Adam Savage Builds a Paperclip "Borromean Box" with

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @tested
    @tested  Месяц назад +47

    Find Matt's new book, Love Triangle, here: amzn.to/3WWMfEZ
    Watch more of Matt's videos at Stand-Up Maths: ruclips.net/user/standupmaths
    Zachary Abel's mathematical sculptures: zacharyabel.com/sculpture/

    • @VAXHeadroom
      @VAXHeadroom Месяц назад

      I want to see Adam, Matt, and Cliff Stoll all in a room doing stuff like this...Might be peak internet nerd entertainment...

    • @theadamabrams
      @theadamabrams Месяц назад +1

      @@VAXHeadroom Cliff must have a glass Borromean ring set somewhere, right? My thought was that Steve Mould and Adam Savage need their own collab to complete the set _this week._

    • @michaeljfigueroa
      @michaeljfigueroa 6 дней назад

      Guys get a room already ...

    • @michaeljfigueroa
      @michaeljfigueroa 6 дней назад

      Or do brain candy. Either one is acceptable

  • @JaySay
    @JaySay Месяц назад +536

    19:32 _"I'm enjoying the frustration."_
    The immediate cut to Matt sitting back a bit from the table with what I can only call *defeated contemplation* is so hilarious to me!😂

    • @SeanStClair-cr9jl
      @SeanStClair-cr9jl Месяц назад +12

      LMAO you are so right

    • @maple22moose44
      @maple22moose44 Месяц назад +16

      Never before have I seen an image in which I can so fully relate to both halves of it

    • @MikeJenson
      @MikeJenson Месяц назад

      23:21

    • @muhammad.mohsen
      @muhammad.mohsen Месяц назад +2

      YES!! that snap cut floored me 😂😂

  • @wesplybon9510
    @wesplybon9510 Месяц назад +376

    "I feel like I'm going to make a decision now and I'm going to regret it, but I don't know what the right decision is." - said EVERY engineer EVER.

    • @darrinrebagliati5365
      @darrinrebagliati5365 Месяц назад +6

      Said every engineer, daily!

    • @DominusFeles
      @DominusFeles Месяц назад +5

      Truth!

    • @Yezpahr
      @Yezpahr Месяц назад

      As said by Sheldon Cooper - Big Bang theory.

    • @kingofgar101
      @kingofgar101 Месяц назад +7

      when you start trying to make something of sufficient complexity you often just have to get all the obvious failure points out of the way as fast as possible so that you find out that they are obvious

    • @tristanridley1601
      @tristanridley1601 Месяц назад

      ​@@darrinrebagliati5365 If it's daily, I envy your job!

  • @Paradiso.21
    @Paradiso.21 Месяц назад +371

    I'm a simple man. I see "Adam builds [words I don't understand] with Matt Parker" and I click on the video.

    • @Imperial_Squid
      @Imperial_Squid Месяц назад

      Oh boy! "Adam builds ạ̶̧̧̨̢̱̣̳̲̠̞̲͎̫͙̳͖͍̦͖̫̰̰̥͇͚̲̮̱͙̟̤̦̪̮̥̟̦̳̘͙͊́̆͒̾̓̇̓̀̽̋̿͂̍̽̓̅̾̓̔̌̀̚͝͝ ̵̢̢̧̛̤̱̯̮̪͖̮̙͎͈̝͚̜̖̬̖͍̙̻̄̐̆̽̈́́̿̃̋͊̂̚̕͠ͅc̸̯̰̟̪͚͋̍̏̓͐̇̑̈́͂̑̇͊̾͊̐͛͋̈́͝ư̶̢̨̹͖̳̙̞̩̘̰̼̝͔͕̩̠͎̭̹̰̲̬̬̹̙̳̯͔̦͂͋͑̑̐͌̏̄̃̎͊͌̃̓̾̿̄̒̎̈́̔̿̐̃̓͆̀̊̚͠͝͝b̸̢̧̨̧̧̢̼̝̲̻͉̠̮͚̟͍̩͕̤̙̬̗̖̻̬͓͓̱͉̖̱̪̦̞̖̲̳͓̮̙̗̣̙͓̦͙͔͙͈̽̌̎̽͜e̴̢̨̧̧̛̫͚͎̟̫͓̭̻͙̼̟̻͇͈͈̘͕̥̖̋̃̎̈́̉̒͆͒̉̓̋̇̏͑̅̾̀̇͐̓͘͠ͅ with Matt Parker"? Sign me up!!

    • @zaror211
      @zaror211 Месяц назад +2

      For me just seeing any one of them is enough :)

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw Месяц назад +4

      Oh, a "paperclip" is a metal rod bent into a clip shape used for holding paper together. Hope that helps!

  • @grievesy83
    @grievesy83 Месяц назад +414

    9:16 "It looks like you're trying to build a sculpture" - absolutely sent me!
    Long live Clippy in our memories (in scorn, of course).

    • @grievesy83
      @grievesy83 Месяц назад +6

      ('Clippy' was an answer to a question on my episode of Hard Quiz - Aussies will understand)

    • @berend_dijk
      @berend_dijk Месяц назад +10

      Yup, great Clippy reference that triggered me as well 😂

    • @bloodvue
      @bloodvue Месяц назад +6

      The hate this caused in my very soul

    • @GeorgeSanger
      @GeorgeSanger Месяц назад +32

      Top tier joke, completely missed by Adam

    • @zyxwvut4740
      @zyxwvut4740 Месяц назад

      "Clippy Must DIE!":
      ruclips.net/video/NxcmoLKVd60/видео.html

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Месяц назад +223

    Hexastix: “Start building it, and keep building it, and then you’re done.” Borromean Box: "Start building it, and keep... um... keep... dammit, just... keep.... nnghh..."

    • @tested
      @tested  Месяц назад +101

      Pretty much. We started the day by filming the hexastix and we were SO HAPPY WE DID.

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 Месяц назад +32

      If the hexastix is the beauty of doing math, the borromean box is the frustration of doing math

    • @scoobertmcruppert2915
      @scoobertmcruppert2915 Месяц назад +1

      Where is the Hexastix video?

    • @MrSupahlovah
      @MrSupahlovah Месяц назад

      I had built the "impenatraball" from Zachary Abel's site years and years ago, i still have it on my desk in my office! It was quite a bit of work to get it together, I love it though!

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley Месяц назад

      @@scoobertmcruppert2915 the video for it was August 21

  • @NicolasMarti-me1xp
    @NicolasMarti-me1xp Месяц назад +312

    At this point Matt Parker should just be a regular on the channel.

    • @tested
      @tested  Месяц назад +230

      Well, he kind of is, and we’re here for it! It just depends on his travel schedule is all; he has an open invitation with us.

    • @VAXHeadroom
      @VAXHeadroom Месяц назад +35

      @@tested Bring in Cliff Stoll with Matt next time !

    • @gabotron94
      @gabotron94 Месяц назад +21

      @@VAXHeadroom Cliff Stoll and Adam Savage together would probably be an almost uncontrollable amount of enthusiasm

    • @JuanGuzzoSantana
      @JuanGuzzoSantana Месяц назад +5

      @@VAXHeadroom Biggest collab of all time! All for Cliff in the channel!

    • @ReedCBowman
      @ReedCBowman Месяц назад

      @@gabotron94 If there's one person on Earth who could make Adam as exhausted with their overenthusiasm as Jamie was with Adam's...

  • @JolynBowler
    @JolynBowler Месяц назад +117

    Thanx for sharing your "play date" with us. Y'all look like you are having entirely too much fun. Oh so good!!! 💙🌻💙

  • @wilhelmineh
    @wilhelmineh Месяц назад +606

    I like Matt's color choice. Blåhaj is just amazing.

    • @wazz_up_dog
      @wazz_up_dog Месяц назад +135

      i saw that and was immediately like: "matt knew what he was doing".

    • @bl4cksp1d3r
      @bl4cksp1d3r Месяц назад +1

      @@wazz_up_dog gosh i hope so!

    • @alexandrarabinovici3826
      @alexandrarabinovici3826 Месяц назад +113

      Trans flag and rasta flag :)

    • @JustKelsey
      @JustKelsey Месяц назад +44

      was gonna comment the same when i saw the colors 😂🦈

    • @steckelton717
      @steckelton717 Месяц назад +35

      It's just so nice & comforting to see :)

  • @FrostCraftedMC
    @FrostCraftedMC Месяц назад +85

    "im having fun! im enjoying the difficulty"
    *cut to matt sitting back away from the table, staring at the project like it insulted his mother*

  • @ApothecaryTerry
    @ApothecaryTerry Месяц назад +12

    I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect demonstration of the gradual descent into insanity.

  • @brianjamesward2150
    @brianjamesward2150 Месяц назад +270

    Not to be confused with the Boromirian box, which is just a normal box that's been shot full of arrows :D

    • @Elwaves2925
      @Elwaves2925 Месяц назад +33

      That reference has a ring to it.

    • @ecksearoh6283
      @ecksearoh6283 Месяц назад +11

      Now I need someone to make a boromirian box out of paperclip arrows.

    • @DefinatelyNotAI
      @DefinatelyNotAI Месяц назад +5

      @@ecksearoh6283 Tiny bows.

    • @genericgamer2003
      @genericgamer2003 Месяц назад +9

      Too soon haha

    • @khendar
      @khendar Месяц назад +13

      I hear that was always his father's favourite box, as opposed to the Faramirian box which was always a disappointment.

  • @snafu2350
    @snafu2350 Месяц назад +61

    Love Matt & Adam collabs :) Let there be more!

    • @tested
      @tested  Месяц назад +28

      We agree!

  • @lujho
    @lujho Месяц назад +135

    They should have pre-clipped the inner part out of each paperclip before even starting, so it was just an oval with only a small amount of overlap of the two ends. That would have solved the issue of one end being too small to fit the other clips into and made the whole thing easier.
    Obviously hindsight is 20/20 because I only thought of this when they were almost done. But that’s what I’d do if I was trying this.

    • @wumbojet
      @wumbojet Месяц назад +21

      I think they wanted to preserve the shape of the paperclips

    • @ikocheratcr
      @ikocheratcr Месяц назад +3

      I was thinking of a special wire bend, but your idea is way better, just cut the inner side, super!

    • @Tentakill.
      @Tentakill. Месяц назад +15

      @@wumbojet I don't think they succeeded haha

    • @pentacleman1000
      @pentacleman1000 Месяц назад +13

      I started thinking that as soon as they hit that problem and didn't do it. All they wanted were ovals, so just cut out the extra bit.

    • @Drakith90
      @Drakith90 Месяц назад +7

      The original they were trying to recreate still had the whole clips so they were trying to stick to the source material

  • @acsetpoint
    @acsetpoint Месяц назад +42

    I love that little Clippy joke, "It looks like you are trying to build a sculpture..."

  • @BlackSoap361
    @BlackSoap361 Месяц назад +84

    Adam tried to slip “any integer” by Matt, Matt gently corrected him to “any whole number.”
    I want to see Adam try to construct one with a negative number of links.

    • @anteshell
      @anteshell Месяц назад +10

      Well.. It was still wrong. All 0, 1 and 2 are whole numbers but you cannot build this with those amounts of loops. It only works with three or more loops.

    • @iambadatcomingupwithcomeba2060
      @iambadatcomingupwithcomeba2060 Месяц назад +3

      It would be any natural number then

    • @antonliakhovitch8306
      @antonliakhovitch8306 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@anteshellYeah. I don't think that was a correction; I think that was Matt throwing in simpler language for viewers who might not know what an integer is.

    • @tinhoyhu
      @tinhoyhu Месяц назад

      I'd imagine that it'd be a complex build.

    • @antonliakhovitch8306
      @antonliakhovitch8306 Месяц назад

      @@tinhoyhu We're talking about a negative, but still real number of links. A complex number is a whole nother level.

  • @linamishima
    @linamishima Месяц назад +51

    Turns out the phenomenon of parker square does in fact extend to three dimensional problems :D Huge love for the colour choices too, appropriate for Matt's excellent taste in t-shirts!

  • @JaySay
    @JaySay Месяц назад +16

    Always love seeing Matt Parker on the channel! As a Stand-Up Mathematician, he's such a "stand-up" guy and always enjoys even the simplest bit of fun in all things science.
    I'm a big lover of all things geometry and the ins-and-outs of shapes, too, so the more of these videos to watch the better!❤

  • @Feralfoundry
    @Feralfoundry Месяц назад +26

    ❤ one of the best examples ever shown of nuero divergent co-play and interaction ever.

    • @IcerCheck
      @IcerCheck Месяц назад +2

      I get what you mean but 😭😭😭

  • @BandwidthMusic
    @BandwidthMusic Месяц назад +30

    I love the "shapes with Matt Parker" series

  • @davedujour1
    @davedujour1 Месяц назад +56

    It looks like they're wiring up some old school computer memory.

  • @1bytesnack369
    @1bytesnack369 Месяц назад +65

    Seems fitting that the Parker cube is as perfect as the Parker square.

    • @Gabu_
      @Gabu_ Месяц назад +7

      It's also Parker-linked - not quite but just a bit

    • @haph2087
      @haph2087 Месяц назад +2

      Exactly what I was thinking.

    • @fbdd5
      @fbdd5 Месяц назад +3

      Can't wait to see how janky the Parker hyoercube ends up being

  • @BoroczBarnabass
    @BoroczBarnabass Месяц назад +35

    Nitinol paper clips return to their original shape when put in hot water after bending. Maybe you could try that.

  • @dralbora
    @dralbora Месяц назад +8

    Absolutely the most fun two makers can share! Perfect! Percussive refinement at the end punctuates the process.

  • @MadMcGlory
    @MadMcGlory Месяц назад +12

    "If everything is sentient, then these are livid" - This for what every reason has me laughing out loud to myself. Ty

  • @DanielCrist
    @DanielCrist Месяц назад +4

    Every single line spoken by these two men could be put in a book of engineering words of wisdom.

  • @michel8218
    @michel8218 Месяц назад +5

    More with Matt please. This is golden to watch

  • @uDidWatt
    @uDidWatt Месяц назад +7

    I can imagine each time you pick them up, you spend more time pressing, twisting, and banging them into shape. We've all been there.. it never gets better

  • @MisterPhish
    @MisterPhish Месяц назад +14

    one way that may be more in the spirit of the Borromean box and less in the spirit of "out of paperclips" could be to snip out the center turn of the paperclip at a height that lines up with the other "tail" of the paperclip wire, so it essentially forms a broken chainlink where both ends line up and can either be taped together or just left aligned. I feel like it could eliminate a lot of the difficulty as well.

    • @pauljohnson2023
      @pauljohnson2023 Месяц назад

      I was fascinated by the way Adam straightened the paperclips and then proceeded to recreate the inner bend that was giving them the most trouble ...

  • @DasGanon
    @DasGanon Месяц назад +39

    9:16 Clippy!

    • @MattHaugh
      @MattHaugh Месяц назад +2

      I chuckled at that too!

    • @3gsFreak
      @3gsFreak Месяц назад

      Came to the comments to say that too! 📎 Clippy 💜

  • @AvNerdVR
    @AvNerdVR Месяц назад +2

    Went down the rabbit hole of Zachary Abel’s “quality side projects to assign an active mind to in a boring office.
    I don’t understand the math on any of them, but enjoy puzzles. Gonna give the poker face one a go this week.
    Y’all are awesome. Been a huge fan of you since I was a kid, Adam. And it is incredibly awesome to me 1. That you’re still having fun doing this stuff, and 2. That you’re sharing your fun with the world.

  • @emolgana
    @emolgana Месяц назад +67

    ok but matt's trans box has some incredible vibes going for it

  • @webbot15
    @webbot15 Месяц назад +13

    They look like hand knitted memory for a 1930's time machine

  • @drumsNstuff79
    @drumsNstuff79 Месяц назад +4

    I saw the thumbnail for his and thought "Oh they are going to do some little trick and bend these paperclips nicely into a perfect cube and it will be symmetrical and neat..", and then here they are with these bent muscled in, broken, compromises of a cube.. An 'A' for effort you two! You did your best.

  • @ChoppedMutton
    @ChoppedMutton Месяц назад +26

    Waited the whole video for the eureka moment when they'd snip the superfluous inner loops of the clips.

    • @RawrLess
      @RawrLess Месяц назад +1

      It’s because the increased the number of paperclips

    • @Drakith90
      @Drakith90 Месяц назад +4

      The originals on Zachary Abel's site all have the entire paper clip so they were trying to emulate that

    • @ChoppedMutton
      @ChoppedMutton Месяц назад +4

      @@Drakith90 When they came to the realization they weren't going to be able to emulate it without mangling the paper clips is when I expected the eureka moment.

  • @cannibalbananas
    @cannibalbananas Месяц назад +3

    I like the clothespin vs electrical tape methods. Also it was both mentally stimulating, and relaxing to watch you two play w/ giant paperclips

  • @mr.cooper2031
    @mr.cooper2031 Месяц назад +4

    A fine pair of Parker Cubes in the end

  • @sinerealitas
    @sinerealitas Месяц назад +103

    I wasn't sure if it was an intentional choice on Matt's part to pick the trans flag colors for his paperclips, but then I noticed he's wearing a rainbow heart T-shirt as well and that seems very intentional. :0

    • @DavidLindes
      @DavidLindes Месяц назад +17

      I noticed the colors, too... hadn't noticed the shirt until I read this! Seems like we've got some allyship, at the very least. 🏳‍⚧🏳‍🌈

    • @zekanner
      @zekanner Месяц назад +12

      I looked in the comments purely to see if someone else noticed. As soon as I saw him pick the trans flag colours I got excited :3
      It's also just a really good colour scheme.

    • @tassadar7945
      @tassadar7945 Месяц назад +10

      so glad one of my siblings also noticed it! I clicked so fast because i was like "trans cube trans cube trans cube"

    • @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
      @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug Месяц назад +15

      I've noticed Matt is very consistently referring to people he don't know, particularly viewers/listeners using singular they which is great. It of course just makes a lot of sense to do so with random people from around the world since unless the viewer/listener specified their pronouns, it's impossible to reliably guess someones pronouns from a foreign name. But I've noticed him also refer to people he know or famous people with singular they too; often (somewhat stubbornly) alternating between singular they and the person's presumed preferred pronouns; which I'm sure is a deliberate choice to normalise singular they. So I'm pretty sure he's an ally, and I would not be surprised if he has trans friends or family, so the choice of trans flag colours is probably deliberate.

    • @ezraclark7904
      @ezraclark7904 Месяц назад +3

      The Transcube sounds like a real geometrical concept too

  • @TheBobbytables
    @TheBobbytables Месяц назад +4

    A murder of Crows
    A Parliament of Owls
    ...
    A Mockery of Stationery.

  • @frankbraker
    @frankbraker Месяц назад +2

    "We are very triumphant having done the first step." Great line! It all looks like some sort of strange inductive device.

  • @BlackCatBritt
    @BlackCatBritt Месяц назад +1

    the slow descent into chaos & madness here is hilariously wholesome to watch. I love it

  • @o0superflu0o
    @o0superflu0o Месяц назад +1

    Two of my favourite people on youtube just making things together. I love these collaborations!
    (Also, I love Matt's shirt and the colours he chose)

  • @TheShanir
    @TheShanir Месяц назад +3

    Beautiful Parker Cube

  • @ace.of.space.
    @ace.of.space. Месяц назад +5

    "Sorta" is really the name of the game with Matt Parker

  • @nickiebanchou
    @nickiebanchou Месяц назад +17

    since all you wanted was "rings" basically, i'd have simply snipped the inner loop of those clips 🙃

    • @RyohMadDog
      @RyohMadDog Месяц назад +4

      But that's not all they wanted, they've done a couple videos of shapes with office supplies. They wanted to do it with paperclips and for them to still seem like paper clips

  • @jjm014
    @jjm014 Месяц назад +2

    I remember Adam saying at one point in the past about his work at ILM that "every prop has a hero side", and the statement has never rung truer than right now.

  • @PassionPopsicle
    @PassionPopsicle Месяц назад +1

    "From my friend, Matt Parker"
    I don't have enough words for how much I love this

  • @ikocheratcr
    @ikocheratcr Месяц назад

    Fantastic video, the build is very nice, but the two of you interacting about how to build it, that is priceless.

  • @PiedPiperProjects
    @PiedPiperProjects Месяц назад +5

    There's a chainmaille technique called "Japanese 4-in-1" that can be used to accomplish to same effect with jump rings.

  • @vernhoke7730
    @vernhoke7730 Месяц назад +4

    Oh man, when he said there's a beer in the US that has a logo like that, Ballantine. My great uncle owned a bar back when I was a kid. My father and my grandfather tended bar there in the sixties. The other day, going through a small box of coins, mostly wheat pennies, and a couple of steel ones, I found a small Ballantine 3 ring aluminum trinket that I must-have picked up as a kid.

    • @leeunterreiner
      @leeunterreiner Месяц назад

      In my college days in the 60's Ballantine was 5 dollars a case (24 bottles). It was our go-to beverage.

  • @jacoerasmus591
    @jacoerasmus591 Месяц назад

    Really enjoying these videos with Matt!

  • @jsharpvideos1861
    @jsharpvideos1861 Месяц назад

    I appreciate the colors that were chosen!!

  • @agucci-e8x
    @agucci-e8x Месяц назад +50

    really should be a "feat Matt Parker" in this lol

    • @amphicorp4725
      @amphicorp4725 Месяц назад +1

      My thoughts exactly

    • @Antipico
      @Antipico Месяц назад +4

      Your comment rocks!

    • @JaySay
      @JaySay Месяц назад +4

      ​@@Antipico-It didn't when he commented it... You can edit them without taking down the video.-
      I guess i'll play along and edit my comment, too.😘

    • @Antipico
      @Antipico Месяц назад

      @@JaySay 😁

    • @JaySay
      @JaySay Месяц назад +2

      @@Antipico Is something wrong?
      Are we playing a game of "comment tag" now or something?🤨

  • @mahmga1
    @mahmga1 Месяц назад

    Man, how cool to be able to call up Adam Savage for a hang-out. I mean that's just beyond awesome, for both no doubt.

  • @laskey2175
    @laskey2175 Месяц назад +1

    I'm loving Matt's RUclipsr collaboration lately. 👍

  • @brettevill9055
    @brettevill9055 Месяц назад +21

    Cut off the redundant inner loops,

    • @microwrx
      @microwrx Месяц назад +2

      Exactly. The outside loop is still complete and the inside loop isn't even part of the 3 intersecting ellipses anyway.

  • @CarJul666
    @CarJul666 Месяц назад

    Thanks for sharing your frustration with us. It's very entertaining to watch.

  • @MetallicCopperToad
    @MetallicCopperToad Месяц назад +2

    I love when they collab.

  • @garychaiken808
    @garychaiken808 Месяц назад +1

    Great job guys. Thank you 😊

  • @R.B.
    @R.B. Месяц назад +1

    At one of my jobs in college, I used to build paperclip structures like this. I never made a cube, but there are some interesting properties when you link them in the right way.

  • @Chaotic_Pixie
    @Chaotic_Pixie Месяц назад

    I am an artist. A fiber artist… who pursued a math degree… and this is SO inspiring. You’ve got my analytical & artistic brains going and now I want to play instead of work on the birthday gift I’ve been working on.

  • @streetstomper
    @streetstomper Месяц назад

    man I love these kind of raw videos. so much fun to watch

  • @robertthompson3447
    @robertthompson3447 Месяц назад

    The collaboration that I have been waiting for. 🤩

  • @jsharpvideos1861
    @jsharpvideos1861 Месяц назад +1

    Being an Artist is a Mindset too

  • @paulj3781
    @paulj3781 Месяц назад +2

    "My metric for success has gradually been relaxing" 🤣

  • @c016smith52
    @c016smith52 Месяц назад

    I’m so excited, I enjoyed the hexastix video (and did that project myself, so fun) and can’t wait to try this! Thanks

  • @baileescott401
    @baileescott401 Месяц назад

    The way how everything is interlocked but not knotted reminds me a lot of crochet! Or knitting for that matter. The last step is securing the piece with an actual knot, because the fabric it'self is a matrix of slip knots that form the fabric. It appears to be all held into place. but if you don't finish your work by securing it, everything can come undone!. But with yarnwork in it's simplest form it is a single continuous line that loops in and over back over and through itself continuously. I find a lot of beauty in that. And the skill has become easier than riding a bike to me, so it's quite satisfying as well

  • @visualdragon
    @visualdragon Месяц назад +2

    9:15 "It looks like you're trying to build a sculpture..." Clippy reference FTW!

  • @robertoats1517
    @robertoats1517 Месяц назад

    I love these collabs with Matt Parker.

  • @TobyWanKenobi-1
    @TobyWanKenobi-1 Месяц назад +2

    I enjoyed this problem and wondered about 20 minutes in, should they have used their first 3 sets of groupings as the very center and worked outwards which may have made the linking easier

  • @skullium
    @skullium Месяц назад +11

    I would have just clipped off the smaller loop of the paper clip, problem solved!

  • @JXZ2
    @JXZ2 17 дней назад

    I love this, it's something anyone could try to do, and it looks very impressive.

  • @eirikmellesdal
    @eirikmellesdal Месяц назад +1

    Another savage video.xP Great work from both Parker and Savage.

  • @njones420
    @njones420 Месяц назад +13

    Faramean box next week?

  • @NoVIcE_Source
    @NoVIcE_Source Месяц назад +1

    its lovely to see adam and matt together

  • @antimattered3921
    @antimattered3921 Месяц назад +2

    adam parker and matt savage. lovely

  • @cmygamelife
    @cmygamelife Месяц назад

    I love how you tell me how and why it works then you show me. Best way to learn because by the end i somehow catch on thanks to all the pieces together.

  • @thomasleathrum7156
    @thomasleathrum7156 Месяц назад +4

    Speaking from experience, Borromean rings make for fun 3D prints.

  • @danielbender4327
    @danielbender4327 Месяц назад

    I loved this descent into madness

  • @johnrobie7444
    @johnrobie7444 Месяц назад +5

    How about a follow-up episode with you and Matt but you bring in Zachary Abel to help?

  • @jamespeltzer5380
    @jamespeltzer5380 Месяц назад +1

    This duo is awesome

  • @SirJoshuaTree
    @SirJoshuaTree Месяц назад +2

    @17:43 "There's at least two ways!" Such a mathematician's way of looking at the world. "We've proven two, but there could always be more!"

  • @hyperverbal
    @hyperverbal Месяц назад

    I liked that way you brought Matt into the Frame❤ 🖼️

  • @NotMyActualName_
    @NotMyActualName_ Месяц назад +13

    Just looking at the thumbnail I knew Matt Parker would be in the episode

  • @debbenjo5875
    @debbenjo5875 Месяц назад

    Fascinating to watch!

  • @chriskondak1867
    @chriskondak1867 Месяц назад

    I love this. I've seen 2 others... Staples: take lengths of staples that are as long as 3, and slide them together into a cube. Also Business Cards: fold in half and assemble into cubes. With a whole box of cards you can interlace the cubes into shapes!

  • @xLewleit
    @xLewleit 6 дней назад

    Matt's Clippy reference at 9:15 was *chefs kiss*

  • @laurenmp7486
    @laurenmp7486 Месяц назад

    The beginning with the loops reminded me of Matt's Royal Institution lecture where he talks about the Ballentine's beer logo, and then Matt brings up the logo.

  • @danielgebert4556
    @danielgebert4556 Месяц назад +2

    Adam’s looks like something an electrician would carry around when doing some kind of industrial wiring.

  • @ares395
    @ares395 Месяц назад +4

    31:10 Me with every project I start. Ever.

  • @ivanheffner2587
    @ivanheffner2587 Месяц назад

    I’d like to see Adam build a working trebuchet out of office supplies. Pencils and rubber bands would be the minimal set of supplies necessary. To improve the performance, a pen cap or barrel can help reduce friction at the joint(s). Depending on how one classifies office materials you can use some basic string or twine; or if you really want to put some time into it, take the strings off some intra-office mail envelopes to braid into some rope for lashing it all together and making the sling.

  • @goddessSue13
    @goddessSue13 28 дней назад

    +10 for Clippy reference "looks like you're trying to build a sculpture " 😂😂

  • @pinklemonade6597
    @pinklemonade6597 Месяц назад

    I could watch them just tinker and try stuff for hours!

  • @spyersecol0013
    @spyersecol0013 Месяц назад

    Watching this while high from a joint... EXCELLENT!

  • @quintdegraaf1710
    @quintdegraaf1710 Месяц назад

    i love that you have given office workers someting to do

  • @1bytesnack369
    @1bytesnack369 Месяц назад +7

    The journey was clearly the point of this build.

    • @tested
      @tested  Месяц назад +6

      Very true!

  • @WolfRose1Studios
    @WolfRose1Studios Месяц назад

    This definitely feels like one of those things where the ratio of the wire size to the dimensions of the paperclip needs to be taken into account like how the ratio of the inner diameter to the wire size determines what type of chainmail that you can make from it.

  • @fusionofhorizons
    @fusionofhorizons Месяц назад +6

    the Tested version of the Gordian Knot

  • @zakuraayame5091
    @zakuraayame5091 Месяц назад

    I read boomerang box at first; was wondering how that would work! A box that could shoot a paperclip, have it come back, and catch it would be quite the marvel!

  • @philipzielinski
    @philipzielinski Месяц назад +4

    9:30 Clippy has entered the chat. 😂