{"id":32947,"date":"2011-12-21T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=32947"},"modified":"2011-12-21T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:13:45","slug":"magnetic-levitating-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/design-ideas\/magnetic-levitating-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetic Levitating Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laser cut structure suspends objects in mid-air<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Magnetic-Levitating-Sculpture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32948\" title=\"Magnetic-Levitating-Sculpture\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Magnetic-Levitating-Sculpture-e1324466566662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Magnetic-Levitating-Sculpture-e1324466566662.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Magnetic-Levitating-Sculpture-e1324466566662-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The joys of magnets and their mysterious ways is something we&#8217;ve all been fascinated by at some point in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>This clever little desktop sculpture from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/geektoys\/science\/ebe1\/?cpg=cj&amp;ref=&amp;CJURL=&amp;CJID=1511450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ThinkGeek<\/a> makes for a fun educational project and also serves quite well as a quirky curiosity item.<\/p>\n<p>Using laser cut supports and a simple threaded mechanism, the device can be finely adjusted to get the small magnet hovering at an optimum distance from its metallic plinth.<\/p>\n<p>The design emerged from a successful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/jfehr\/magnetic-levitation-sculpture-0?ref=users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kickstarter<\/a> project and has since received geeky acclaim all across the globe. Click through for a rather unique double levitation portrait featuring a proud owner with his Magnetic Levitator. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/maglevscu1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32950\" title=\"maglevscu1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/maglevscu1-e1324468238834.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/maglevscu1-e1324468238834.png 500w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/maglevscu1-e1324468238834-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>image via <a href=\"http:\/\/cadabralabs.com\/blog\/?page_id=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cadabra Labs,<\/a> the home of the Magnetic Levitating Sculpture<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tell gravity who&#8217;s boss as you levitate something tiny in defiance of the weight of the world.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeky-gadgets.com\/magnetic-levitating-sculpture-suspends-objects-in-mid-air-18-12-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Geeky Gadgets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laser cut structure suspends objects in mid-air<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The joys of magnets and their mysterious ways is something we&#8217;ve all been fascinated by at some point in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>This clever little desktop sculpture from ThinkGeek makes for a fun educational project and also serves quite well as a quirky curiosity item.<\/p>\n<p>Using laser cut supports and a simple threaded mechanism, the device can be finely adjusted to get the small magnet hovering at an optimum distance from its metallic plinth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5796],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-ideas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Magnetic Levitating Sculpture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/design-ideas\/magnetic-levitating-sculpture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Magnetic Levitating Sculpture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laser cut structure suspends objects in mid-air The joys of magnets and their mysterious ways is something we&#8217;ve all been fascinated by at some point in our lives. 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