Can Adam Savage and Matt Parker Build …. THIS?

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After lulling Adam Savage into a "false sense of plausibility," our friend, mathematician Matt Parker of @standupmaths and @numberphile, is BACK! This time, he's brought along his dream project of creating a compound of five tetrahedra (aka a polyhedron compound), a complex and frustrating build full of precision, logic and symmetry that we hope you enjoy as much as Adam and Matt did themselves. What should they (try to) build next?
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The Many Cubes Hidden Inside a Dodecahedron: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYW6lqivebKardE Preorder "Love Triangle" by Matt Parker: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Rhombic Dodecahedron with Matt Parker! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGbVkGSKr6-Ll7M What should Adam and Matt (try to) build next?

[@samsimozlof2963]

Hello Adam. I am from Morocco and I have a complex invention that I have been trying to make for years. I want to send it to you via WhatsApp.

[@jono6379]

Looks good. If you are going to build another one you could get rid of the white pieces and instead laser cut and build a clear plexi dodecahedron to house the object.

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

Having a few glasses of Aussie wine whilst watching a maths genius and a model maker extraordinaire construct one of the most complicated objects with just tube and string was probably one of my dumbest ideas so far- my brain is fried....

[@samsimozlof2963]

​@@mickeyfilmer5551 I have a video explaining my difficult invention, and I do not know any way to convey it to Mr. Adam

[@samsimozlof2963]

Please accept me by watching my difficult invention because it will amaze you. I am following you from the Kingdom of Morocco. Greetings to you, Sir Adam

[@TurtleKwitty]

Friendship bracelets are one thing but dang friendship compound polyhydra hits different

[@tested]

Ha!

[@svool_gsviv9885]

I need someone to make friendship compound polyhedra with fr

[@thomasbates9189]

Awesome comment!

[@lsaria5998]

Genuinely I have actually done this and we keep them to this day lol. It's really funny to watch them go from scratch without the origami step first since that process really lets you see how it is constructed. By far the easiest method is to make 2 inverted tetrahedra first and then weave the other 3 around them rather than place adjacent ones one at a time.

[@thomasbates9189]

@@lsaria5998 awesome!

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

"I think we accidentally found a way to make this harder than Origami", ah, you found the Parker Way

[@frankwales]

So, Parkerigami?

[@yobgodababua1862]

@@frankwales Parkergami is when you do the more complicated thing by only looking in a mirror. :P

[@bencheevers6693]

To be fair, the parker way would have accidentally reused one of Adam's colors

[@MrMDQ]

The Parker Way + The Savage Method = Joy!.

[@TheSameNameasYou]

31:18

[@bacon.cheesecake]

I don't watch every Adam Savage video, I don't watch every Matt Parker video, but I never miss a Matt Parker and Adam Savage video, they're brilliant together.

[@jaredl8590]

That is the correct answer.

[@Milamberinx]

I don't watch every Adam Savage video, I do watch every Matt Parker video, but I watch every Matt Parker and Adam Savage video multiple times, they're brilliant together.

[@fossil98]

I do watch every Adam Savage video, I do watch every Matt Parker video, and I watch every Matt Parker and Adam Savage video innumerable times, they're brilliant together.

[@frostyfingers9282]

I absolutely love that Matt goes out of his way to say "math" when talking to Adam and Adam says "maths" when talking to Matt. Such a tiny thoughtful detail from both men, adorable

[@ohnonomorenames]

and the way Matt hands over the calipers when he realizes they are imperial.

[@jyrinx]

I'm a US-to-UK transplant and I occasionally notice I've done this with someone and it always strikes me as a very wholesome moment.

[@Chiberia]

17:10 Matt also said "sprinkles" instead of the common British "hundreds and thousands" - there's a few of these idiom pleasantries sprinkled (pun intended) everywhere, and it's wholesome as f...

[@KevinOrzel]

I noticed that too, they were both so polite, but not in a formal way. Just a couple of respectful dudes.

[@Her_Imperious_Condesension]

@@Chiberia Do you say Hundreds and Thousands in Britain, too? I thought that was just an Aussie thing.

[@mwwhited]

I love that when you told Matt the calipers were in thousands of an inch he just admitted defeat and handed them back to you.

[@petermcandrew7787]

But it doesn't matter what the units are, you only need the proportions. And being in thousandths of an inch makes that much easier than using the more common 32nds of an inch.

[@stephenoconnor6180]

Is it the thousands or the inches that got him?

[@petermcandrew7787]

@@stephenoconnor6180 Inches, I'm sure. Matt is not from USA, Liberia or Myanmar. Matt is from Australia, so grew up using metric measurements.

[@Ahdok1]

@@petermcandrew7787I think the more common measurement might be "metric" :)

[@123_king_me9]

My interpretation of that is that Matt is just not used to reading dial calipers. I've seen a lot of beginners mess up calipers and not realize that you need to read both the number on the stick and the number on the dial. Once you understand how to use them it's easy, but they're not intutive to newbies.

[@Dank_Lulu]

The nerd-out and excitement in the first 10 minutes alone was more than enough to recharge me for the whole week.

[@Benabik]

I love Adam workign with other people for just that reason.

[@grittykitty50]

The Nerd is strong with this one.

[@ponyote]

Watching Adam geek out on something he loves is most of why I watch this channel.

[@chasm9557]

It's shared passion through math.

[@alexanderlehner1849]

Same for me! This was pure GOLDen ratio! Next project please include also 'e' (maybe Pi was somewhere here already) :->

[@webbot15]

I love both these creators individually, but something truly magical happens every time they're together :D

[@tested]

Having Matt in the cave is always a joy. Truly.

[@lasagnahog7695]

It's very comforting watching Adam build something with someone else.

[@ringsystemmusic]

Oh wow I didn’t expect a build with some styrene tubes and elastic cords to be such a nail-biter!

[@tested]

Right?!

[@jaredl8590]

@@tested It was the Ciffhanger of Tested/Stand-up Maths.

[@averygaron994]

I love the bit with the calipers. Adam "uses gauge blocks for arts and crafts" Savage versus Matt "rounds to the nearest pi" Parker

[@supportive_comment]

Adam and Matt have such a positive, compounding way in which they speak. It is marvelous how much these two are able to convey information to us the audiences. Their ability to teach whilst not over speaking each other is astonishing, and I would love to see them teach topics together if that was at all possible.

[@gryyphyn8639]

Do I hear a request for another Brain Candy Live? I'd pay to see that!

[@iamdigory]

It's Mathbusters!

[@Ausecko1]

I want Adam to try a maths video while Matt tries to build something by himself in the background

[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

Four years? How the time flies! Also, have to love the beauty of a shop where you can go "wait, I have that!" My brain hurt watching this.

[@Austin-fc5gs]

Im a simple man, I see Matt Parker, I like the video

[@tested]

Excellent taste!

[@guygillmore2970]

I’m a simple man, I see a Matt Parker video and my brain starts to use synapses that I haven’t used in 30 years and I have to lie down in a dark room for a while….

[@iamdigory]

Matt plus Adam is better than the sum of their parts

[@jasonremy1627]

Same

[@jace.miller]

I'm a regular man, when I see regular polyhedra, I like the video.

[@AB-Prince]

"math isn't about memorising, it is about working it out" I tell myself this every time I have to derive the quadratic formula.

[@HesderOleh]

It is why I love math, but hate integration. I can see patterns, I just don't know which pattern goes with which outcome, even with full cheat sheets.

[@FENomadtrooper]

If only I had someone to tell me that back in elementary school. So much being forced to memorize. I'm way more into math now as an adult thankfully.

[@danilooliveira6580]

its actually what I tried to teach my nephews, while their grandma tried to make them memorize everything, I tried to put in their head that you can't memorize everything and learning other people's shortcut won't help as much as you think. the best way to learn math is just to do it, you will memorize things and learn your own tricks and shortcuts, and if you keep doing it your brain will create its own pathways to solve problems.

[@samwilde8311]

That's why I gave up on the quadratic formula entirely. I just complete the square every single time. I can do half of it in my head and it's probably faster than most people doing quadratic formula anyway. I also derive the equation for percentages every single time by mapping ratios for the same reason

[@Blewlongmun]

@@danilooliveira6580 I think other people's shortcuts can be helpful but only if they're given/taken with that understanding they won't always be. I started struggling in Math because I learned a lot of early principles on my own, that's great when you can fully work backwards but left me lacking a lot of foundations when things like transformations go from helpful simplifying to necessary steps.

[@cassieoh8458]

I love that Adam says "maths" to accommodate his guest. Such a little thing that lets you know how much he wants people to be comfortable in his cave.

[@spudsmith]

And Matt in return says "math" xD

[@zadrik1337]

He still used inches. I feel for him, it is hard to reprogram your brain.

[@baxterwilliams2170]

Adam says "maths" 13:50

[@korenn9381]

@@zadrik1337 yeah when adam started measuring the origami in inches I winced. He absolutely has metric calipers in his shop as well, which just makes scaling so much easier.

[@HesderOleh]

@@baxterwilliams2170 was very impressed. I have lived in the UK and Australia for almost two decades and still can't make the word "maths" come out of my mouth naturally, and even if I get it right I use all my mental energy getting my mouth and tongue to produce the word that I end up stumbling on a word later on in the sentence.

[@Blutzen]

I love so much when Matt Parker joins, his builds are just incredibly satisfying to watch come together.

[@tested]

Right? We love it when he’s in town!

[@zachvannes]

Always good to see Matt and Adam together

[@satibel]

You can find colorful tubes like that for aquariums and pc hard line watercooling if you ever need more.

[@tested]

Good thought

[@nerdingforfunprops4487]

Adam "my brain thanks you" Me "my brain is hurting".......

[@JoshZanders]

*GASP* I love this shape! I remember the first time I tried to make the origami version, I couldn't wrap my head around it for like two days until it literally came to me in a dream. I woke up and retried the assembly, and it worked! 😂 Fun fact - you can actually make the five intersecting tetrahedra out of crisp $1 bills. Makes a really fun desk ornament, about the size of a volleyball.

[@ShinjiSixteen]

I've done this! Surprisingly difficult not from needing crisp bills, but you need to ever so slightly fold the bills to render them into a 1:3 ratio before starting the "normal" folds

[@tomkavulic7178]

"All old people know each other, don't you know that?"

[@Loki-]

Expert camera work that keeps the camera on Matt Parker while Adam sprints out of frame making **band saw noises** to find things 😂

[@Kimlur]

When Adam starts running in his shop, you know that he is excited :)

[@MrDunvegandunvegan]

This is my favorite shape! I've had the origami version as Christmas tree topper for a few years.

[@tested]

Oh, cool!

[@treseb1]

I want that! Where did you find it?

[@pauliepatches]

It's fascinating watching you talk to someone that "Speaks" your language. the enthusiasm in your voice and on your face were great.

[@wayn3w]

Please keep doing these guest videos, be it polyhedra, legos, models, furniture, guitarxs... what have you.

[@tested]

We hope to!

[@bill_and_amanda]

This kind of content is where KZbin truly sparkles

[@UnforeseenLife]

Seeing Matt and Adam be so satisfied with their dodecahedrons after building them is what I didn't know I needed.

[@0xTJ]

The energy that Adam brings to this project couples so well with Matt's. Adam running around grabbing things, while Matt thinks about how to figure out the right model scale is delightful.

[@WalterGrahamJr]

This shape is what Doc Brown was thinking of before he bumped his head in the bathroom and came up with the Flux Capacitor

[@Misheezee]

LMAOOO!!!

[@hillside21]

Long before Zoob, my late-1960s 8th-grade Algebra teacher had a commercial math toy, a set of rubber bands and plastic straws to make polyhedrons.

[@smallman5509]

Ah I'm super happy you're with Matt again. One of my all time favourite episode is was the mirror shapes

[@tested]

Hard to believe that build was four years ago.

[@JosephDavies]

@@testedIt really doesn't seem like it could be so long ago.

[@CDCI3]

​@@testedone who "something happening" ago, but zero age units ago.

[@davidwhite769]

48:08 My soul hurt when Matt so casually turned down an offer to use a frickin CURTA CALCULATOR…

[@ast_rsk]

I hope we don't have to wait 4 more years for another one of these!

[@tested]

Us too!

[@Mona_rchy]

The excitement Adam and Matt stoke in each other is contagious, it’s worth saying again that these two have fantastic chemistry!

[@thetalantonx]

You two are my favorite geeks on the internet and it makes me so happy to watch you both work and then revel in the fact that we humans are lucky enough to get high from insight.

[@enstoanstian1953]

I have made the origami version with each tetrahedra made of 4 interwoven tetrahedra. It is spectacular, but it was so difficult to build. I followed the instructions from a book called mind blowing modular origami

[@TheLateHaunt]

Whoa! The synergy between you two is amazing! Two such fantastic analytical minds working together a joy to behold! Thanks for tackling this wonderful conundrum together!

[@teslatrooper]

11:04 I love this moment because my brain was going in the same direction as they were figuring it out I was nodding going yeah, yeah, exactly! having the same realisations Adam did, it's so much fun figuring stuff out like that.

[@pandaman144.]

I absolutely love this, definitely need more of Adam and Matt making more of these, either that or a super long cut of it

[@renecura]

Love the pause when matt says "this is easy if we build the dodecahedron first" 😂

[@johnturner8286]

24:00 Adam Accidentally Invents A Spatial Intelligence Test (patent pending)

[@andrewszaflarski5379]

That moment when Adam hit the example with his hand......priceless.

[@marypasco2213]

Watching these two do this was, indeed, a joy.

[@vepeu]

the spark of inspiration at 11mins was beautiful to see :)

[@hershycows]

The best duo for a one day build!

[@thecerpent]

At 9:43 Adam shows the pure joy in the vindication of being The Guy who keeps every little thing he might possibly need in storage somewhere, just in case he might need it later.

[@kailomonkey]

ferrero rocher box. classic bits and bobs box. also I was thinking the dodecahedron edges should go smaller to 3 inches because their angles to each other don't extend their length as much as the angles between the tetrahedron edges. and your final results seem to biasly confirm that without substantiation.

[@sundaynightdrunk]

How she built that incredible object out of paper, and it came out as a solid object that holds its shape is as incredible as the build depicted here. Incredible the talents that people have.

[@kaysb80]

This is how you build a friendship.

[@MelBrooksKA]

Or ruin one, there's no in between

[@noredine]

42:23

[@JolynBowler]

Such fun to watch your brainstorming... thank you for my Wednesday morning smiles 🌻

[@toolebukk]

One of my favourite collabs!

[@andyman127]

Adam with some impressively fast hands at 16:45... You to have some great chemistry on camera.

[@annwagner5779]

Two men with wonderful smiles and amazing skills. Such fun!

[@skyepyro7104]

Watching you two nerd out together is fantastic. You're not even trying to be presenters anymore, you're just absorbed in the project and it's awesome.

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

You guys problem solving and having a blast together is super inspiring to see )

[@timgchannel3328]

I don’t know who’s crazier, them for trying it or me for watching it.

[@archivist17]

Matt: "If reality wasn't an issue" 😂 Adam could substitute his own.

[@joannakasper5486]

I scrolled through the comments to find the other person who made this connection. 👋😁

[@GermiesCoasterYard]

I was just thinking about the rhombic dodecahedron video yesterday! Excited to see another collaboration between you two!

[@Alluvian567]

Awesome build! Love these Matt Parker collabs, would love to see more. Stand up maths is one of those channels I watch everything he does, as even if I am not interested in the topic, the telling is always entertaining. You have that same skill Adam, in that I can watch you build things with tools I will never own and still enjoy the whole process.

[@Qermaq]

Gettin' In Shape with Adam and Matt

[@khronokraze]

This needs to be made into a drinking game. Take a shot every time you make the wrong interconnection.

[@kylebennett7518]

Love it, Loved the build and the journey. Love all those storage draws in the background also.

[@nuk3snip3r]

I'm so happy that Matt and Adam are still killing it on these fun builds. Both of these videos are delightful adventures in problem solving and I love it so much.

[@miramosa7768]

Mattam is the perfect shape nerd combo.

[@tested]

Ha!

[@jono6379]

And who said building macaroni noodle necklaces in kinder wouldn't come in handy later in life😂 great video so far guys

[@coldfire1]

It's always lovely when youtubes i admire work together ❤

[@zach_attakk]

This is my favourite combination. Someone intimately familiar with a thing on a theoretical level and Adam excitedly running around making it happen. That excitement is contagious. I want to make something now.

[@Tiemen3]

I love how it's an object you could confidently hand to a child

[@kempshott]

"If reality wasn't an issue..."

[@Smucklz]

We need more colabs between these two. I love watching them get so excited about shapes

[@Gomisan]

Two of my favourite men in a room together sharing their joy of making and maths and just generally geeking out, this is fantastic.

[@mattyb4873]

Every time I see Matt Parker, my brain combines Trey Parker and Matt Stone and I get excited, then I realize who it actually is and I get even more excited

[@Cardboardspaceship7]

pool noodles

[@outrageousacres]

That would be cool but massive!! Haha

[@nosy-cat]

You guys are really good together! I really hope you make many more collabs like this.

[@user-le6lt1jz9m]

Y'all are the best! It fills my heart with such levity to see you two together. :)

[@ADHDMedia]

They really haven't aged since then lol

[@bestemminggroen]

It's a delight seeing you guys work togheter❤

[@duskpede5146]

i don't think i've seen a better example of two people with great chemistry together, i hope you guys do more stuff together you compliment each other perfectly

[@robertb6276]

These two together, the excitement is contagious.

[@johnstark9164]

I really like the shot at 58:14 of the two just sitting and admiring their work

[@CaptainGreebly]

So many math concepts I had to look up in this video, thanks Adam and Matt! Great video.

[@melaniehefner948]

Fun to see obvious geniuses work together and having the time of their lives.

[@evancuster4280]

I love watching two insanely smart people bounce great ideas off of each other. I've been waiting so long for another vid with Matt Parker, so glad this is the result ❤❤❤

[@MittensOnly]

Love seeing the new shop in action Looks like it's working according to plan

[@Thorsummoner0]

very few things inspire me quite like getting to see Adam, Adam being absolutely thrilled by spatial planning, and color, and teamwork, and the thrill of executing a good plan in a day

[@garychaiken808]

Quite a mind bender. Great job guys. Thank you 😊

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

I had a building set that was made from tubes as s child, just like the ones you used for this build. They were smaller in size but linked together with bends and such

[@Pschtyckque]

That was so deeply satisfying to watch. I would love to see you further refine it as you mentioned, with 3D printing or wooden spheres for the corners. Love it!

[@ursa-]

crossover of the decade!

[@dave_s_vids]

I love these two together. So good!

[@timothyrosenvall1496]

You guys have mad chemistry. I’d watch a series with both of you in a heart beat

[@i_am_keyser_s0ze]

Seeing my two favourite KZbinrs and STEM communicators in the same video made me smile for the entire duration

[@RobinClaesson]

Love the pure unhinged excitement you two have together!

[@AlKohaiMusic]

Always thrilled tl see matt on the channel. And really excited to see the infinitely stacking mirror light final product if/when you find the time for it

[@Rhynorulz88]

I truely love watching adams brain working and the way that matt gets extra excited along with him its a real trip I love it :)

[@rosestanyer6709]

Amazing collaboration holy cow I love this

[@helyushd6943]

thx for creating this!

[@UltrosFF6]

Matt seems like such a fun guy to be around. His energy and enthusiasm is contagious.

[@havranproductions]

This reminds me of building the dodec pod for the movie Contact in the mid 90s in 3D using Alias software. There were no pre-shapes and I had to figure out how to construct it which was a real mind twister. So fun to see this process and how complicated they are finding it as well.