Neodymium Magnetic Ball Shapes From Dodecahedrons @ledwatchman

Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

The dodecahedron subunit used throughout is made of 180 neodymium magnetic balls (12 × 15). Thanks to Kevan of channel 88625652 for the geometric computer models for shapes No.1 and 5 featured in the video:
1) Rhombohedron (20 units) 3600 balls
2) Tetrahedron (22 units) 3960 balls
3) Rhombic Triacontahedral Cluster (32 units) 5760 balls
4) Icosahedron of Dodecahedrons (42 units) 7560 balls
5) Rhombic Triacontahedral Dome (46 units) 8280 balls
Music track is The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie, from the YouTube free music library.

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The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/vendaface
Artist: chriszabriskie.com

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