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TylerE
2y ago
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Isn’t that those floaty spinning desk toys are?
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taneq
2y ago
You mean the ones with a DeLorean or whatever? Those are powered closed-loop-control devices. Or the spinning tops (Levitron etc.?) Those are dynamic and fall down when they stop spinning.
johncolanduoni
2y ago
Those usually use active electromagnets, which also bypass the preconditions of Earnshaw’s theorem.
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