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Design Concept
Design Concept
WaterPuzzle is a toy, but also an education & research tool, which was designed by a scientist who wants to realize "Make Science on Your Hands".
The puzzle that fits in the palms of your hands provides clicking sensations of the neodymium magnet (aha experience), which helps you to understand interaction (attraction and repulsion) between water molecules.
* WaterPuzzle is a sister product of the BasePairPuzzle. Please see the following page for more details.
http://basepairpuzzle.com
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HOW TO
How to Play
How to play with the WaterPuzzle, it is really up to you. Just by touching the puzzle, everyone from kids to adults can feel attraction and repulsion between water molecules.
The neodymium magnets built into the molecular model reproduce hydrogen bonds, making it easy for anyone to build up an ice crystal structure. By throwing the molecular model into a bucket filled with water, you can observe how the molecules form a network of hydrogen bonds. You will be able to answer such simple questions as "Why does ice float in water?
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ABOUT
About Us
WaterPuzzle was created by a collaboration between a scientist studying the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules and a craftsman with expertise in 3D printing.
* The sister product, the BasePairPuzzle, received the "2023 Kawaii Kansei Design Award.
https://kawaii-award.org/award2023/
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PRODUCTS
Products
WaterPuzzle combines 3D printing and careful handwork to achieve an elegant texture that is different from mass-produced products.
* Due to the special surface treatment by hand, there may be slight differences in the coloring of each piece.
WaterPuzzle
Set of 24 water molecules. You can assemble a three-dimensional ice model.
Manufacturer: StudioMIDAS Inc.
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