At a special event at the Laser Research Center of the University of Szeged, unique Gömböc gifts were presented to Nobel laureates. The Gömböc is the first known convex, homogeneous object with only one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

In 2007, the Gömböc made its debut on the cover of Mathematical Intelligencer, and it was hailed by the New York Times as one of the 70 most interesting inventions of the year

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The first functioning Gömböc model 001 was gifted by its founders to Vladimir Arnold, the Russian mathematician, who conjectured and inspired this innovation. The gift was given as an acknowledgment of his work as the question whether Gömböc-type objects exist or not was posed by him.

After several more years of scratching their heads, they finally hit upon a shape that looked promising. They designed it on a computer, and when it came back from the manufacturer, they nervously tipped it over, wondering if all their work would be for naught.

Prof. Gabor Domokos of the Gömböc helds lecture ’The Gömböc, the Turtle and the Evolution of Shape’at the University of Oxford