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Cube and Hyperboloid
The spinning cube shows that a hyperboloid can be generated from straight lines. Among other things, this property explains why the shape of the hyperboloid is very popular in many applications, such as buildings, cooling towers of power plants, bevel gear drives, and furniture design.




"Cube and Hyperboloid" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/CubeAndHyperboloid/
Contributed by: Sándor Kabai
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