Zen Magnets

gurusan · 4 Mar 2012 at 04:56

Tell me these little thingies aren't the coolest things you've seen in awhile.

I need to buy myself a set...look like something awesome to have hanging around.

Van Hellseek · 4 Mar 2012 at 04:59

Those little thingies aren't the coolest things I've seen in a while.

chief barker · 4 Mar 2012 at 05:28

Van Hellseek said:
Those little thingies aren't the coolest things I've seen in a while.

I think it's the skill of the person using the magnets not the actual thingies.

Very impressive.

semi-pro waster · 4 Mar 2012 at 07:57

They're good fun and the person in the video has clearly practiced a lot but they're also the sort of thing that I'd find myself losing interest in after a while I suspect.

//edit searching for Neodymium Magnetic Magic Balls or similar should find you them a whole lot cheaper but perhaps not so nicely packaged as they're a generic product.

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2012 at 08:43

They look rather good but I can see the novelty value of these waning very quickly. Personally the repetitive boredom factor would see them in a draw before the end of the day.

Squark · 4 Mar 2012 at 09:31

Van Hellseek said:
Those little thingies aren't the coolest things I've seen in a while.

Sorry

They get trumped by the swarm of quad-copters

RetiredGreyFox · 4 Mar 2012 at 12:37

They are cool but would have no place in my life.

ElliorR · 4 Mar 2012 at 12:40

Yeah if I had some they'd quickly lose their attraction.

bledd · 4 Mar 2012 at 12:57

"I'll just sit a little closer to my screen, so I can follow this youtube guiD ARGHHH, THEY'RE SUCKING OUT THE PICTURE!!!!!!"

Strife212 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:06

If you eat them they will kill you

RomanNose · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:11

They are impossible to get two apart, I have tried and failed multiple times.

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:17

Strife212 said:
If you eat them they will kill you

One three times a day will boost your iron levels.

RetiredGreyFox · 4 Mar 2012 at 22:45

Coincidence - a story on my RSS feed - http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012...-eating-37-magnets/UPI-84641330837146/?spt=hs

gurusan · 4 Mar 2012 at 22:50

Jeez. I didn't hear about that and I live in Portland

Liquidfox · 5 Mar 2012 at 00:08

I've got a cube of them, really addictive for about a fortnight and then meh.

Took them into the office for a while and people couldn't stop playing with them. Record was 50 seconds from one long line of them to making a complete 6x6x6 cube.

Pawnless Endgame · 5 Mar 2012 at 01:18

If magnets are spherical like in the video, how do you work out polarity?

SourChipmunk · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:46

Dimple said:
Coincidence - a story on my RSS feed - http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012...-eating-37-magnets/UPI-84641330837146/?spt=hs

"If we had any idea what those magnets could have done to our daughter's intestines I would have never had them in our house," she told KPTV.

Click to expand...

Aren't there about 500 different warnings on those things? I think you have to be 18-years-old to buy them, first off. They're not meant for children!

Monserrat said:
If magnets are spherical like in the video, how do you work out polarity?

Much like our planet, I expect.

Liquidfox · 5 Mar 2012 at 13:04

Monserrat said:
If magnets are spherical like in the video, how do you work out polarity?

You don't need to, you can't work with them in a singular form, you have to use chains whereby it becomes obvious which end is attracted to the others.

Narj · 5 Mar 2012 at 14:10

Liquidfox said:
I've got a cube of them, really addictive for about a fortnight and then meh.

This. Went down well in the office, reduced productivity to near-zero for a bit.