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It Doesn’t Matter How Old You Are, Magnets Always Seem Like Some Sort of Strange Magic

Magnets, how do they f***ing work? We can hear all the explanations in the world about magnets (or non-explanations if you like), but they still seem like some sort of strange magic to our monkey brains.

Which is why the simple ‘levitation’ tricks done in the video above still seem so cool…I particularly like the pile of books, that would make for a great center-piece on the coffee table no doubt. The effect was created by science and illusion YouTube video producer Brusspup, using a magnetic levitation module from Dutch company Crealev:

I’ve had smaller units before that will float items weighing about 1 pound. This unit can float objects weighing near 20 pounds. Even though it’s beautiful to walk in the room and see this unit sitting there, I love to try and hide the unit with various objects. The magnetic disc is hidden under the chessboard, for instance. For the floating books, I made a fake book and hid the magnet in it. The pillow is one of my favorites. The visual of a floating pillow supporting a 7 pound brick is fun to see. And then the last was just so cool to see. As a kid I dreamed of the Millennium Falcon. So to see it floating just brings it to another level of reality.

Not sure what sort of crazy dreams you might have if you used the pillow though (*ahem*)…

(via Laughing Squid)

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