Tutorial - How To Build The Double Helix / DNA Strand (Neocube/Nanodots/Zen Magnets)

How to build my Double Helix or DNA Strand neocube shape from neodymium ball magnets.

Presented here is a 17 unit chain which completes a 360° degree rotation of the helix. It's formed from a simple repeating pattern of each link in the chain and really pretty easy once you know how. You can build it longer if you have sufficient (neomagnet) balls.

Requires 112 balls per link, or 120 if you retain complete hexagons on the ends. The strand in this video uses 17 x 112 = 1904 balls.
The second golden colour is of course optional.

Music is the opening of the first movement of the Prague symphony (symphony No. 38) by Mozart, K. 504

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[electronicsludge]

thanks for showing us how to do this XD, in science, we are doing dna rite nao, and my teacher would luv this

[ledwatchman]

@electronicsludge You're welcome, I hope it helps, although this is not meant to be a precise scientific model of DNA, I created it more for the design, as a piece of DNA-like art.

[karlkani231107]

this is not a double helix, it's just a helix

[ledwatchman]

@karlkani231107 No, If you Google image 'double helix' you'll see similar structures to this shape. The two outer edges form two opposite helical curves, the path of one edge is rotating around an axis through the middle of all the rungs, so it constitutes a single helix on it's own.

[dhorrorpt]

thumbs up if you thought it wuz gonna be a lot harder :P i did

[Vertsk8er419]

awesome id love to build one and wake up to it every morning, a reminder of the geometric perfection upon which all life is modeled in the sentient multiverse ;)

[MisterRuneex]

Magnet tutorials... rad

[Reversegod]

@electronicsludge apoloxsilva

[ledwatchman]

@electronicsludge Sounds cool if you improved the design or made it more suitable for science class

[electronicsludge]

@electronicsludge there are no phosphates...i did those myself

[electronicsludge]

@ledwatchman i know

[CRM114HAL1]

@Vertsk8er419 i can assure you i'm not depressed, and i didn't mean to be offensive in any way... i just wanted to point out that nature is far from being perfect, in many of is aspect. also i'm glad to hear that you are not religious ;-P

[Vertsk8er419]

@CRM114HAL1 i'm not religious or anything but regardless of the exact scientific figures, it's all perfect in my view. sorry to hear about your depression...

[CRM114HAL1]

@Vertsk8er419 nonsense :(

[Vertsk8er419]

@CRM114HAL1 perfectly imperfect :)

[LizaardDude]

I want Zen magnets so bad!