Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
An attempt at a scale model of the Atomium building that I was fairly happy with, from 5mm neodymium magnetic balls. Since uploading I have found a better design for the three support pillars that here are a bit out of scale for width. I mean to get around to building and uploading my perfected version of this unique monument.
The music track is an instrumental version of the classic Belgian dance hit 'Pump Up The Jam' by Technotronic.
From Wikipedia:
The Atomium is a building in Brussels, Belgium originally constructed for Expo 58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 m (335 ft) tall. Its nine 18 m (60 ft) diameter stainless steel clad spheres are connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It is now a museum.
Tubes of 3 m (10 ft) diameter connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre. They enclose stairs, escalators and a lift (in the central, vertical tube) to allow access to the five habitable spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere includes a restaurant which has a panoramic view of Brussels.
In the 1950s, faith in scientific progress was great, and a structure depicting atoms was chosen to embody this.
While the subject of Atomium was chosen to depict the enthusiasm of the Atomic Age, iron is not and cannot be used as fuel in nuclear reactions.
#ledwatchman #Neocube #Neoballs #Nanodots #ZenMagnets #Speks #Buckyballs #NingoBalls #CyberCube #KlikyBalls #NeoQube
An attempt at a scale model of the Atomium building that I was fairly happy with, from 5mm neodymium magnetic balls. Since uploading I have found a better design for the three support pillars that here are a bit out of scale for width. I mean to get around to building and uploading my perfected version of this unique monument.
The music track is an instrumental version of the classic Belgian dance hit 'Pump Up The Jam' by Technotronic.
From Wikipedia:
The Atomium is a building in Brussels, Belgium originally constructed for Expo 58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 m (335 ft) tall. Its nine 18 m (60 ft) diameter stainless steel clad spheres are connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It is now a museum.
Tubes of 3 m (10 ft) diameter connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre. They enclose stairs, escalators and a lift (in the central, vertical tube) to allow access to the five habitable spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere includes a restaurant which has a panoramic view of Brussels.
In the 1950s, faith in scientific progress was great, and a structure depicting atoms was chosen to embody this.
While the subject of Atomium was chosen to depict the enthusiasm of the Atomic Age, iron is not and cannot be used as fuel in nuclear reactions.
#ledwatchman #Neocube #Neoballs #Nanodots #ZenMagnets #Speks #Buckyballs #NingoBalls #CyberCube #KlikyBalls #NeoQube
