Rotating mechanisms can be a headache when it becomes necessary to deliver power through them. [Igor Brkic] faced just such a challenge when creating his double-pendulum build, and solved it with a ...

This "magnetic pendulum" uses a motor to set it into motion at a specific speed and angle. Magnets within the pendulum's end and the floor repel one another as the pendulum swings, creating a complex ...

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