Truncated Icosahedron made with 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons




Multimodular Origami Polyhedra, archimedeans, Buckyballs, and Duality
Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein (Dover Publications Inc. 2003)

Polygons : Recent appeared technique which consists to generate 3D images by polygon images thanks to a specialized electronic circuit. More the number of polygons generated per second is important, more the machine high-performance because the images appear more natural. By way of comparison, Nintendo 64 generates 1 million of polygons per second while Play Station only 200 thousands. (Online dictionary of manga and video games de la société Free Light Software)