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Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots
- tyingq 7y agoRelated article with an interesting gif showing the color changing fiber: http://news.mit.edu/2020/model-how-strong-knot-0102 http://news.mit.edu/2020/model-how-strong-knot-0102
- Kaibeezy 7y agoSrsly, if ever an article could have benefited from more illustrations, it’s these two. The GIF was helpful, but still only of the most basic knot and didn’t even show much color fluctuation. /gripe I’ll take a quick look to see if there’s more somewhere... Ah! Here’s the stuff! - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6473/71/tab-figures-data https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6473/71/tab-figur...
- pg_is_a_butt 7y agoA CS professor at my old university focused his PhD on knots, and showed me a bunch of software he had created that simulated this same effect, but with much more depth of color and contrast. I still bet he is excited to see this. His screen saver was knot simulations, and he always had rope in his office, and I'm just now realizing he was suicidal and it was all a cover.