🔬#MESExperiments 28: Magnetic Spinning Top Aligns Opposite of Magnetic Attraction

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In #MESExperiments 28 I demonstrate the amazing ability of the GyroTop magnetic spinning top to always balance opposite the magnetic attractive force even when turning the apparatus upside down. The GyroTop, also called Space Top, is the invention of an obscure person named Owen Liang, and whom created it to test his hypothesis that spinning tops want to align themselves opposite of gravity rather than simply "maintaining angular momentum".

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The first part of the video involves just a regular spinning top with the ring magnet removed, and is used as a comparison. The spinning top keeps upright opposite the force of gravity even when the apparatus is tilted. This demonstration is often used to illustrate "angular momentum".

In the second part of the video, I attach the ring magnet and repeat the same procedure of spinning it up with a drill. Note the GyroTop has a tube to manually blow air into to spin it up, but I used my drill instead. As I rotate the apparatus the GyroTop always moves to align against the magnetic attraction. This is counterintuitive since the angular momentum should keep the top stationary until the magnetic attractive force is strong enough to grab hold of the top. This GyroTop opens up lots of possibilities!

Further information, screenshots, and relevant links are shown in the sections below.

The timestamps of the regular vs magnetic spinning tops are shown below:

  • Regular Spinning Top: 0:00
  • Magnetic Spinning Top: 0:59

Stay tuned for #MESExperiments 29...

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Links to Unedited Experiments

This video involved combining 2 experiment videos. The links to the unedited videos are listed below:

Screenshots of Experiment

As per my typical setup, I like including screenshots of key moments from the experiment.

The apparatus includes an upside down screw to first keep the spinning top upright until either air is blown into it with the tube, or as I have done which is use a drill to spin it up.

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The regular spinning top with no magnet present behaves as one would expect. Tilting the apparatus doesn't affect the spinning top orientation much.

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The GyroTop magnetic spinning top is the same regular spinning top as before but now a ring magnet is attached. This magnet provides an attractive force towards the steel spinning top.

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This time, tilting the apparatus causes the GyroTop to also tilt as well, seemingly to pursue alignment against the direction of magnetic attraction.

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Although I wasn't able to make the GyroTop completely upside down this time, it is very much capable of that but requires more practice on my part, or a device to smoothly rotate the apparatus.

More Information on Owen Liang

Note that I had first discussed Owen Liang and his GyroTop invention in my #AntiGravity Part 6 video, which you can view here: https://peakd.com/antigravity/@mes/antigravity-part-6-video-1-objects-in-rotation-defy-mainstream-physics-mes-duality-concept

Note that I start discussing about Owen Liang at the 5:28:39 mark of Video 1.

In that above video and corresponding Hive notes, I went over all of Owen's websites and online accounts as a way to preserve his legacy. For reference, I have listed all those below as well:

Now a puzzle bigger than the GyroTop is just why Owen Liang has so many online accounts haha...

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