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Gearless Magnet Bike (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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I bet that feels really weird to ride

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[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I was sure I'd watch 30 secs of that at most, but watched the whole darn thing. Really interesting, thanks for posting!

[–] cassetti@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, I felt really dumb after watching that video - half that math went over my head haha.

[–] Heisme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I love how genuinely excited this guy gets about his designs / inventions. Even projects that are a bust he still manages to stay positive and have fun.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Might be involved, but segmenting the copper disk and selectively dis/connecting the segments with some kind of switches would dictate whether Eddy currents could flow or not..

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

"This seems really impractical, why would y-"

"BECAUSE I CAN!"

[–] lightsecond@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super interesting. Thank you. While watching the video i was thinking of how cool it would be to have magnetic suspensions.

[–] I_collect_rocks@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I have mag ride in my truck. Pretty sweet

[–] only_lurking@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It bothers me that he called it a gearless bike. It's clutched, but also still geared.