Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/01/09/defy-gravity-with-the-feel-flu.html
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This barely counts as a science experiment, much less a toy. “Hours of fun slowing things down!” is not a hot commodity.
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I think you’re greatly underestimating the attraction of magnets.
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If I wanted to play with a lazy, creepy toy that dribbles out into my waiting hand I’d just [punchline redacted out of respect]
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You can recreate this effect with a reasonably strong magnet and a reasonably inexpensive length of copper pipe.
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It’s even more dramatic than the short length of the Feel Flux. We have:
They take almost 15 seconds to pass through the tube, and with a close fit, they make a nice ringing/scraping sound the whole way.
Don’t mess with Lenz’s Law, dude! 
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I find magnets repulsive.
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Marijuana, the wonder drug.
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Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your polarity, man.
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…and yet, on the flip side, strangely attracted to them?
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They didn’t invent this. It is a physics demonstration that is at least a century old.
Here’s a cheap DIY version. Buy your own neodymium magnet for a couple of bucks. Buy a length of half inch copper pipe from the hardware store. Cut whatever kinds of lengths you want from it. Enjoy!
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