A walking cube that can balance on its corner:

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

Science

22 Dec 13

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

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Moves: 53321

22 Dec 13

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-zurich-team-cubli-video.html

wolfgang59

Quiz Master

RHP Arms

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Moves: 48794

26 Dec 13

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2013-12-zurich-team-cubli-video.html

I want one for next Christmas!

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

26 Dec 13

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I want one for next Christmas!

Take the gyroscope to new levels for sure! When I got my first gyroscope at age 10, I was fascinated with how it worked its magic.

Now they have balancing cubes, balancing bicycles, all using the concept of the gyroscope but in 3D.

DeepThought

Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

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27 Dec 13

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2013-12-zurich-team-cubli-video.html

Gerry Anderson thought of this years ago: 😉

sonhouse

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slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

27 Dec 13

Originally posted by DeepThought
Gerry Anderson thought of this years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giks4YQDMU0 😉

Man, I've been missing out🙂