Gyroscope

Its a spinning Torus, that continues ...

Falaco Soliton

The Falaco Soliton is an interesting Soliton, as it is made up out of two connected whirlpools that are entwined by a string underwater. One could see it as half a Torus that moves continuously forward. It is an idea discovered and presented by Professor R. M.Kiehn. On his website he describes this phenomenon with mathematics of Élie Cartan, a specialist in Spinor theory:

http://www22.pair.com/csdc/car/carfre55.htm (Professor R. M.Kiehn)

http://www22.pair.com/csdc/car/carfre47.htm (Cartan's Magic Formula)

http://www22.pair.com/csdc/pdf/falaco97.pdf (The Falaco Soliton)

Torofluxus

The Torofluxus or Toroflux is a toy that was invented in mid-1990s by Jochen Valett. It is a 27-foot-long (8.2 m) ribbon of steel which is woven into a torus spring. It is often sold pre-attached to a larger plastic ring. The spring flows downwards along the plastic ring, creating a shimmering effect like a silver bubble. The spring tension in the steel tightens the inner spiral core, causing it to cling to the plastic ring just like a silver bubble. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torofluxus)

Light passing through (U-turn vs. Tumble)

How do photons move from a object towards your eye without being obstructed by light coming from other directions? The answer could be fairly simple as each photon is a very small object that moves super fast, it could be like crosstown traffic where the vibrations of one photon compresses the Aether perpendicularly, blocking all photons that come from the side for a fraction while itself passes through, and creating a sort of red-light system, priority (right of way).

In the case of an 8-knot the generated blocking wave would be only a thin strip. A color-photon (red) could be like a flock build up out of many basic-photons (planck scale) all the flocks should be able to move through each other without any observable disturbances.

The only question that remains is, how can two opposite photons move through each other? Here the 8-particle has some interesting properties, the perpendicular the strip-like vibrational wave that goes along with rotation, leaves an open funnel in the front of the oo<< whereby two opposing particles can get close without being blocked oo<>oo. Next, the 8-particle with its U-shape arches, gives the opportunity for two photons to entangle without touching each other, and without occupying too much extra space. So they could either Tumble over each other, and move on.

Or they could hook into each other, make a U-Turn, and the two colliding photons could leave the entanglement back into the direction from where they came, giving the impression that they passed through each other, like a swimmer that makes a turn when he flips over, and continues to swim forward.

Marcel Breuer - 118 Chair

Here is a short clip on the story of how Marcel Breuer created his famous MB-118 chair, that is based on a table in the shape of an 8. It proves how balanced and strong this basic structure is.

Here’s a link to cool Artsy-page on Marcel Breuer which provides visitors with Breuer's bio, several of his works, exclusive articles, and up-to-date Breuer exhibition listings. It also includes related artists and categories, allowing viewers to discover art and design beyond their Breuer page: https://www.artsy.net/artist/marcel-breuer

$

The dollar or peso sign ($)... is first attested in British, American, Canadian, Mexican and other Spanish American business correspondence in the 1770s, referring to the Spanish American peso, also known as "Spanish dollar" or "piece of eight" in British North America, which provided the model for the currency that the United States later adopted in 1785 ... (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign)

Rotating 8 with spines, emitting vibrations and flying

A two edged spiralled 8 with spines and emitting vibration particles. It has a very steady equal vibration spraid, no pattern, in contrast to the non spiralled one below.

Note: The videos on YouTube aren't top quality, 
so here are 2 links to download the files and play the animation yourself:
http://800million.org/8_spiral_spikes.blend.zip (6.7 Mb)
http://800million.org/8_NO_twist.blend.zip (2.2 Mb)
They are made with the OpenSource 3D software 'Blender' that you can download for free at:
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender

Swinging Torus

Just toying with a two edged single spiralled torus emitting particles, 

to see what wave patterns would be gererated ...

Here's a link to download the file and play the animation yourself:

http://800million.org/torus_twist_2_sides.blend.zip (7.3 Mb)

It is made with the OpenSource 3D software 'Blender' that you can download for free at:

http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender