| With Magic Penny Magnets and some everyday objects, you can perform feats that even top scientists and engineers have found amazing! |
| | Based on Lenz's law, this beautiful magnetic toy is a a spin top, a spinner and a fidget toy! |
| | The 3D Compass is a clever little device that follows the earth's magnetic field in three dimensions! |
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| Here is a little engine that demonstrates a magnetic property known as the Curie Effect. The French scientist Pierre Curie discovered that... |
| | This is a modern replica of the oldest instrument in the world which is known to be a compass. |
| | With its gravity-defying effect, this is a scientific toy that feels like magic! |
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| Skill Flux uses ultra high purity aluminium. The magnetic ball moves faster through the aluminium tube that it would through copper, so these faster... |
| | Drop the ultra-strong magnetic ball inside one of the the aluminium tubes, and experience just how slowly the ball falls. Although the ball is not... |
| | This unusual toy, called Flatland Plane, consists of a Halbach array of 100 neodymium magnets, and a number of pieces of pyrolytic graphite that will float just above the surface of the magnets. |
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| Developed back in the 1970s, with ideas that it might become a replacement for paper, this paper makes magnetic fields visible. |
| | Very slowly, you roll the loose ball bearing towards the magnets. As it approaches the magnets, something unexpected happens... |
| | This unusual container for a pair of spectacles can be yellow, or if you open the case, you can continue to open it until each half has performed a complete revolution, and it will now be yellow! |
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| Invented in the 1990s, the Logic Specs case is an unusual container for a pair of spectacles! The case is held closed by magnets. But when you open the case, you can continue to open it until each half has performed a complete revolution, and the band on the outside of the case is now a different colour!Logic Specs Case |
| | If you drop the little metal slug down the copper tube, it should fall under the pull of gravity, but - hey presto - the slug travels down the tube... |
| | Developed back in the 1970s, with ideas that it might become a replacement for paper, this paper makes magnetic fields visible. Any magnet can be... |
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| There are quite a few ferrofluid toys in existence, but Tim found this one especially intriguing. |
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