuses brain-aches from over-contemplation, let alone the common layperson. It just doesn't make sense that your eyes are seeing a three-dimensional object in front of you (mobius strip), yet it physically only has ONE side/plane. I can't even begin to try to explain HOW science supports this, because my brain still can't process the photo.... I can't wait to see when the structure is put to use in other real-world applications..... Could this be the precursor to re-inventing the wheel?? Or perhaps just a cool addition to your four-wheel drive transmission?
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/real-mobius-gear-will-melt-your-mind/
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