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This is the 2010 IRI first place trophy. This picture shows the glass soccer ball without the name plate on the base (that will be added Thursday at IRI).
Specifications:
- regulation-sized soccer ball (well, approximately)
- 8" plastic wheel base
- 1/8" thick stained glass, waterjet cut from opalescent glass
Teams getting second place will get a similar ball, with frosted white panels replacing the gold panels.
This ball was created by AndyMark, Inc., with Mark Koors as the designer. Waterjet Cutting of Indiana provided all of the glass cutting, as a sponsorship effort to support IRI.
Only the winning teams and runner-up teams will be getting these trophies. All individual awards will be medallions.
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12-07-2010 16:46
dodar
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That is by far the best trophy I have ever seen, I think it even beats that other soccer trophy which will not be named...
12-07-2010 17:05
IKE
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Should the winners be careful of any rubber feet on the bottom?
Very nice!
12-07-2010 17:34
Foster
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GoooooaaaaaaaLLLLL!
I can't wait to see it in person.
12-07-2010 19:36
Karibou
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Ooo. That's pretty, very pretty. Great design, Mark.
I'd be scared of breaking it, though D:
12-07-2010 19:43
sanddrag
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I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of the inside, and what all those screws attach to.
12-07-2010 20:11
Karthik
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of the inside, and what all those screws attach to.
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All that being said, the webbing might be constructed differently than the perfect dual graph to allow for easier assembly and construction. Alas, what is perfect and elegant in the mathematical world, rarely works in the real world.
1. In graph theory, a dual graph of a given graph G is a graph which has a vertex for each plane region of G, and an edge for each edge in G joining two neighboring regions. This theory can be extending into 3D polyhedra geometry.
12-07-2010 20:38
Chris Fultz
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Originally Posted by Karthik
combinatorial geometry essentially the dual graph1 a polyhedron of pentagonal hexagonal faces with vertices of degree 3 a polyhedron with only triangular faces vertices of degree 5 and 6 |
Karthik, please sit with me at IRI and explain what all of this means. I assume it is Canadian for "soccer ball"?
12-07-2010 20:50
Andrew Schreiber
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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
Karthik, please sit with me at IRI and explain what all of this means. I assume it is Canadian for "soccer ball"?
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(Actually, I am wishing that the prof who was most familiar with graph theory wasn't off campus at the moment, I'm very curious too)
13-07-2010 16:14
IKE
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Originally Posted by Karthik
Same. Just using a bit of combinatorial geometry, my guess is that what you'll find is a webbing that is essentially the dual graph1 of the of soccer ball. Since a soccer ball (or Buckyball mathematically speaking) is a polyhedron of pentagonal and hexagonal faces with vertices of degree 3, the resulting dual will be a polyhedron with only triangular faces, with vertices of degree 5 and 6. These vertices look to be the insertion points of the screws.
All that being said, the webbing might be constructed differently than the perfect dual graph to allow for easier assembly and construction. Alas, what is perfect and elegant in the mathematical world, rarely works in the real world. 1. In graph theory, a dual graph of a given graph G is a graph which has a vertex for each plane region of G, and an edge for each edge in G joining two neighboring regions. This theory can be extending into 3D polyhedra geometry. |
13-07-2010 17:16
Andy Baker
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After ignoring much of the silliness of what was posted above, we just took a picture of the ball without the blue glass pieces.
The inside structure is made from 2 polycarbonate hemispheres, each 1/16" thick.
Andy B.
(edit... on second thought, I could post something similar to Karthik's convoluted solution and said that we used some 7-axis CNC welding process to do this. But, I didn't. )
13-07-2010 18:13
Karthik
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
After ignoring much of the silliness of what was posted above, we just took a picture of the ball without the blue glass pieces.
The inside structure is made from 2 polycarbonate hemispheres, each 1/16" thick. Andy B. (edit... on second thought, I could post something similar to Karthik's convoluted solution and said that we used some 7-axis CNC welding process to do this. But, I didn't. ) |
Anyways, here's a picture I found on the web that illustrates what I was talking about with the dual. (Found on a combinatorial geometry course website at Merrimack College)
Clearly too complicated to fabricate, but still pretty cool. (Or just general ignorable silliness.
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13-07-2010 19:00
JaneYoung
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Originally Posted by Karthik
Sorry for injecting some interesting math (well, at least interesting to me) in to the discussion. In the future I'll restrict my posts to drivel like "OMG. That's sooooo cool!"
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And... I followed some of it so I know that people who understand/grasp math concepts much better than I do would appreciate it with a greater and deeper understanding.
Jane
13-07-2010 22:20
Andy Baker
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Originally Posted by Karthik
Clearly too complicated to fabricate, but still pretty cool. (Or just general ignorable silliness.
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(see ya soon, Karthik - safe travels!)
Andy B.
13-07-2010 22:31
Andrew Schreiber
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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
I thought it was great, Karthik. It's about time some of our younger members and some of our newer mentors had this opportunity to read some of your thoughts/thinking/posts.
And... I followed some of it so I know that people who understand/grasp math concepts much better than I do would appreciate it with a greater and deeper understanding. Jane |
14-07-2010 09:44
Cynette
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I just have to ask...are there any pieces that can fall off during the presentations? 
14-07-2010 12:35
Andy Baker
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Originally Posted by Cynette
I just have to ask...are there any pieces that can fall off during the presentations?
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Seriously, these are inherently fragile, since they are made of glass. So, it is possible for them to break. We are packing these up today, and each one will have it's own box and packing material so teams can have a bit of help being careful with them.
The anodized base plates just came in, and they look outstanding. Also, the medallions look great. I will post pics on the AM facebook page soon.
Andy
14-07-2010 14:39
Andy Baker
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Here is a new picture of the trophy, with the name plate.
Also, here is a picture of the medallion that will be given out to individual award winners at IRI.
Thanks to Dave and Mike Hancock at Colors, Inc. for making the graphics look so great on these awards.
Andy B.
18-07-2010 17:13
Roger
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
Yes, this is clearly too complicated to fabricate.
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Hmmm... at this point I was going to add my own "soccer-head" hat photo, but it appears one can't attach photos to this thread. Which makes my request a little unpromising: Andy, could you post those other photos someplace other than Facebook? Some of us don't wish to connect to the world that way.
The awards do look good. Maybe with interior LEDs to make them sparkle?
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