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September 12, 2017 09:43 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/QlNL-x4xt50/springs-are-stiff-strings.html
Embrace chaos by making your own double pendulum fidget spinner
If the novelty of holding an elaborate bearing (possibly connected to some motion-sensitive LEDs) is wearing thin, have no fear: with a 3D printer and a little ingenuity, you can make your own double-pendulum fidget spinner, a chaotic system that is intensely sensitive to initial conditions, such that it becomes very hard to predict the motion of the pendulum when you set it to swinging. (more…)
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