[Tim] started by modeling the disco ball after a soccer ball with a mixture of pentagons and hexagons. Then it was off to the laser cutter to cut it out of 3mm plywood sheets. Once assembled ...

The world nearly lost Boy George to a disco ball. In 1998, the pop singer was rehearsing for a performance in Dorset, England, when a massive mirrored ball weighing 62 pounds suddenly fell from ...

A few months ago my roommate came home with a cantaloupe-size disco ball, placed it on a shelf near the window, and waited for the sun to shed flecks of confetti light around the living room.

Maybe you've danced under a disco ball, or have spotted one in a ballroom, a nightclub, or even a gas station bathroom. The ball's array of tiny mirrors casts light all across the floor — an ...