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The school of sperm might be constructed similarly to windsocks and even replicate the swimming action.
www.intothewind.com/images/s.../9717.jpg
Able to follow the direction of the wind no matter what direction.
Either on a swivel from below or hanging from above.
The main body of the sperm isn't that hard to fabricate but getting the little swimmers tails to swim is my big challenge.
Body sizes to be between 6" and 2'. Tails to be proportionate.
This will be on my Mutant Vehicle and so there will be wind when under way. Dust storms, even better. ;-)
Creative types, engineers, kite flyers, yard art fanatics, or anyone else, please chime in. I'm open to all ideas.
Much thanks,
Cook
www.intothewind.com/images/s.../9717.jpg
Able to follow the direction of the wind no matter what direction.
Either on a swivel from below or hanging from above.
The main body of the sperm isn't that hard to fabricate but getting the little swimmers tails to swim is my big challenge.
Body sizes to be between 6" and 2'. Tails to be proportionate.
This will be on my Mutant Vehicle and so there will be wind when under way. Dust storms, even better. ;-)
Creative types, engineers, kite flyers, yard art fanatics, or anyone else, please chime in. I'm open to all ideas.
Much thanks,
Cook
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 1:46 AMactaully this is a great tribe to ask craftyvixens.tribe.net/
I visualizing and egg beater mechanism inside that clicks the tail as it turns
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 3:33 AMYou sure it's a school of sperm not a pod? A group of aquatic mammals (seals, whales) is generally referred to as a pod...
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 8:41 AMMaybe it's a swarm. I don't know that sperm are mammals. I"m pretty sure frog sperm isn't, in fact. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 11:34 AMI doubt sperm exhibit any group behavior, it's every genome for itself ! -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 2:44 PMActually, according to this morning's paper (at least I think it was this mornings paper) some sperm block the sperm of other potential fathers, some swim "for the gold", and there's a third group as well. Evolving in a mildly polygamous species will do that to your sperm. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 3:46 PMAh yes, sperm competition. Which relates to why the human penis has that helmet shape. I'll leave you to ponder that...
but what pattern would this specialized activity of sperms resemble? They wouldn't all point in the same direction. I think the traditional way of representing their activity is to have an egg in the middle and the sperm radiating out from that center.
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Sat, June 27, 2009 - 11:39 AM
Very cool idea. It will look great.
Given that sperm behavior is not to react in unison, you may not want them to turn together toward the wind. If you do, the way I would do it is to make an vertical fin out of clear plastic, at the end of the tail. Sperm tails don't have a fin so it needs to be invisible. I think sperm move by flicking the tail side to side, maybe you could construct a joint that gives it that range of motion. Maybe it isn't side to side in one plane, but sort of random, that would be much more difficult to replicate, I think. Hard to tell the pattern of the motion in those microscopic videos, because the depth of field is flattened. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 12:47 AM
A joint/hinge just might work. As long as it works at 2 to 5 MPH breeze. A back and forth tail swimming motion.
No one has seen anything like this before? I would just hate to reinvent the wheel. ;-) -
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Spoody
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 2:55 AM>>No one has seen anything like this before?<<
Man butter on an artcar?
He jizz on a mutant vehicle?
rolling, licensed ovary angler hinged to go with the flow?
whats the question one more time? -
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Re: Spoody
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 7:22 AMI was in a shop yesterday that was selling fish like the ones in your pic, but were cut into four or five sections instead of two. As the breeze hit them, they did a pretty good job of kind of weaving through the air. -
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Re: Spoody
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 2:39 PMquote:
I was in a shop yesterday that was selling fish like the ones in your pic, but were cut into four or five sections instead of two. As the breeze hit them, they did a pretty good job of kind of weaving through the air.
OMG!!! That's exactly what I'm looking for. Where or what was the shop?
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Re: Spoody
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 2:55 PMROFLMAO! =-O
Fuck that is funny.
Sumptin' tells me you're fun to party with. Put a wig and a skirt on and drop into Goddess Wish Camp. We've got a bisexual woman on our wish granting team.... Just sayin'.
Spermatazoa, soaked, flowing sand storm seed.
Ask about our Sunday Special.
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Tue, June 30, 2009 - 3:48 PMHeya,
Not that I know of. I've been going to BM since 1998, and haven't seen anything like this.
Best of luck to you.
May the Spooge Be With You, though not in a publicly conspicuous place unless you're into that kind of thing.
Cheers! I look forward to seeing your work.
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 3:15 PMI think it is chaotic, no particular movement pattern or rhythm.
If that is the case, then an aerodynamically shaped head with a light, fabric tale moved by wind would approximate chaotic movement. (I believe) -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Tue, June 30, 2009 - 11:30 AMyep, but the light fabric tail would wilt with no wind.
swimmers would look like they had limp willies. =)
now i'm thinking of just making them stationary (non-moving) and giving them the swimming action look without any movement. more simple.
but that takes all the fun of the little swimmers. all that hustling and bustling.... LOL -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Tue, June 30, 2009 - 6:13 PMinside
pin wheel in line with opening on front with room to spin..
on the back side of the pinwheel place a hot glued stick or stick pin
on the end of the semi stiffened tail make it with the same cloth just stiffen it with starch spray on...
inside close enough for the stickpin through the pinwheel to hit it have a T bar so every time the pinwheel Stickpin hits it it wobbles the faster you go the faster the wobble.. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Tue, June 30, 2009 - 8:29 PMI want to follow your MV with my MV, here is a link to what I do.
www.flickr.com/photos/36379536@N00/
I know someone here in Reno that has a bunch of Sperm EL wire that he wants to get rid of, it has a lot of cool squiggley patterns..
I have seen it in action, it's calling is on your MV, I would grab it myself , but I am not working a lot lately = no money.
PM me if you are interested.....
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 12:29 PM"but the light fabric tail would wilt with no wind"
ok. this is an art car, right?
so
A. this means it's moving, e.g. wind.
B. how many days/hours do we have on the playa with no wind?
if the fabric is light enough, you should have little down time... so to speak.
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 4:35 PMHmmm... This could be challenging as spermatozoa have to operate
in a very stiff medium (compared to air.) Their tails (flagella?) are actually
spirals if I recall my cellular biology correctly. They don't flap or wave,
they behave more like a corkscrew and rotate. Reproducing the swimming
action will require some sort of spiral construct mounted on a low friction
bearing. A VCR head comes to mind.
(OK, there are enough unintended puns in this reply to keep this thread
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 8:59 PMWhat about one of those battery powered hand fans.. with the shaft uh.. I mean uh.. the cork screw uhh.. yeah that thing.. attached so it just spins..ifyou bent it to the left it would wobble.. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 9:33 PMNo need to bend anything.
Attach a piece of gift ribbon to the outer edge of the fanblade and it will spiral naturally.
Better bring a lot of AA batteries if you go this route. -
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Wed, July 1, 2009 - 11:13 PMThe scooter has a 12V battery. In addition I will either tow or strap on my Honda EU 1000 generator for AC power.
So little motors is a good idea too. Hmmmm.
At night often times the air is still. And the daytime for that matter. Of course when we're not enduring a dust storm. LOL
I may just experiment with a reticulating sperm body with a twisting tail of some form. Either via motor or by natural breeze.
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Re: What better group to ask. I'm building a swimming school of spermatazoa (SPERM!!!) ;-)
Thu, July 2, 2009 - 12:02 AMsee I thought maybe if you could use the pinwheels you said you were lighting them too so if you used them as they turned they might throw the light in colors like a disco ball ? just a thought -
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Little spermies. Illuminating!
Thu, July 2, 2009 - 11:04 AMOh dang! That's a trippy thought.
"Shooting out" colors..... That would definitely give them that "Life" look. Carrying half the genetic code of a living thing.... Hmmmm.
But what kind of lights have the quality of being very small like a Christmas tree light AND project a beam as opposed to a general Xmas tree light? Maybe a beam isn't necessary.
Maybe Xmas tree lights would be best. Already the correct color.. And with the "shimmer" effect in the light controller. LOL THAT might just be what the doctor ordered.
Pinwheel idea:
20 sperm/ 20 pinwheels. Some larger (30") than others. Some small (12"). I dunno. -
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Re: Little spermies. Illuminating!
Thu, July 2, 2009 - 8:05 PMWell lets see..
laser lights are made out of what? and could you change the lens of a laser light? to say blue? or pink?
a tumbler or clear plexiglass tube? thats starting to get heavier but I bet with some creative genius you could totally do it.. good luck Id like to request a pic if you get er done.. :)
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