That doesn't look THAT hard, it's suspended by the middle string and can't fall towards the heavy side it wants to fall towards because the corner strings are keeping it from flipping that direction.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
That doesn't look THAT hard, it's suspended by the middle string and can't fall towards the heavy side it wants to fall towards because the corner strings are keeping it from flipping that direction.
Hmm, it's a step further than the models which use three strings to hold the "floating" piece centralised across both the X and Y planes of movement, the design in the gif has a LOT more freedom of movement of the top piece.
That doesn't look THAT hard, it's suspended by the middle string and can't fall towards the heavy side it wants to fall towards because the corner strings are keeping it from flipping that direction.
Hmm, it's a step further than the models which use three strings to hold the "floating" piece centralised across both the X and Y planes of movement, the design in the gif has a LOT more freedom of movement of the top piece.
The middle string is supporting all of the weight and causing the separation that Bedlam thinks is being generated by a magnet. The outside strings are basically for stabilization.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
The middle string is supporting all of the weight and causing the separation that Bedlam thinks is being generated by a magnet. The outside strings are basically for stabilization.
Like, I can draw a rough force diagram to explain what's going on there, and I think it's very clever in principle. I just hate looking at it. Ape Brain is not pleased with anything that's going on in this picture.
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HeadCreepsNOW IS THE TIME FOR DRINKING!Registered Userregular
The wobble. The gravity is trying to pull the structure down. The magnets are trying to repel the structures. The strings are holding everything in place. The forces are equal so it looks like its floating.
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAG...Nope! Nope! Thats an eldritch horror!
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It's the dial that makes this genius.
You're in hell, like the rest of us.
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I used to borrow these from my local library on VHS when I was a kid, five at a time.
TierZoo uses a version of this as their outro music.
It had been bugging me for YEARS trying to place where I knew that tune from. Thankfully this forum helped me figure it out.
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Hmm, it's a step further than the models which use three strings to hold the "floating" piece centralised across both the X and Y planes of movement, the design in the gif has a LOT more freedom of movement of the top piece.
Half Life 3 confirmed?
The force of the magnets repels the two structures.
The force of the string holds them in place, making the top structure appear to float.
Thats it.
Prove it
Prove it
Like, I can draw a rough force diagram to explain what's going on there, and I think it's very clever in principle. I just hate looking at it. Ape Brain is not pleased with anything that's going on in this picture.
MAGNETS!
MAGNETS!
MAG...Nope! Nope! Thats an eldritch horror!