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35: Two Set Sea Life
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. Alan Watts The November 2013 contest is to sculpt a single organism of the sea. A fish, a...
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35.5: Sea Life Contest – Winners, Bitcoin Announced
Zen Credits can now be exchanged for Bitcoin. Details following winners announcements. 1st Place: KylarF The judges must have had a difficult time with this contest, since there were so many...
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36: Single Set Simplification
It’s easy to forget the possibilities of just one set of 216 magnets. A vast universe of potential can be invisible to us when we’re set in our ways, molded by habit and past experience. Break free...
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36.5: 2R Hex Set – Winners Announced
1st Place: Waynehjr1 “Seahorse Pride”. A wonderful representation of a seahorse proudly riding his tail across the waters surface, almost like a dolphin. “This was a little tricky getting it to balance...
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37: A Hanging Ornament
You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. -Alan Cohen The January 2014 contest is to create a hanging sculpture using a maximum of 432...
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37.5: Hanging Sculpture – Winners Announced
1st Place: EraZorx EraZorX, the master magnet sphere impressionist, is back. Combining the disciplines of frame architecture with ring curvature control to create a sculpture of one of the few animals...
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38: Humanoid V2
It’s true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind. – Salman Rushdie The February 2014 contest is to create a humanoid sculpture, using a miminum of 432 Zen magnets,...
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38.5: Humanoid 2 – Winners Announced
1st Place: Poolshark “I started with an enormous, elaborate design but in the end switched to a smaller 2 set (+10 balls) man standing on his head with pretty basic design techniques.” It’s a novel and...
View Article39: The Flagship Video Contest
$3500 Front Page Video Contest $2500 First Place $1000 Second Place Free magnets for all who attempt.* The biggest prizes we’ve ever offered. All winnings via Cash or Bitcoin. Four years and four...
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39.5: Flagship Video Results
Flagship Video Contest Results We received 61 entries, 44 of them qualified for at least a free set of magnets, about thirty are arguably better than the original video, but only 12 could be selected...
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40: Abstract Tree Encore
“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” ― Chad Sugg The June 2014 contest (#40) is the second tree sculpting contest, our first was contest 10. Again,...
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40.5: Abstract Tree Sequel – Winners Announced
1st Place: Mathnetism Simply titled Tree by Magnetism, and referred to by us as Tree of Reflective Wavy Foliage. “The main subunit for this design is a dodecagon [sheet] wrapped around a core. These...
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41: Super Smash Sculptures
Everything not saved will be lost. – Nintendo “Quit Screen” message The July 2014 contest is to create a 3D Sculpture of a character from Super Smash Bros Melee using a maximum of 1728 magnet spheres...
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41.5: Super Smash Contestants – Winner Announced
Difficult contest with relatively few submissions, but all were remarkable. 1st Place: Ffrangconator – $100 A colorful Link, formed to recognizable shape, with a few wonderful backgrounds. This scene...
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42: Wanted: Non-Circular Planetary Gear Set
Wanted: A non-circular Epicyclic gear system, with at least 3 planetary gears. Bounty: ($200 + $50 * Months After September 2014) Zen Credits. Fig 1. Wooden Non-Circular Planetary Gear Set This is not...
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42.5: Non-Circular Planetary Gear Created
Mathnetism Has Succeeded.. .. in designing a planetary gear set, with non-circular planet gears, using only magnet spheres. This was an expert build, of a genius design. $300 Zen Awarded. Here’s his...
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43: Castle Construction
A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. -Clare Boothe Luce The January 2015 contest (#43) is to make a castle or fortress with any number of Zen...
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43.5: Castle Submissions – Winners Announced
1st Place: Mathnetism Fancifully proportioned castle, with stylistically coherent build pattern. The close packed parallel lattice pattern is found on nearly every surface, yet details are distinct and...
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44: Hex Sheet Origami
This contest stretches your imagination more than magnet technique. Magnet origami is often experimentation first, and object pareidolia second. Instead of trying to create with the intent of...
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44.5: Single Set Origami – Winners Announced + Contest Hibernation
Many wonderful submissions for contest 44, the single set origami challenge. Bit first, an announcement: Contest & Gallery Hibernation Begins This is the last contest we’ll be holding in the near...
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