Comments on: Fractal Menger sponge made from Post-Its

By: Susan Carley Oliver

Susan Carley Oliver — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:31:00 +0000

Seems like that is just screaming to be done . . . with a 3D printer!

By: rabidpotatochip

rabidpotatochip — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:50:00 +0000

Now this is something I could see cooling my drink. Internet, I hereby challenge you to make this into an ice mold.

By: pablohoney

pablohoney — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Your notes will be assimilated.

By: .. .__.

.. .__. — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:49:00 +0000

SOMEONE has a lot more time on their hands than I do…

By: flarktobble

flarktobble — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:21:00 +0000

@rjnerd:disqus

Any idea as to the size?

If you go to their Flickr stream, there are a couple of images with hands in the shot that makes for a nice scale — looks like each level-zero face is a little less than one centimeter.

By: Mike Norman

Mike Norman — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:06:00 +0000

I’ve seen this movie. Don’t tease the ghost of the little kid. It will not end well.

By: Eark_the_Bunny

Eark_the_Bunny — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:31:00 +0000

Shouldn’t that thing be wearing pants?

By: Rockmetteller

Rockmetteller — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:53:00 +0000

You can also write on them.

By: Jeff Del Papa

Jeff Del Papa — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:25:00 +0000

Any idea as to the size? Here is another http://theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html Constructed from standard American business cards, they were built by a friend , J9 Mosely. Depth zero is a cube, 5cm on a side, made from 6 cards. By combining cubes, you can get a Depth one , which is 15cm on each side. Depth two is 45cm per side. The largest one she has constructed, a Depth three (same complexity as the post-it one above) is 1.35 meters on a side. It took in excess of 60,000 cards, and is too big to move in a typical minivan.

For those that would like a unique keychain ornament, a small sponge is one of the standard demo pieces for 3D printers.