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by bloopernova 841 days ago
That shape must be patented or copyright protected, because all the Amazon listings are several hundred dollars each. The usual knockoffs are conspicuous in their absence.
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AFAIK the required precision for it to work is quite high.
Indeed. The Wikipedia article says: "The gömböc, as the first physical example, is less sensitive; yet it has a shape tolerance of 10−3, that is 0.1 mm for a 10 cm size."