Nan Ma @mananself

Joined July 2009

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Nan Ma @mananself

4 months ago

My latest coordinated-motion model is flat and based on a hexagonal tiling, with all the identical pieces moving in and out simultaneously. The mechanism is the same as in the classic Magic Disc and my Blast-hedra puzzles. I can make as many pieces as I like this time.

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Nan Ma @mananself

5 months ago

My latest coordinate-motion model with 20 pieces, based on the compound of five tetrahedra. We can assemble the 20 identical pieces into five separate tetrahedra or into one large ball.

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Nan Ma @mananself

8 months ago

Assembling 12 identical pieces with coordinated motion simultaneously to form a soccer ball shape. It requires aligning all 12 pieces and move them inwards at the same time. I made two simpler models with 4 and 6 pieces. You may buy them here: nothingyetdesigns.com/collections/na…

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Nan Ma @mananself

10 months ago

Recently I designed and 3d printed a coordinated-motion model. There are 4 identical pieces. When we assemble them, all pieces move simultaneously towards the center to form an octahedron. Then I spin it to disassemble.

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

The AI roast bot took a long time to process my profile, and it finally came back. I'm very flattered to hear that I'm a human embodiment of a Rubik's Cube, hopefully it's the 4D version.

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alicia 🦭 @scrunkycat

a year ago

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

I improved my model of 30 pencils using colorful pencils. Now 5 pencils in each bundle have the same color, with 6 colors in total. @standupmaths if you can get the pencil manufacturer to make pentagonal pencils with 6 colors, you may make the ideal model.

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

10 entangled triangles, built with straws and paper clips. It's related to my two previous models of 30 pencils. This models also has the icosahedral rotational symmetry. It was a bit tricky to build and I wish I had more than 2 hands.

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

I built a model using 30 pencils, with the icosahedral rotational symmetry. The structure should be identical to the origami model of six interlocking pentagonal prisms here, by Daniel Kwan: origamiusa.org/gallery-photo/…

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

I made another model in this series. This time we have 8 interlocking octahedra. Again, it has the octahedral rotational symmetry and made with straws and paper clips. Previous models:

Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

I made another model in this series. This time we have 8 interlocking octahedra. Again, it has the octahedral rotational symmetry and made with straws and paper clips. Previous models: https://t.co/Oebu1Zor0H

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Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

Using the leftover straws and paper clips from my previous model of 12 interlocking regular dodecahedra, I built a smaller model of 6 interlocking cubes. It has the octahedral rotational symmetry and is chiral. Previous model quoted below:

Nan Ma @mananself

a year ago

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Nan Ma @mananself

2 years ago

Ha, the great mathematician and physicist Weyl wrote in a journal article that 57 was a prime number. No wonder 57 as a prime is an internet meme. The story that Grothendieck used 57 as an example of prime doesn’t have reliable source, but Weyl has written proof. I like 57.