Gömböc-The Shape That Shouldn't Exist

In this video I show you a Gömböc. This is a shape that has only two equilibrium points-one stable and one unstable, instead of the usual minimum of 4. It is self-righting no matter how you set it down.
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[@TheActionLab]

Hi everyone, some are confused about why there is only one unstable equilibrium on the Gomboc since you can set it along anywhere on the upper edge and it will tip over. An unstable equilibrium is not simply an edge where it will tip over, but it has a specific definition. The equilibrium points are where the derivative of the potential energy of the shape is zero. To see if it is an unstable or stable equilibrium, then you check to see if the second derivative is positive or negative. If the second derivative of the potential energy is negative then it is an unstable equilibrium. If the second derivative is positive it means that the equilibrium stable. Non-mathematically this means that the unstable equilibrium is the point that it theoretically could be balanced because the weight is equal all around the point, but it would fall over at the slightest wind or movement.

[@lukedaduke9682]

that’s a lotta damage

[@lukedaduke9682]

Also hi

[@jacobandrews2663]

Oh ok. Yeah now i understand 😐

[@jelly1464]

My braincells are going to have headache

[@omkarnarvekar2796]

Still didn't understand why the 2 points at sides where the sharp edge ends are not considered as unstable equilibrium points? However the rolled paper shape you showed has 2 unstable equilibrium points at sides?

[@pixeldoge8067]

Title:"Gömböc-The shape that shouldn't exist" Gömböc: *cries in shape*

[@LouiWoodman]

*Cries in geometry*

[@nerdmlnecraft]

Nah it should be *cries in shape*

[@beamitz4743]

*cries in Hungarian*

[@emredokless]

Ö

[@valentinoraimondo8081]

*sad shape nosies*

[@breddiemercury]

"You'll notice that this may look similar to something you've seen in nature" My first thought: .......a rock?..

[@pacesm.6713]

xDD

[@kanvolu]

Same

[@saldana7395]

100th like

[@jackbrennan0798]

Breddie mercury😅

[@exari_]

S a m e

[@whittydabomb2496]

"Whats you favorite shape?" "Gömböc" "What?" *_"g ö m b ö c"_*

[@Wikingking]

The Gömböc (not gumbock, but more like goem-boetz) was made and designed at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The name itself is kind of a made up word we use in Hungarian for objects with a round-ish shape, but what is not perfectly round like a ball, however it resembles one. Like for example when you're working with dough you can form small "gömböc" from the pastry. Not a perfect ball, but something close.

[@Wikingking]

@UC35FDHsZ2hBfSjtLBhid9Dw I finished my studies for quite some time now but there was a permanent exhibition corner in the main hall of the Main building for years, and yes, I guess there is an oversized (although not giant) copy presented there.

[@FeIixTigriS]

also we can say like EUkliedes- Öklid. Same pronounce

[@tim035]

I also noticed he pronounced it differently every time he said it, haha

[@Fryscream777]

🤓

[@pesosgouda8223]

Is it similar to “blob” in english?

[@angryspirit733]

Gömböc : A shape that shouldn't exist. Me : Maybe I am a Gömböc.

[@suryansumishra9113]

Maybe this is the vision meme

[@angryspirit733]

@@suryansumishra9113 Lol

[@user-is1qr8uj1f]

fat furry

[@Neo-vz8nh]

As a hungarian this is funny, as Gömböc means spheroid, but often used to fat things :D

[@QueenKoopa01]

Lol

[@cooldownboi3890]

Everybody gangsta until the gömböc becomes a school subject

[@Gautam-tk8tf]

Imagine calculating the area and perimeter of that thing

[@theTHwa3tes11]

@@Gautam-tk8tf F

[@Bruh-ej8ib]

Math teacher: "why all of my kids hate math?"

[@next-genshadow85]

Don't give them ideas.

[@cooldownboi3890]

@@next-genshadow85 I am the nerd, destroyer of your grades _shows video to math teacher_

[@Nevernamed]

This is one of those educational videos that is somehow manages to make you more confused than when you started because it assumes you already understand the definition of an equilibrium point.

[@1furious]

It's clearly bullshit. The shape at 1:40 is far more deserving of having just two equilibrium points than the Gomboc.

[@chelsmeister]

@@1furious It's not bullshit, the cardboard tube has a line of stable equilibrium rather than a single point of balance. --MIT Grad here, lmk if you have other questions :)

[@exclamationpointman3852]

He didn't explain himself thoroughly

[@pesterbotfpv]

@@chelsmeister ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER!?

[@Currywurst4444]

I prefer it this way with variety between videos. Different starting points for different people.

[@tootoo2ify]

you must define what equillibrium is in the video more clearly, people are confusing any convex on the shape to be an equillibrium point when they dont get that there has to be balance between each side

[@Satchidanen]

exactly

[@1furious]

Which is contradicted outright by the shape at 1:40. This whole concept is basically bullshit.

[@popsmcgee4153]

What you said

[@Remixchannel-xv2nh]

And egg shouldn't exist cuz it's not stable

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

Yeah... My takeaway from this is that he doesn't explain things well. He over explains some concepts and leaves out some important distinctions and nuances needed to correctly other concepts. It makes me question if he understands these topics and isn't just trying to paraphrase things he's read and seen in other videos.

[@theedankesst5631]

"A what?" "Gömböc." "Gesundheit."

[@averagehuman1106]

lmaO-

[@tomt.8593]

Huh was

[@Davoda2]

@@tomt.8593 English speaking people butcher all languages, Michelin -> usually the 'ch' is pronounced [tʃ], instead of [ʃ] König -> I don't know why but the 'ö' becomes 'o' every time, but the sound exist like in 'shirt'. When it's in a video it bothers me, because if you make an effort to make something you could really listen to Google how to say it. Like Командирские for English people becomes weird Командирски.

[@aykay1303]

@@Davoda2 ah yes all English people speak Russian apparently😂 And the butchering is very accurate, but i, myself, prefer to know how to properly pronounce foreign words of names.

[@Davoda2]

@@aykay1303 you missed the point. And not just that all but one was a name of what I listed. The point is, that if you make a video, hence you made an effort to create something of value, you should look up how to say the the words you use in the video. So it is not about everyone, but the ones who create something with foreign language in it. Today it takes just a secound to know how you pronounce something. So it's not a matter of knowledge or ability it's just a matter laziness. That is my point.

[@OtterPxp]

“Gömböc- the shape that shouldn’t exist” Rocks: I don’t have such weaknesses

[@xxPenjoxx]

Except for paper...

[@Shinman2]

@@xxPenjoxx except for scissors

[@BaoShadow]

@@Shinman2 exept for rock

[@neileung]

@@BaoShadow except for paper

[@hyperazzy-5048]

@@neileung except for scissors

[@KITT.007]

This is very fascinating, the fact that there’s only 2 equilibrium in that somewhat of a shape is truly astonishing. It would be interesting to find, or have as a fun decoration

[@friedrichrubinstein2346]

equilibrium :(

[@jarzantarzanful]

If anyone interested, the original “gömböc” is a Hungarian food. Their shape is somewhat similar and the name has a cutesy ring to it (for Hungarians). As for the food it’s not really produced anymore as it’s kinda disgusting by today’s standards (pork intestines filled with blood, meat, skin etc). It’s similar to “head cheese”, a similarly less known food in some parts of Europe. It’s also the antagonist of a horroristic Hungarian folk tale (“Kisgömböc”) where a gömböc decides to run amok and basically eats the whole village alive :)

[@Nikolaos-Koemtzis]

Hamm! Bekaplak!

[@bangi2757]

"Tlačenica" or "švargla" in Croatia.

[@KovacsErika-lh1tw]

Igaz. :)

[@pinba4136]

Hungarian: Gömböc The action lab: *GOMPOK*

[@badi1220]

Thank you, you are a good patriot

[@viktorace]

Amúgy ja XDD

[@wkrisz]

Yes it hurts how he pronounces Gömböc

[@gbor22]

bonyi lett volna beírni google translate-be és felolvastatni vele

[@viktorace]

@@gbor22 úgy már eléggé gagyi lenne a videó, nem hogy inkább örülnél hogy próbálkozik baszki

[@zemezola8267]

“you’ll notice that this may look similar to something that you’ve seen in nature” me: ah yes, a walnut “a turtle” me: ah, not a walnut,

[@glazedfaith]

Sorry, I'm dead

[@lindahoffmann7176]

Why is this making me laugh

[@ProjectWander]

I thought we were going to testicle town

[@tyunniez]

I’m starting to think this isn’t hent- I mean animation

[@pariscarbo]

I thought of an empanada

[@corwinzelazney5312]

There's bound to be a ton of things NASA could use this shape for.

[@Newguyatwork]

Yeah, Like a rover that automatically goes back to upright after an alien yeets it off a cliff

[@brown3394]

or ideal poop shape in zero g

[@giantpacificc]

there are 2 types of people

[@septemberscorcher7070]

@@giantpacificc too true

[@sapphire4310]

@@Newguyatwork that happens way too often, we need to ask the aliens to stop throwing our rovers off cliffs

[@typo1345]

Him: now you may notice this looks like something you've seen in nature Me: a *rock.* Him: a turtle Me: _wait wat_

[@gaminator1953]

Wgat kind of rockd u looking at

[@Hamzurger]

@@gaminator1953sscnjhadnxjhwsbxjhadbcjhdabxhhswbxhhsacb (I have no idea)

[@nnoav]

@@gaminator1953 a cool ass rock

[@DeezNuts-ej6sr]

@@gaminator1953 a normal rock

[@lO_OI]

@@gaminator1953 a gomrock

[@user-zo6nn2ih2f]

Gömböc: perfectly balanced Thanos: as all things should be

[@pluto7710]

His forgotten infinity stone 🤦‍♂️

[@nauvalghaina8616]

Also Thanos: could this shape be one of my people?

[@zamn__]

The Gömböc is Thanos's pp stone

[@raga.8950]

Here's your Reddit gold sir.

[@4f52]

Damn, Redditors just eat whatever the mass media shits in your plate... It's crazy. Edit: Thanks for the 1k likes, kind stranger.

[@loargesnek5371]

Mathmatician: every object has at LEAST 4 equilibrium points Some random ass turtle: Im about to end this mans whole career

[@walshy1515]

Does a circle not have unlimited equilibrium points

[@walshy1515]

There for the shape he showed us has unlimited equilibrium points

[@xenorzy9331]

@@walshy1515 the tangential force on any given equilibrium point on a circle would sum to a net force not equal to zero, so it doesn’t count

[@kkyzz]

oh god my brain cells are in pain

[@Qaptyl]

@@walshy1515 it doesnt work on the gömböc because anywhere else you cant balance it no matter how hard you try. on an egg on the top if you have a perfect hand you technically can balance it but its unstable. but it doesnt work woth the gömboac

[@teachoc9482]

Glad you pinned this to the top. I was wondering that and you did a good explanation. Although, people who don’t understand potential kinetic energy won’t understand. That would be a great second part to this video, explaining that for non-science people. Thanks!!

[@puggimos4239]

3:33 "This may look similar to something you've seen in nature..." me: A ravioli "A turtle" me: oh, that too

[@Empark146]

Now that's something you see once in your life. And then you forget about it.

[@vishwarao6064]

Thats deep *PASHA*

[@Zedryx69]

well, yeah..

[@LuisCarlos-kp6jq]

like your comment

[@LarboardAnimations9660]

Agreed

[@TheActionLab]

Lol

[@mlodyfranke]

aliens: what the hell is this??? me, a normal human being: this is my Gömböc

[@ricoronie9846]

Pretty sure aliens got plenty of gombocs

[@Qaptyl]

i always carry my gömböc everywhere i go cuz i will never know when i will need a self righting convex solid with only 1 stable and 1 non stable equilibrium point

[@Garfuffle]

You're not a normal being you're shy kid giorno

[@diartgallapeni1421]

@@Garfuffle diablooooo??

[@palblue]

Aliens have gombocs, not gömböcs. Theres a difference

[@vivek3638]

Thanks a lot from the bottom of my heart for this knowledge and awareness bro

[@mr.nimbus4169]

Thank you, this video changed my life forever!

[@rohitghumare7515]

My parents : **pointing at me** "The thing that shouldn't exist""

[@Orange_Swirl]

I'm sorry bro.

[@user-dw2fj8bb8l]

Ok, gömböc.

[@user-iv5cz1re1f]

Maybe a condom?

[@aaebsssb9914]

The Thing That Should Not Be (1986)

[@jongyuemei]

Lol

[@thelaughingllama]

This guy pronounces it a different way every time he says it.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

The pronunciation is unstable

[@roxyraccoon9126]

@@williamchamberlain2263 But at least he's trying.

[@ScottishDwarf]

Roxy Raccoon it’s a joke😂

[@roxyraccoon9126]

@@ScottishDwarf Still. I appreciate the effort he put into pronouncing that word.

[@justjaguar2314]

And none of them is the correct way😂😂😂😂

[@RuddsReels]

Thanks for the video, well explained in the details as with the counter arguments and as such makes this video interesting.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

i thought i knew something about classical physics, but almost always learn somethin from the examples in your videos - tks

[@KoroH2O]

God, I'm glad I'm already done with school, imagine calculating the area of a Gömböc in your finals

[@jackthesabersamurai9572]

Ill be done with school in one year Highschool here i come🤣🤣

[@darkdelphin834]

They learn about Gömböc at school?

[@tomacselli5878]

Nope, we are not learning about it

[@user-ij8qq7xx4e]

Well Im only a 6 grader in elementary school

[@yaboidustin2447]

@@user-ij8qq7xx4e I just became a freshman in high school and I'm so glad I don't have geometry 😅 Well I've been for 3 days :b

[@Spike46444]

“You’ll notice that this looks similar to something you’ve seen in nature.” Me: a rock Him: “A turtle.” Me: *what-*

[@lenschwedt9646]

Living-Reptile-Rock

[@ChrisPage68]

Except he showed a tortoise.

[@hembrom_a._ankit]

I was also thinking the same.😆

[@thegirlnextdork]

"A dumpling! ...oh."

[@watchdazordie858]

I read the -turtle- bit and the person said it wow

[@uhhwhoami]

Ok so basic definition of stable equilibrium in terms of dynamics is when a certain body always returns to its original position without any constraints. Example. When you roll a marble in a bowl, it always returns back to the bottom point. Unstable equilibrium is quite the opposite. If you were to keep the bowl upside down and roll the marble, it would roll off the bowl and won’t return to its original position

[@liamnewman7130]

Anyone notice the hole in the end of the Gömböc at 4:24 ?🤔 I personally thought it was a little odd, especially seeing that he was just talking about how perfect they have to be.

[@paltryblather9331]

so basically after 10000 years, mathematicians have proven that turtles exist.

[@kaanylmaz4080]

you are stupid or you are pretending

[@ctrl_audio5351]

@@kaanylmaz4080 r/wooosh

[@the8264]

Shsgagag Shegsgsgsg you should’ve asked yourself

[@gary1471]

Shsgagag Shegsgsgsg ironic You are stupid enough to not understand the joke *Funny*

[@Patwirk6969]

@@kaanylmaz4080 r/woooosh

[@DenimDucky]

I like to imagine that this is a very intelligent hand explaining everything

[@celiasaiz3786]

I love this

[@hoshineisius3806]

Cursed

[@moderntech4784]

U need more likes

[@xspiritanimalx]

He does that in every video. Hahaha

[@WyWid]

These types of comments keep maker believe that there are still unique minds on a KZbin comment thread. 10/10’comment

[@UNKN0WN_1]

I am sorry, but does this gomboc object does not present near infinite number of unstable equilibrium points and only one stable?

[@thundercheeks1989]

It has one stable and one unstable equilibrium points, i believe youre thinking of non-equilibrium points, of which there are... many.

[@souran1321]

The video did a really bad job at differentiating between an equilibrium point and a non-equilibrium point. Whether it's a stable or unstable equilibrium, it's possible to balance a shape - unstable just means it'll fall over with a nudge. Obviously then non-equilibrium means it's impossible to balance it in the first place.

[@andrebaur639]

I thougt this too. Espacially at the head and tail of the Turtle.

[@erikdahlstrom3561]

@@andrebaur639 no matter what, if you put the turtle on the head or tail it will fall over into its belly. But, If you place it onto it's back very very carefully exactly over its center of gravity then it can balance on it's back, but any slight force like breeze or the turtle moving will make it roll onto its belly. You can't balance on non equilibrium points.

[@danatyler5892]

Equilibrium exists whenever the center of gravity is directly over the point of contact with the ground. Gravitational forces are over the point of contact, so the object is supported and there are no lateral forces to cause motion. If the center of gravity is not located over the point of contact, the offset in location of these opposing force vectors result in torque and subsequent rotation. The claim is that this only occurs in two positions with this object. Stable equilibrium occurs when the object's potential energy would increase (CG moving upwards) if the object moved away from equilibrium - therefore the object will tend to stay there unless energy is added. The object will return to the same position if a brief small force is applied. Unstable equilibrium occurs when the objects potential energy would decrease if moved away from equilibrium (CG moves lower). Any briefly applied force will result in the object continuing to move away from an unstable equilibrium. Basically the object can 'fall' out of an unstable equilibrium, but is already at it's lowest position when in stable equilibrium.

[@oliverdiamond6594]

for those wondering, there is only one unstable equilibrium because anywhere else (other than the stable equilibrium) will no matter what always return to the stable equilibrium. however, it can be balanced on the unstable equilibrium, only if you are very precise.

[@JustStopOkay]

Thank you for explaining this, I was so confused from the lack of explanation in the video. The video just made it seem like every shape had an infinite amount

[@lilpetz500]

The gömböc looks like a sphere but, sensitive and anxious. It wants to roll, but only in one very specific way.

[@alduril2882]

Captain Hungarian here: the closest spelling I can think of for the correct pronunciation for English speakers on Gömböc is : Goemboets

[@kbuella]

Nemes a neved😎😁

[@UncleDumu]

Gurmburts?

[@ledaboros868]

@@UncleDumu no. pronounce ö the way you pronounce "u" in "burn" and pronounce "c" like tz in "pretzel". the guy in the video pronounced the other letters correctly.

[@UncleDumu]

Léda Boros So yes, “Gurmburts” is correct, then. (I thought so - I studied Hungarian under Britain’s leading translator of Hungarian fiction into English). It isn’t the “u” in burn that’s pronounced like “ö”: it’s the “u” and “r” together. Some people in Scotland will roll the r a bit but most English speakers don’t pronounce it at all.

[@RafaelMunizYT]

So it's basically gum butts?

[@post-surreal]

Nobody: IKEA'S furniture: *Gömböc*

[@zsxmby96]

bruh that's a hungarian word

[@tenryu_19]

Zsomboa That’s the joke...

[@streka8018]

@@tenryu_19 IKEA is swedish...

[@theultumateprezes6379]

@@zsxmby96 he meant that they're very unstable.

[@salmantorik6091]

The illegal chair

[@thejollyjoker187]

It's so amazing that there are people out there that actually find this to be interesting..

[@kavishkhamesra3582]

Thanks for sharing this. It helped me remember something amazing. The reason why egg doesn't shape up like a perfect oval and why is it two different curvatures at two sides, much like the orbits of some planets.

[@nc6379]

How many equilibrium points do you have? Sphere: YES or also I am the EQUILIBRIUM POINT

[@barsozuguler4744]

Also All of them stable

[@MrDiaxus]

@@barsozuguler4744 Actually, if I understand right none of them are stable. The slightest breeze will make a perfect sphere roll, and only resting in something that contacts on three or more triangulated points will hold it.

[@Enzi_Meteori_902]

@@MrDiaxus that's true

[@MisterAssasine]

@@MrDiaxus if I understood it right, an equilobrium point is stable if it has an area. A spere or a cube that is balanced sideways lays on a point of edge, but not on a 2D area

[@non-inertialobserver946]

@@MrDiaxus The sphere doesn't have unstable or stable equilibrium points, it has indifferent equilibrium points. If they were unstable equilibrium points, an arbitrarly small breeze would move the sphere by a large amount, instead an arbitrarly small breeze moves it by an arbitrarly small amount.

[@boobas8127]

Imagine some random person actually found this in nature and didn't know about it and its significance

[@sko1beer]

I can’t believe I watched the whole video I thought I was going to skip it

[@CyanPhrog]

What about a ball, does it have any unstable points?

[@diartgallapeni1421]

@@CyanPhrog youre right . Smart

[@charliegnu]

You mean someone saw a turtle? I can imagine that.

[@volt8645]

@@CyanPhrog it only has stable point

[@seedless-bud]

truly amazing thanks for sharing bud!

[@dougdouglas3945]

Good information. Thanks for the research and video.

[@ynk1611]

Teacher: "Physics is easy, just think about the formulas and don't sweat it!" Task 1: "Calculate the total area of a Gömböc while considering the distortion of space time."

[@Gautam-tk8tf]

OH NO NO N-

[@HaveANiceDayLol.]

I'd rather consider dropping out of school

[@JeffMTX]

'formulas' are crap. physics is UNDERSTANDING the formula.

[@Chrishum]

If you think of it math is just one memorization game. It’s the same formula just applied in different areas, but you need to memorize those formulas.

[@Gautam-tk8tf]

@@Chrishum r/wooosh

[@abood210.]

**Gömböc** Everyone: Gombuc, Gumboc, Gumbuc, Gomboc.

[@Benutzername474]

Kömbök

[@yeewee7411]

The c in it is actually c and not a k like how english people pronounce

[@ThisIsAlmondz]

It's kind of pronounced when you forget about the vowels.

[@psychosocial6112]

Him: gomboc Everyone: gombuc, gumboc, gumbuc Me: cumsock!

[@Maaar10Avali]

Hungarians: *gömböc*

[@angelicadaigle3217]

Your videos are always amazing! 🔥 🙂💯❤

[@Just_living4567-_-]

A gömböc is an interesting thing I never knew it existed

[@DrNothing23]

"I guess that proves the old grammatical adage, "If you're not sure how to pronounce a word, do so differently each time you say it"...

[@aksvinss]

Omg ur profile pic

[@Kanvereb]

@Altschauerberger Opferkult-Spiritist yeah, but that assumes one have infinite tries, otherwise - like James here - one will end up ever so wrong

[@asakarlsson5192]

ÅÄÖ JEFF BOERST ITS THE EXTRA SWEDISH LETTERS BUT THE SWEDISH ALFABET HAS O

[@catgoaaaaaaaaaaa6152]

@@asakarlsson5192 those are also in the Finnish alphabet

[@asakarlsson5192]

@@catgoaaaaaaaaaaa6152 I know and the Norwegian

[@madnobot4650]

He's gonna freak out when he hears about spheres.

[@marcodestefano7119]

I mean, spheres... have much more than 4 equibilbrium points?

[@clickrick]

Gömböc (loosely) means sphere.

[@madnobot4650]

@@clickrick ok

[@storm14k]

Infinite equilibrium points...if you can create a perfect one. Not sure why that's amazing.

[@openyoureyes1985]

Yeah, spheres have infinite equilibrium points, all of which are unstable.

[@ssnoc]

Very cool - Great content just found you and subscribed 👍

[@lollshay1549]

these kind of people scare the living sh!t out of me, but they’re so cool and are literally our future. props to you.

[@WRSBaxter]

Near the University in Budapest, close to the river, we went into a big closed market and browsed. Downstairs, just by the entrance of a small supermarket, is a.....Gömböc!! There is also a nice lady who will patiently describe it and demonstrate it in English. Hungarians are rightly proud of their mathematicians, physicists and engineers.

[@davidk7441]

You do know it’s basically a useless tool right? What’s there to be proud of, 🤦‍♂️

[@hemingshark327]

There are a few of them around I believe.

[@user-up7nb6id1f]

Like Rubik

[@kenboulder212]

A gomboc. A big one?

[@WRSBaxter]

@@kenboulder212 Roughly grapefruit sized

[@justsomerandompersononthei5087]

Teachers be like: Now calculate the volume and mass of this thing in three seconds

[@doodoothedishonored9093]

Fairly easy actually, calculate volume by displacement and put it on a scale for mass, or use the mass constants for the material from which its made

[@kebby8435]

@@doodoothedishonored9093 you are the very reason why humans can’t have nice things

[@americancountryball2077]

@@kebby8435 well just look at his username

[@evilparadigm]

@@kebby8435 No, people like them are why we have nice things.

[@kebby8435]

@@evilparadigm you are another reason why humans can’t have nice things

[@marcuscasagrande7596]

Im no equilibrium expert but all the times in this video he showed that a form had X amounts of equilibrium points, the question "Why?" Poped in my head without a solid answer

[@Metrolikescheese]

That looks like something I’d make in blender for a low poly build

[@bencehorvath7609]

The guy who invented this was one of my professors at Budapest Universtiy of Technology. He is a very cool dude, everybody liked his lectures. Always came up with funny examples during the lecture to make things more interesting. He is also kinda odd, he was always thinking about things like this in 24/7.

[@Vikkin1218]

BME?

[@bencehorvath7609]

@@Vikkin1218 Yes.

[@pinterakos3349]

@@bencehorvath7609 Vicces koma

[@tomaszkarwik260]

Now you know what he was thinking

[@jordanrock3494]

Trying to find stability.

[@happybalint]

The name sounded really hungarian. My assumption wasn't wrong lol.

[@nemesixsis]

@High King Of Quel'thalas The life of “Dumpling”!🤣😂

[@belafontosabb3876]

Azt hittem a KZbin lefordította a címet

[@leventehorvath4730]

Én is azt hittem először

[@istvanfarkas8806]

Márk Martinkovics én is

[@gergomarton4260]

Well i think it is hungarian, also im hungarian too! Hi

[@cjlogan09]

There isn't a shape with less than 4 eq-GÖMBÖC

[@TheLegend-jr9ng]

No that is not how you pronunce it

[@LuciferaseFire]

@@TheLegend-jr9ng nah i think its pronounced gömböc

[@Misslayer99]

Oh cool I was just thinking I was going to get my son to try to 3D print one of these and 2 seconds later he says he linked the plans in the description. Sweet!

[@levihackerman8670]

I’m up at 1 AM restless and sweaty just watching *Gömböc*

[@logs]

U have corona my man. Sweaty in winter, hell nah.

[@em.ma_sm.ith08]

@@logs in Australia it’s summer so I can relate

[@ofedo5934]

man its 3.43 am i was trying to repair my phone and ended up here

[@davidmcconnell1656]

Your name! 😂

[@pmteaches]

Same its 12:40 am

[@Emyureta]

“The shape that shouldnt exist” Well now it does do deal with it

[@saml330]

「エミュ」EMYURETA I want to like but it has 69 likes

[@commiedoggo5440]

Xxleviathen TerrorxX I’m crying and shitting on the floor this is so funny

[@wonttham3184]

Xxleviathen TerrorxX haha funie sek numbr haha so funni

[@chellinacell7450]

”I’m the Gömböc, you gotta deal with it!”

[@aant429]

Savwage

[@user-nz4iy7lo3y]

Bored to tears before you got started

[@TheScarfaceKillaa]

Looking thru thousands of pebbles driving him nuts and the turtle is chilling in the background watching it all go down

[@CMKpower]

"A mathematician discovered the shape of a turtle."

[@jeremy-ws1rb]

@@gaming4K its called biocopy something something

[@jeremy-ws1rb]

Biomimicry

[@skilz8098]

How about the Golden Spiral and that shell of a snail, or the horn of a ram?

[@hunterblackwidow]

@@skilz8098 Coiled wire or Springs.

[@GoofyGaming]

KnDa Bored Well I mean evolution is a far better engineer than any of us and it’s been at work for much longer.

[@ProfessionalGoober]

Yes, am real human, I like to do human thing like breathe with lung and walk on leg and play with Gömböc

[@carmavasilias6145]

Oh, youre peeling me?

[@thatoneguy4701]

Same

[@jello__0113]

Breathe with lung and walk with leg... sounds like you're only half human

[@Mega-rx9sr]

No, you are a banana vampire

[@DenseRandom]

DIO

[@sebastiankumlin9542]

At last someone solved this, it's been bothering me all my life

[@ArpheeC]

I feel like the mathematic principles behind gomboc's will someday be used to ensure the stability of transit during warp and other FTL technologies in the far future.

[@illogicalferi]

As a hungarian i feel pain for your pronunciation of the gömböc :"D

[@Dasuud]

Igen, én is... 😅

[@pumpkin_314]

As a swede i do that to, i didn’t Know the hungarian alphabet also has Ö though

[@illogicalferi]

@@pumpkin_314 I'm not sure about that we pronounce this the same way :D

[@markzsibok]

Így igaz!😂

[@molnarbenedek4336]

Én is.. Nem is gondoltam volna hogy ennyi magyar nézi őt

[@mrchilim]

Hungarian mathematician makes gömböc: "Hm, yes, let's confuse non-hungarians how to pronounce its name"

[@zola5584]

haha true ,im from hungary and the english pronounce is soo funny

[@paoloplasenzotti7861]

So how do you pronounce it?

[@zola5584]

hard to explain:///...nothing pronounce in english like the "ö" letter.....but maybe a good example: "were "phonetically for a hungarian like= wör

[@jtuohini]

​@@paoloplasenzotti7861 [ˈɡømbøt͡s] - and the same recorded: forvo.com/word/g%C3%B6mb%C3%B6c/#hu

[@viragabonyi8323]

@@paoloplasenzotti7861 the ö sound is like the german ö, and the c is like the "ts" sound, for example in "cats"

[@WR_SEA_98]

Dude started rolling stones just to prove someone wrong, what a chad.

[@josephback-upaccount6116]

BEST PART of the Gomboc -- the dudes wife helped him collect and roll rocks without divorcing him for sounding insane

[@seraph11]

Me, a hungarian: Him: gombok Me: nO

[@tobyarmstrong5817]

buttons?

[@J-KCs]

@@tobyarmstrong5817 no, the guy on the video saying it really wrong gombok in english, it is sayed like gembetz in the right way

[@WT.shorts_]

Xd nézelődök a videók között és megvillan a remény fénye, hogy foglalkoznak a magyarokkal is. Nem jött össze.

[@vtomi07]

a magyar nyelv könnyű😂😂 na persze

[@horsza]

“gambak” XDD

[@sohopedeco]

Vladimir Arnold: "Here's a math conjecture for you to disprove." Gömböc: "I guess I'm gonna flip some stones."

[@dijkstra4678]

he must have done that on purpose so that when the gomboc was actually discovered he received some credit even though he did absolutely nothing. That's like saying to the public "Im gonna toss magnets into the air to see if they float" and then someone who actually worked hard creates an object that floats and then that other dude receives credit.

[@jessebeegee]

the fact that the explanation link is broken now is just icing on this confusing cake

[@toversnoleu8769]

The taperoll you can make with the same material with same material thing on one side. Same as an hollow orb with bit more material on one point. So it has one return point.

[@lietz13]

"Why is the Gömböc expensive? Although the Gömböc has no moving parts, the geometry has to be manufactured to unprecedented precision" or just 3d print one at home that's fine too

[@bbdanny]

i'm pretty sure that regular commercial 3d printers are not accurate enough to do that

[@IrishSunburn]

@@bbdanny His are clearly just printed on a normal commercial printer.

[@indeed2207]

@@bbdanny no, let's get real, commercial are just raising prices uselessly and stealing us, that's why many companies are against 3d printing improvement and that it took so long to actually get them on personal civilian market, when 3d print will truly improve, who will need any tool, make them yourself, who will need kitchen crap, make them yourself, who need food, just make them yourself. 99% of the market will be useless once 3d priting will evolve, we will only need the materials to print, and the 3d models, that's all.

[@EC-dz4bq]

@@indeed2207 rent the models, new laws can be implemented. Want to 3D print someones designed food? Get a 1x one-use license $19.99

[@melodymathilde443]

Hahaha this is good.

[@drabalisallat2188]

me, a Hungarian hearing gömböc being called GÁMBÁK: "nice"

[@NothingToHelpMC]

Sounds like gombák...

[@randomcontent2469]

Gambach Csak hogy erthető legyen

[@sylamy7457]

Because English speakers (native) dont know what diacritics are

[@thijsweijters1065]

It’s food right?

[@dimitri6455]

@@thijsweijters1065 yes

[@gregroth4696]

Well done! Thank you

[@salzaniclegend4129]

Turtle upset he was called an "imperfect Gomboc."

[@genericgoogleaccount8907]

Everyone: Gömböc Me, an intellectual: ROCC

[@PixyMontoya]

Me a bigger intellectual: Ün Ün Ün

[@VlidOnTheLead]

Haha.

[@itsclawfee6094]

@@PixyMontoya me, an even even bigger intellectual: Gömrocc

[@slavicqueen]

Kinda looks like egg from distance

[@BrandonCurington1]

Me who speaks hungarian: gömböc

[@MrKippie15]

For anyone that wonders aswell: an unstable equilibrium is a side at which the object can "fall" to both sides. So there is "infinite" non-equilibrium points, but only one stable- and one unstable point.

[@WestOfEarth]

Thank you! I was wondering about this because this demo piece appears to have pointed edges, which I thought must be an unstable equilibrium point if compared to the corner points on the cuboid. But if I understand you correctly, the pointed edges on the Gomboc would be non-equilibrium points?

[@onartistiek]

Thanks!

[@Siatkowkarzadzi]

Funny that this dude managed not to explain that one thing which makes this 5 mins understandable

[@MrKippie15]

@@WestOfEarth Seems like you understood, yes! Usually he explains very well, but maybe he forgot... Or I wasn't listening well enough haha Anyway, glad to hear I could help.

[@nlog7476]

I don't get it.. Isn't the corner of a cube a non-equilibrium point as well then? The guy says it's an unstable equilibrium point.

[@melon_water]

This is such a Gömböc moment

[@muhammadariff6810]

Hey, God bless you ! can you combine gomboc and pendulum!!!!???

[@redaibalazs2031]

Everyone: "Gomboke" Hungarians: *We have no weakness*

[@dextoorR]

🤣🤣

[@FiestaDoener]

My hungarian ears fell off

[@szabobence1502]

Me: Excited that the guy who made this video will try to spell it like i would.. Him: GuMbUk

[@alexandracarska8399]

I am not even hungarian and my ears feel the same way since I learn hungarian😆

[@albertwesker2k24]

@@alexandracarska8399 Why did you decide to learn it? I'm hungarian and I'm just curious. :D

[@ninaicerider]

Title: Gömböc Hungarians: *click*

[@jesuschrist.official]

Yeee you just read my mind!

[@ninaicerider]

@@jesuschrist.official Könnyű ezt tenni, ha magyar vagy :D

[@gergomeszaros6904]

Hátja :D

[@moref_n3547]

Hát ja😂

[@smike82]

xdd

[@saebsaqer]

Thank you SO much SIR !!!!!!!

[@CobaltCruiser]

Mathematicians: Behold! Proof of this shape's existence. Turtle: AMATEURS

[@exploridori]

Guy: GOHM-BOCK [Every hungarian crying in the distance]

[@fedoraman8058]

Me when GUM-BOTZ

[@annaorbanes5070]

Gome-boats

[@Maxzes_]

Bomb bots

[@annaorbanes5070]

@@mrico523 :-)

[@idontknooww]

Szia, én is magyar vagyok. :)

[@Bozothcow]

Alternate title: Gömböc pronounced 300 different ways in 5 minutes.

[@BubblezwithaZ]

Even the CC did that xD different like everytime

[@xivoch]

I am having a hard time hearing it wrong every single time, like man, look it up at least try to pronounce it right

[@gaboriloskity]

@@xivoch legalább megkereste a címhez az ö betűt

[@xivoch]

@@gaboriloskity true dat

[@nna7yk]

@@gaboriloskity Kicsit felesleges is volt, hiszen vannak azok a fajta magyarok, akiknek ékezetek nélkül is kb. ugyanazt jelenti... mondjuk a turos gomboc néha bántja az én szemem is, ha így látom leírva, de éppen emiatt a névválasztás is igen leleményes és találó a felfedezők részéről, hiszen külföldiektől ékezet nélkül is szinte "hasonló" alakot ért rajta minden magyar...

[@PeppercornBingBong]

Thank you VGHS

[@abacus749]

1514 engraving by Durer called Melencolia 1 has a strange unquantifiable geometrical shape that is generally interpreted as a Polyhedron. It looks like a Gomboc before all the straight edges were filed away.

[@joejoey2765]

I just clicked to see how non-hungarians say the word "gömböc"

[@ann1art853]

Joe Joey én is😂👏

[@milanorlovszki6189]

Gaambak

[@BigDave423]

My aunt used to make great szilvás gombóc (plum dumplings, for those who don't speak Hungarian 😁). The gömböc looks very similar to a gombóc in its size and shape. 🙂👍

[@AntonioRodriguez-cc7ko]

Sweden has the letter ö too :)

[@lilianav.2674]

There's also ö, ä and ü in German :)

[@HansLemurson]

"Imperfect Gomboc" sounds like a great insult.

[@nullvoid769]

Don't know if you read my comment. I'm not good at explain the emotion. After 7 years, somehow you made me concentrate again on science. It's complicated than i thought, anyhow thanks a lot buddy... Will rule the universe. Cheers

[@nero7469]

Comments: 10% anything else 90% Hungarians complaining about his pronunciation

[@infernonova1]

Ö is a turkish letter too like ş ğ

[@CanadianBoardCrew]

The worst part was his pronunciation of the word “homogenous”

[@sylvierose2799]

@Unseasoned r/IHaveReddit

[@kadenbrown-cobarrubias5510]

scientist: "this shape does not exist" turtles: " am i a joke to you"

[@CntrldChaos]

I first learnt about the Gömböc from the game Key makes in the webseries Video Game Highschool.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

The Gömböc is so flawed it's the perfect shape