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Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation

(www.newscientist.com)
184 points mikhael | 1 comments | 16 Oct 25 15:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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v7n ◴[21 Oct 25 19:12 UTC] No.45660268[source]▶
I was immediately reminded of the anti-twist mechanism, perhaps unrelated but "reset rotation, twice/half" comes up there as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-twister_mechanism

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1. crooked-v ◴[21 Oct 25 21:12 UTC] No.45661783[source]▶
Damn, that's beautiful. I hope that Mr. Adams mentiond in the article got a good return from his patent.