Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/12/fucking-magnets-etc-etc.html
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Am I the only one thinking perpetual motion , or at least generating some electricity from all that?
That’s IT! MAGNETS. . . nobody has ever thought of magnets before to make perpetual motion! Let’s get to work on this right away!
(sorry)
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There is surely some way to use this to simulate the statistical mechanics of molecules in a fluid, or something. Gives me a headache just thinking about it. Or maybe some kind of ternary computer?
The next step is to pair it up with those synchronizing metronomes.
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This was really awesome, but I’m sort of disappointed we don’t get to see how long the big ones take until they’re just sort of quivering in place.
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I sent the link to my thermodynamics professor with a “Curse you! Now all I can see when I look at this is a thermodynamics problem!” note.
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That was my first thought. Like a tidal power kinda thing.
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i was thinking more along the lines of “i wonder if we can make random numbers with this”
I can imagine a carnival ride that is both thrilling, and dangerously whiplashing at the same time.
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