Polymagnets: Revolution in Magnetic Engineering?

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Came across this video yesterday (the relevant part starts at 02:00):


Quite interesting possibilities there!?

Here is their website with some applications of that method, with a couple of video animations on how the different alignments behave:

_http://www.polymagnet.com/polymagnets/

The cool thing is, that you can buy those magnets in various sizes, magnetic alignments and forms on their website (unfortunately only within the US as far as I can see). It's cheap too.

You can even let them create a costum magnet for you with your alignment specifications and such:

_http://catalog.polymagnet.com/
_http://www.polymagnet.com/contact/

I have to say: I would love to experiment a bit with those and see what could come out of it.
 
Wow. The possibilities are endless. But to stand up to a normal workload, they will have to be protected somehow.
 
So cool - thanks for posting, Pahalis!

I just hope this doesn't go the way the "bouncing putty" went - the malleable mass you could knead and stretch with your fingers, but which acted like a bouncing ball, if the change happened too fast or it would make a clean break if you pulled it apart fast. It was a cool product, but no real-world applications came out of it ... except as a toy called "Silly Putty".
 
Re: Mind-Blowing Magic Magnets

mouse said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IANBoybVApQ
Click to expand...

Thanks, mouse. That same video is also posted here. Thanks to you and Pashalis, though, because apparently this video is my introduction to polymagnets made by engineers.

It's a 10 minute plus video, so I only watched it once, but if I remember correctly, it seems they've coined the word "maxels" (spelling?) for magnetic pixels that engineers can design and print on/in steel in any pattern. Also the reach of the magnetic fields can be controlled and appear to range from the conventional reach to very tight loops (see just before the 5 minute mark). Very interesting!
 
Really cool video and a fascinating technology! Highly customized magnetic fields sounds like it could be something with a lot of potential applications.
 
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