Plate 99
Gyroid
A gyroid is a curving surface that splits space into two tangled mazes of tunnels that never meet.
- Family
- Math
- Origin
- Raised from a recipe
- Habit
- Diurnal: kept on the page
- Voice
- Yes, with the sound on
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play
Tap to make it breathe. Pick a cube or a ball in the Splash tab.
Notes
It has no straight lines and no flat parts, and it repeats forever in every direction. Alan Schoen, a scientist working for NASA, found it in 1970. Nature makes it too: tiny gyroid crystals in some butterfly wings give them their shiny green color.
Tap it and it breathes: the surface slides along itself, so one set of tunnels swells while the other narrows, then the other way, and it settles. In the Splash tab, cut it into a cube or a ball.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breathe in and out | Tap | ||
| Breathe | Button | ||
| Shape | List | 2 choices | Cube |
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 710,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.