magnets
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Add A Bit Of Colour And Magnetic Ferrofluid Becomes The Stuff Of Nightmares
Video: We haven’t found too many practical uses for ferrofluid — a mix of oil and iron particles that appears to morph and change shape when exposed to magnets — aside from fun desktop toys. So now that we’ve discovered it becomes a nightmarish-looking blob creature when you mix in a little colour, maybe it’s…
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This Magical Wooden Clock Tells The Time Using A Floating Magnetic Ball
You can’t really construct your own Doctor Strange-style Sanctum Sanctorum, full of weird and wonderful magical artefacts. However, thanks to technology, you can do a decent job of getting close. One of the first pieces you might outfit your mystical home with is Flyte’s “STORY”, a wooden clock that represents time via a levitating magnetic…
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What Was Going On With Earth’s Magnetic Field A Billion Years Ago?
We know about our North and South poles, but what about an East, West, or slightly-to-the-left pole? According to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, around one billion years ago, that might have been a possibility.
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What’s Happening With Hyperloop, Explained
Hyperloop is maybe almost possibly here! But which hyperloop company did that thing this week? And what kind of technology is it using? Does it work? Most importantly, when are we getting one? We have all the answers for you, right here.