magnets
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How Humans Can Sort Of See The Invisible
Video: What superpower would you want to have? The ability to fly? Teleport? Turn invisible? Time travel? Heal? What about to ability to see the invisible? Not exactly the flashiest power you can have especially because we can kind of, sort of, do that right now. This lovely animation explainer from Amaël Isnard shows how…
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How Does The Cue Ball Always Come Out Of The Pool Table?
Video: It’s magnets! Seriously. There’s a layer of iron underneath the cue ball that gets nudged and pulled by a strong magnet inside the pool table, putting it onto a completely different track than the rest of the balls in pool. That track is the one that spits out the cue ball. The other balls…
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A Spinning Top Floating Inside A Smoke-Filled Bubble Looks Like Magic
Video: Bubbles, magnetic levitation and gyroscopes — there’s a ton of super-cool DIY physics at work in the Levitron. Created by Dustin Skye, it’s a spinning top floating in mid-air inside a smoke-filled bubble, all for your viewing pleasure.
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Griffin’s Quick-Release BreakSafe Cable Gives MagSafe Powers To USB-C
If you love the USB Type-C port on Apple’s 12″ MacBook but miss the quick release MagSafe power connector that probably saved your old MacBook’s life on many occasions, Griffin now has a simple way to get it back.