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Torofluxus -- way cool
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:12 am
by Dburkhead
http://www.compfused.com/directlink/468/
I especially like how the spring seems to speed up as the guy turns the hoop.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:18 am
by Blackaby
I want one.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:18 am
by Vorticus
Physics is fun!
Re: Torofluxus -- way cool
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:22 am
by Signore_cristiano
i second that
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:23 am
by Dburkhead
Some online searches showed it apparently available as a toy in Great Britain. Don't know about the US and other places.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:30 am
by Rkolter
Science strikes joy into the hearts of many yet again!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:39 am
by Ekolter
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:36 pm
by PieceOfSkunk
And of course they give it an obnoxious name like "torofluxus," rather than "cool spinny spring thingy."
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:14 pm
by Nyke
o/` To-ro-flux-us. To-ro-flux-us. Everyone loves a torofluxus! o/`
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:27 pm
by Garneta
Aw, it won't let me watch it! But anything that's springy AND spinny has to be cool!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:29 pm
by Mr.Bob
A friend of mine way back when had one of those. But he broke it.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:46 pm
by Black Sparrow
My brother has something like that in his big bag o' juggling tricks. It's not a slinky, though, but six rings. I used to spend hours seeing how many I could get spinning at once.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:10 pm
by Jedster
*puts on best David Attenborough voice*
And here, we have the <I>einstienius wannabeus</I>, more commonly known as the physics lecturer, in his natural surrounds. You can tell, by the boring shirt-without-tie-but-with-jumper-and-jacket combo, that he is in his element, displaying his best scientific knowledge in an attempt to lure the student of the species into his web of knowledge.
Have to agree, pretty spinning things! Haven't seen them in my local toys 'r' us though... maybe I should invade the physics department, they must do SOMETHING fun like this over there otherwise why would anyone want to go there?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:17 pm
by Dburkhead
Jedster wrote:*puts on best David Attenborough voice*
maybe I should invade the physics department, they must do SOMETHING fun like this over there otherwise why would anyone want to go there?
Four words: Van de Graf generator.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:18 pm
by Avatar007
dburkhead wrote:Four words: Van de Graf generator.
You forgot three others: with your tongue.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:14 am
by Jedster
Okay, so now there are two reasons to visit a physics department... toooooootaly forgot the Van de Graf. Best thing at school was when you formed a long line and the person at the end always got the biggest shock.
