Av: Chris
Hello Jens: Congratulations! Your Hypno-Jellyfish is a fun and well thought toy. It seems that Beatrice enjoys playing with it. I like your use of paracord to provide sturdiness to the wires. My only...
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Thanks Chris! The ethernet wire I used is a multi-strand wire so it is actually quite flexible. It has also been through some through stress tests when I took some light painting photos with it and...
View ArticleAv: Jan-willem
Very cool. I’ve got a family member expecting, and I think this would make an excellent gift. One question: did you evaluate any plastics other than the polymorph? I think it would be really cool if...
View ArticleAv: jdeblese
Very cool. I’ll have to build one of these for my nephew. One question: did you evaluate any plastics other than the polymorph? I think it would be even better if the tentacles were soft and flexible....
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Thanks! No I haven’t experimented with other plastics so I can’t give any good advice on that. Soft tentacles sounds nice though! Send me a picture if you build one. GillaGilla
View ArticleAv: jdeblese
Will do! I’ve been looking at plastics, but it’s not easy to get them. Silicone would be nice, but I’m not sure how to manipulate that. Thermoplastic elastomers sound pretty good – inert, flexible,...
View ArticleAv: Jan-willem De Bleser
Finally found some time to start building one of these. I had no luck with soft plastic, but I did have the idea to wrap the thermoplastic around some fiberoptic cable. This illuminates the whole...
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Awesome work! I like the way the fiber optic distributes the light. Looking forward to more pictures when it’s done! GillaGilla
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