A Four Dimensional Cube of Yogurt

    There is a process of taking a dairy product that is liquid and turn it into a semi-solid, good for you food. The process is simple, take selected bacteria add them to dairy and warm gently. After a bacterial party has happened you get yogurt.  However there are variables that are at play in this dance. Types of bacteria, ratios of them to each other, temperature, prebiotics, probiotics, ph, additions and the synergies between them.

   This is where the visual of he cube comes in. Imagine a grid of cubes 10 by ten. there is a hundred on the first layer. Now stack ten layers on top of the first one, now you have a thousand. If we use the cubes as markers to track changes I think we could get a visual representation of the working of the process. to use the cube we need a mapping of the cube.

   A method of addressing the map coordinates would go like this; the cube on the lowest layer, all the way back and on the left would be 1, 1, 1 or 1.1.1. Where the first digit would be the level, the second would be the column and the last would be the altitude. The next one forward would be 1.1.2. The top level, all the way forward and all the way up would be 10.10.10. In each of these individual cubes measurements would be entered. The entry would be entered into the formula and would tint the cube following the formula’s instructions.

   Looking at the cube would illustrate the process and predict possible variable’s influences. I want to take measurements to use as inputs. I illustrated a 10x10x10 cube but it might only need to be a quarter of the size.