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Here’s something a little different: I enjoy watching videos of marble runs and other clever contraptions, and this video is one of the most clever I’ve seen, putting gravity and magnetism through its paces in a series of increasingly complex setups.
That was awesome! Would love to see a bit of the figuring out/testing/set up. I also liked looking ahead and trying to figure out what would happen before it did.
Wowsers….
I’m amazed and impressed that someone could figure all that out. I’m also surprised that it was so interesting and entertaining. I’m thinking crows and parrots would be interested. I’d enjoy watching them watch.
“So many shiny. Must have all the shiny.”
And cats would love to get their little paws in there and mess up the whole thing…
I love things like this so much and marvel at the brain that can suss it all out. I love the idea of crows and parrots watching, too. Thanks!
More of this! That was so cool!
Somewhere out there, five mechanical engineering professors just had “happy moments.”
I love this! Any Rube Goldberg fans out there?
I went to the Franklin Institute a couple years ago and sat on a bench watching a Rube Goldberg video for like 10 minutes.
Oh, yeah!
Amazing!
It reminds me a little of the Japanese commercial with the giant wooden xylophone.
https://youtu.be/nBzon0p4BH4
And this Honda commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyh19A6CmBw&rel=0
OK Go video:
One of my all-time faves. Only their dog video beats it (White Knuckles).
Not sure I’ve seen that one. Will look it up tonight.
Elegant.
Too marvelous! Destructive as all get-out but great.
Elegant. Exquisite. Epic.
Beautiful and soothing. Somewhere, Rube Goldberg is smiling. And yes, I can see little kittens running amok in the set up.
I bow to the extreme cleverness. Someone clearly has quite a mind and ability to visualize to come up with all of these. Totally made my morning!
It would be great fun to make these contraptions.
Where can I get magnetic balls? A good thing for
a long wintry Sunday afternoon. Along with my
current project of identifying, sorting, archiving
about 150 years of family photos.
They look like they’re buckyballs.
http://www.buckyballsstore.com/buckyballs-c-22&zenid=c4bcce8f5c55d16a8477fc3e28af5c47
Yes, thanks, Allein. Went on the web
and found a couple of sources.
No Amazon, that I could find.
Here’s why:
http://gizmodo.com/how-buckyballs-fell-apart-1609183224
I know Barnes & Noble used to carry a different brand called NanoDots, which they recalled a couple years ago. Though it appears you can still get the original through the Buckyballs website so I’m not sure what the real deal is.
Beyond awesome! LOVE it! I, too, bow to the inventive mind who created this. Gonna show it to my students! ?
Am I the only person that wondered how many takes it took to film that sequence? Does it always work so perfectly? I guess it is the lawyer in me who doubts even what I see.