The Corvin Gömböc statue raised at Nokia Skypark located on Corvin Promenade is a stainless steel shell supported on a frame. The Corvin Gömböc was commissioned by Futureal Group, a leading real estate development company in Central Europe. The statue has been completed by Direct Line Kft under the artistic supervision of József Zalavári in association with the inventors of the Gömböc. The sculpture…
The recently discovered interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua is currently traversing our Solar System. The hugely elongated shape (length ~400 m, width ~ 40 m) of the first-ever observed interstellar object is so bizarre that it made scientists (including Harvard’s Avi Loeb) wonder whether it may actually be a spaceship. Now a Hungarian team from the ELTE Gothard Astrophysical Observatory and…
The world’s largest professional mathematical organization, the American Mathematical Society launched 10 years ago the series “Mathematical Moments” with the goal to popularize mathematics to a broad audience. The monthly series consists of posters, accompanied occasionally by podcasts and other online materials. Beyond the poster published on the Society’s website, physical copies are being sent out to…
The 64-page Gömböc booklet recently published by attendance of the Typotex Publishing House not only contains a comprehensive summary of Gömböc-related scientific information but also features a richly illustrated catalogue of the most famous individual Gömböc pieces on exhibit worldwide. Link to the online flipbook:
The Hungarian Embassy in Tokyo decided to launch the permanent exhibition “Smart Hungary”, introducing renowned inventions and innovations from Hungary. The permanent exhibition was opened by Ambassador H.E. Dr Norbert Palanovics on May 9th 2017 in conjunction with a business and innovation event. The Gömböc is on display among iconic inventions like the dynamo, Rubik’s Cube and the ballpoint pen. The…
The exhibit “South of Meaning” at the contemporary art gallery House of Egorn in Berlin’s center features work by two emerging artists, Travis Jeppensen and Vivien Zhang. The Gomboc shape is visible on several of Zhang’s works and she explains her inspiration in an interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery) to Sleek magazine. Zhang’s pictures (and among them, her Gomboc-related work) have already…
The GRASP laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the world’s foremost reserach and development centers for helicopter drones. Led by Professor Vijay Kumar, the lab’s team has pioneered, among others, the design of bio-inspired flying robots with collective behavior. Their latest breakthrough is super-stable pico-drone capable of in-flight self-righting, designed by Yash Mulgaonkar. The carbon-fiber composite exoskeleton of the miniature robot was inspired by the Gömböc shape. Although…
A recent study published by Nature Communications uses the images taken by NASA‘s Curiosity rover to estimate the length of ancient Martian rivers. According to the study, these rivers extended beyond 30 miles up to the rim of Gale crater. This suggests that 3 billions years ago a large and sustained river system may have existed on Mars. The length of…
The Market Directorate of the Budapest City Council decided to open a hands-on Gömböc exhibit in the Great Market Hall, one of Hungary’s main touristic attractions. The sophistically illuminated glass display features huge Gömböc pieces made from crystal-clear plexiglass, similar to the ones which were visible in the Hungarian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The…
In 2015, the Hungarian team made into the final of one of the world’s top cooking contest’s, the Bocuse d’Or, often called the culinary equivalent of the Olympic games. Named after the chef Paul Bocuse, the contest takes place every second year in Lyon, France. The Hungarian team, lead by chef Gábor Molnár, choose the Gömböc as their central theme. The…
