Talk:Impossible object

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It'd be interesting to see in this article some efforts to construct actual "impossible" objects. This paper notes that many impossible objects rely upon a particular viewing angle to seem impossible, and gives examples of many such objects that can be constructed three-dimensionally. The impossible cube, in particular, would be quite easy to construct: The front top beam that appears to pass behind the rear beam could in fact have a hole cut in it to make it appear that way when viewed from a certain angle. I may work on some of these in Blender. -- Wapcaplet 02:18, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Wow, the impossible cube was even easier to construct than I might have imagined. I suspect there are other ways to do it, too - curvy pieces that really do pass behind the other bits, but appear to be straight beams when viewed orthographically. -- Wapcaplet 03:02, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I deleted the impossible bottle from the list since its something that can actually be built, it just looks strange. user:vroman

Beyond Escher for Real has several examples of "impossible objects" that have been modelled in 3D, some have even been made with Rapid prototyping. --Zarboki 16:18, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

"In fiction

   * In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "I, Borg", a plan was made to destroy the entire race of Borg – malevolent cybernetic aliens whose minds were interconnected – by showing one of the borg a picture of a highly-complex impossible object. This image would be transmitted back to the Borg hive, overloading its consciousness in larger and larger attempts to understand the image. This plan was dismissed as being genocide, so its potential results were never seen."

Does this really belong here? --K_R 01:35, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Is a Klein bottle a valid example? It certainly can't be constructed in a three-dimensional universe.user:Olaf Davis 17:26, 23 Sep 2006