Oh, now I want this

[pokerfan]

Forget the ball of money. Now I want this cabinet which presents the solution to a rather difficult dissection problem. This is the simplest perfect squared square. The entire area is a square and it is divided into squares of distinct integer sizes.

There are twenty one different squares, with the sizes indicated below, covering a 112 by 112 area. Of course, a square can be divided into fewer squares, e.g. four quarters, but then sizes repeat. It has been proven that a square can not be tiled with fewer than twenty one distinct squares.







http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/math-monday-the-squared-square.html

[NV Whino]

1. Cool!

I want one, too.

[femmocrat]

2. It's beautiful!

I don't understand the math, but I love the design!

[Iggo]

3. I think what he's saying is that they're all different size squares with no repeats. (n/t)

[femmocrat]

5. Thank you.

:)

[pokerfan]

8. Yeah

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_square

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. nice!

cool design and construction.

[RebelOne]

6. Fantastic!! I'd love to have that. n/t

[dana_b]

7. gorgeous!

and clever to boot.

[Kat45]

9. I like it. n/t

[struggle4progress]

10. That's fun. But the very smallest drawers look useless to me

[surrealAmerican]

11. Is the cabinet mirrored and upside-down ...

... compared to the diagram?

It is very cool, but I'd like to see that tiny "2" drawer open.

[pokerfan]

13. Yeah, its rotated 180 degrees

I think the tiny drawer is even smaller than two inches as the dimensions are unit-less in the line drawing. It looks like they made the '50' square into a file cabinet (11 inches plus extra) so the '2' drawer would be quite a bit smaller than two inches.

[LeftinOH]

12. That's the sort of item I'd get- even though I don't need it.. cool!!