This stuck me as funny, so I am passing it along. At least the first two frames apply to us. http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/?ref=comics  Kathy Knapp, ...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
May 15, 2012 3:42 am
You can make a simple version of a trapezoid flexagon by folding up a regular hexaflexagon and chopping off the tips, though more complex ones can be made with...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
May 15, 2012 3:41 am
I think it's actually more closely related to the kaleidocycle, but it is awfully flexagon like. Someone had posted the link to Twitter, using the #G4G10...
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Ann
annschwartz101
Apr 29, 2012 7:08 pm
Thanks for posting into the files section. Lots of fascinating objects and ideas here. I especially am intrigued by the trapezoids surrounding the hollow...
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Ann
annschwartz101
Apr 29, 2012 6:53 pm
I looked at this three times--really interesting. It's a little hard to see against the white background but worth it. It does look like a living flexagon. It...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 29, 2012 12:38 am
This interesting flying object looks like a flying flexagon: ...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 29, 2012 12:38 am
For people interested in theory, you can find my G4G10 paper on flex theory at http://loki3.com/flex/g4g10/Flex-Theory.pdf. It contains several sections. ...
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Ann Schwartz
annschwartz101
Apr 24, 2012 2:04 am
All wonderful. I am especially intrigued by the ones made of regular pentagons and heptagons. ... From: Scott Sherman <loki3s@...> Subject:...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 22, 2012 7:10 pm
Here's an old ad for a "Magic-Flexigon" that "looks like a large 12" hot pad":Â http://ventdj.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-flexagons-left-for-sale.html. ...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 22, 2012 6:53 pm
Here's one of the videos I used in my G4G10 talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5cj3LL8pqE. It's a whirlwind tour of a wide variety of flexagons and...
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Dan Garrett
wizdangar
Apr 20, 2012 8:29 pm
In 1987, magician Dan Harlan released a trick called Color Mixer. It was, in fact, a large, durable and colorful hexaflexagon. The presentation was very...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 20, 2012 8:26 pm
I just spotted comics on a flexagon: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzey5cnm/id17.html. It's very clever. The picture on that page is actually very hi-res, so...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 20, 2012 5:43 am
And thanks for your entertaining magic at G4GX, Dan. As people watched me flex (and tried to replicate it), some people commented that it looked like magic. ...
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Dan Garrett
wizdangar
Apr 18, 2012 4:47 am
Thanks, Scott for your "flexing" report of G4GX. By way of introduction, I am Dan Garrett, one of the magicians who performed at G4GX. (They usually call on me...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Apr 16, 2012 6:02 am
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending Gathering 4 Gardner 10 in honor of Martin Gardner and thought I'd give a short trip report. As is fitting for a get...
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Ann
annschwartz101
Dec 23, 2011 5:39 am
Wishing everyone in this user group a wonderful holiday season and a happy 2012 filled with health, joy, success...and, of course, flexagons. Keep flexing, Ann...
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Ann
annschwartz101
Oct 6, 2011 12:43 am
I like Scott's definition of a valid flex. I came upon the same problem with the hexa-dodeca-flexagon, when made from a straight strip. From some hexagonal...
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Ann
annschwartz101
Sep 28, 2011 2:31 am
I'm going on a short trip and may not have Internet access. Hopefully I'll be able to approve all messages, but just in case I can't, please wait until next...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 25, 2011 5:23 am
In the video, I start from a position where the back is all 1's and the front is all 2's. After that first move (~1:12), the front side has four 2's, one 4...
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Kathy Knapp
kathyknapp2003
Sep 23, 2011 4:40 am
I think most of this is a bit beyond me, but when I went back to the 1:08 viewing, that was a totally new to me way of getting to the flex. It looks like a...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 23, 2011 4:40 am
No, an interleaf folding is not required. The post-interleaf-flex state you describe is 2(B). You could fold to this state by folding 1C on 6C, 1A on 4A...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 22, 2011 2:21 pm
Another question Les raised is one we've discussed before: what do you consider a valid flex? You could apply your feeling of aesthetics, but that's a bit...
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Les Pook
toppingleslie
Sep 21, 2011 3:38 pm
Scott Yes. it is basically the same flex as described on pp. 78-81. Skeletal flexagons and point flexagons can always be flexed, including interleaf flexagons,...
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Kathy Knapp
kathyknapp2003
Sep 21, 2011 4:22 am
Nice video. Easy to see that it is a bit more 'flexible'.  Kathy Knapp, Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low ...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 21, 2011 4:22 am
Les, is that the same flex you describe on pages 78-81 of Flexagons Inside Out? If so, and I understand it correctly, that flex may require interleaving...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 19, 2011 3:50 am
I've posted a rhombus hexaflexagon plus a video at http://loki3.com/flex/rhombus.html. A rhombus is a quadrilateral where all four sides are equal. The one...
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Les Pook
toppingleslie
Sep 19, 2011 3:50 am
Scott I've only just seen your Message #752. The email version didn't reach me. I first came across this when trying to understand one of the flexagons...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Sep 12, 2011 9:09 pm
This post is for those interested in theory or in folding challenges... Consider the basic hexahexaflexagon (the 6 sided hexaflexagon from a straight strip of...
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Kathy Knapp
kathyknapp2003
Sep 12, 2011 9:09 pm
Thanks! It did seem you were pressing, but like aligning the edges was all that I could see.  Kathy Knapp, Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. -...
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Scott Sherman
loki3s
Aug 31, 2011 1:33 pm
What I didn't show was that I had already put tape on one leaf. Once I was done folding, I simply used that tape to connect the two ends together. If you...
