Neo Cube

• Alannah
  April 28th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

  Is it just magnetized ball bearings?

• bean
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

  That does look fun. I wonder how long they stay magnetized?

• Anthony
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  Ball bearings are usually stainless steel, which makes a pretty lousy magnet.

  These are just spherical neodymium magnets.

• Anthony
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

  Furthermore, they’ll stay magnetized years and years, but they’re brittle. If you let them come together from far apart you run the risk of cracking them.

• Windell Oskay
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

  I have a cube of neodymium magnets. I can confirm that as soon as you pick it up, you can’t get anything else done.

  Rather than spheres, “weakly” magnetized 1/8″ - 3/16″ cubical magnets are the best choice for this. Be sure to get a perfect cube. (K&J magnetics sells them in cubic quantities, even!)

• otterly
  April 29th, 2008 at 12:12 am

  I went to the website and it was gone. I wanna buy one! Now even.

• SenorMysterioso
  April 29th, 2008 at 12:13 am

  looks fun

• Miss Cellania
  April 29th, 2008 at 12:20 am

  The website mentioned in the video never was there for me, either, so I used a different link where it says “Link”. That one works!

• nickelking
  April 29th, 2008 at 12:47 am

  Anybody else disappointed that they didn’t make a mobius strip when he brought the two ends together?

• S-r-ex
  April 29th, 2008 at 1:42 am

  Well, the USD is low, and the NOK is high, the erfect combination for me I so much want this one!

• Britt
  April 29th, 2008 at 2:16 am

  My doctor gave me something similar to help me deal with my OCD, but this looks way better.

• Britt
  April 29th, 2008 at 2:17 am

  OCD/ADHD, that is to say. I’m not totally helpless, I swear!

• stevo
  April 29th, 2008 at 2:46 am

  nickelking
  Oh yes! I was thinking that as Well!

• Tim Giachetti
  April 29th, 2008 at 3:41 am

  You did it again Missy. Great find and I won’t buy one or both for that matter. i get nothing done as it is!

• MoonCake
  April 29th, 2008 at 5:21 am

  holy crap!! i love magnetic toys.. a few years back i bought a little magnet-building kit thing from the planetarium and i could not put it down. it is SUCH a terrible idea to sell a bunch of stoners a toy like that… needless to say, all the parts never make it to the next user.

• andrewdoane
  April 29th, 2008 at 7:14 am

  Well, if the websites don’t work, I’m sure Spencer’s Gifts will have it next month.

• fsmarch
  April 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am

  Forget about it! You’d have to take that thing away from me!

• Pat J
  April 29th, 2008 at 9:13 am

  I like how there’s an image in the middle of the video. I assume that the video’s creator was trying to insert the “youtube thumbnail” but missed.

  Also: This is going to the top of my xmas list.

• foosnark
  April 29th, 2008 at 9:15 am

  @ Windell Oskay:

  Dagnabbit… thanks to you I just ordered 100 1/8″ cubes from K&J.

  The rubber coated ones seem even cooler but far more expensive.

• cube
  April 29th, 2008 at 9:26 am

  I’ve already ordered mine. Thanks for the heads up.

• lux
  April 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

  Well guess I better order one fast. Knowing our society, some idiot parent will give it to their toddler who will then swallow the thing resulting in some medical horror story. Then watch it get banned even though its not for kids in the first place.

• kid_icarus
  April 29th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  wow that is so awesome! you know a parent would put that on the news as a choking hazard eventually though.

• ted
  April 29th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

  Yeah, what’s with the attempt at the subliminal message in the middle of the clip?

• distinctlyD
  April 30th, 2008 at 6:03 am

  Lol! Go through the link and check out the warnings! The disclaimer at the end is particulary good.

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