Building an electromagnetically-assisted pendulum
For an upcoming clock project, Stephen Hobley is experimenting with an electromagnetic pendulum.
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Drawing pendulum
Thanks to Petros for submitting this cool project: a pendulum that slowly draws a picture. These two installations of spinning pendulums can “print” any low-resolution picture in a unorthodox way. The head of the “printer” is the pendulum, that starts spinning after an initial push. Beside this, the pendulum’s movement or position is not controlled […]
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Solar pendulum
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr member Pocket-sized breadboarded a solar/magnetic pendulum as seen in the BEAM book – JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels The self-sufficiency of solar power can really up the fun-factor in these builds – Magnetic Pendulum on Flickr This site explains the project a bit more, and highlighting it’s […]
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