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The NeoCube is an astonishing toy made of 216 high-strength magnetic ball bearings. The movie shows an array of surprising transformations: I'm mesmerized by the shifts from one form to another, especially when it pops from a flat net to a Platonic solid all by itself. Seems like a fun toy to have around, except for the part where those little ball bearings could zap your disks or credit cards if they get too close... | |
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I think I need to add that to my toy collection for my desk at work, that is completely awesome!
The "Neo Cube" blew my mind when I saw it so I went to the website and it costs quite amount of money.....well ok at least 50$ plus it takes 8 weeks to deliver to you I could wait that long but I need something else to pass my time
Why don't they fall into a cubic close packing arrangement?
The polarity is probably set so they arrange in a specific linear pattern.
I saw it was sold on ebay. try searching "neocube"
its pretty amazing thin - i want to buy one.
It is awsome, there's a guy who sells the magnets from Poland on ebay (they're down to about $35 now plus s/h, evenly priced w/ the real neocube), it's not brand name, but the magnets are just as high quality and it doesn't take months to get, I got mine to the US east coast in less than a week. It's especially fun if you like experimenting to see what type of mathmatical models and shapes you can create from units of a certain shape. Each sphere has N/S polarity like any other magnet, so you can take a random clump and pull out a long string.
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