3D printed Hilbert curve as scrunchie

Wagner James Au writes in with novel uses for a 3D printed Hilbert curve like the one I blogged last week: "Mathematician Henry Segerman creates copies of a 3D printed Hilbert curve he originally made in Second Life which, thanks to its twisty material, can also be worn as a geekily fashionable hair accessory!"

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looks like it would create some horrific tangles and snags when you tried to remove it.
- semiotix
  
  True, it does fill the entire volume of your hair with an infinitely fine, infinitely tangled wire. But on the plus side, it’s weightless.
- kP
  
  Massive hair entanglement was also my immediate thought – but being 3D printed, you can always just destroy the cubes (or cut the elastic) to extract.
  My daughter once thought it would be fun to apply a battery operated Thomas the Tank Engine to her scalp. Fortunately for her, BRIO’s Thomas has a reverse gear, which turned out to be truly useful.
  
  (for some unknown reason, cannot attach image with [+ Image], so here’s the toy: http://www.toy-train-table-plans-store.com/images/thomas-the-tank-engine-thomas-express.gif
pkpk

You would rip out half of the hairs in your head taking this thing out.
Atvaark

Science. It works, bitches.
MetalPorkchop

Scrunchies are awful and so 80′s. They make me think of Full House. That aside, it looks like the hair was made into a bun, and then the Hilbert curve scrunchie was put on, so not functional, but more like pinning a flower into a hairstyle which is already secured.
They should make a tutu instead.