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13 March 2010

Wow. That was far more neato than I thought it would be.
posted by Doohickie 13 March | 11:33
That's like a 3D demo of infinite. Cool!
posted by chewatadistance 13 March | 13:33
My ADD thoroughly enjoyed that.
posted by CitrusFreak12 13 March | 14:12
I was seriously considering acquiring those mad little magnets until I visited their website and saw (a) endorsements from FOX, ABC, Woman's Day and CHANGE magazine (never heard of it) - best they can do? (b) the long sequence with a dancing lady in flash, for no damn reason, and especially (c) the warnings (click menu, crappy flash nav) that indicate I can't play with them in the same room with my computers and they don't know yet how toxic the magnetic material inside the balls are. Nope!
posted by oneswellfoop 13 March | 14:40
Awesome!
posted by dg 13 March | 17:25
I have some like this (got mine from a site called Neo-Cube). Three words of warning:

1) Playing with them is REALLY FUCKING ADDICTIVE.

2) Folding them into neat/interesting patterns takes A LOT of skill and practice. Being so strong, they don't conform to whatever shape you want to put them in, so you have to figure out how to work with the opposing/attracting forces. Fwiw, I've been able to form them into cylinders and moebius strips, but I've never been able to get them into cube form.

3) If you take them to the office (yes, a delightfully dangerous thing to do, given that office is full of harddrives), EVERYONE will play with them, making them a perfect vector for transmitting colds/flus/etc.

posted by treepour 13 March | 19:49
A black cat on my lap and a white cat on the back of my chair bonking me in the head. || In which a grouchy old man succcumbs to Lady Gaga's earworms

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