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GÖMBÖC IN THE MEDIA
MOTION AND MANUFACTURING OF THE GÖMBÖC
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The Gömböc has made its debut on the cover of the prestigious Mathematical Intelligencer. The
pervious Hungarian invention on the cover of this journal was Rubik’s Cube, in 1979. In 2007 the
Gömböc was featured among the 70 most interesting inventions of the year by the New York Times
Magazine. Individual, numeberd pieces are on permanent exhibit at world-renowned institutions,
such as the University of Cambrigde (Gömböc 1209), the University of Oxford (Gömböc 2013),
Princeton University (Gömböc 1746), the University of Göttingen (Gömböc 1737) and the Insitute
Poincaré in Paris (Gömböc 1928). The Gömböc was the symbol of Hungary at the World Expo in
Shanghai, in 2010. Recently the Gömböc also at the biennial world chef championship Bocuse d’Or,
on the stage of the Halle Opera, on BBC channel 1 with Stephen Fry. The Gömböc inspired also highquality
contemporary art. So far, articles in 28 languages have been published about the Gömböc.
The Gömböc is fascinating to look at not only as a static design object but also as it wiggles back to its
stable equilibrium point. The average sized Gömböc shape (about 10 cm in diameter) has a tolerance of
0.01 millimeters. Failure to achieve this precision results in dysfunctional models.