Tim's Chaotic Magnets!

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • As a fan of the book 'Chaos' by James Gleick, which was my introduction to chaos theory, Tim's chaotic magnet toys are an endless source of fun and amazement...
    Three magnets, each at the end of a springy wire. The magnets repel each other, and so if you make one of the magnets move to and fro, the other magnets will also move in a strangely chaotic way!
    A magnet suspended on a fine thread moves in unexpected ways as it swings above four magnets, which are attached to the base.
    The next toy is called 'Flirtation' and it was made by Loncraine Broxton. Two swivelling magnets interact in fascinating ways.
    The next example has a magnet hanging at the end of a fine thread. However this one seems to keep going. It turns out there is a small battery powered motor in the base, a so called 'kicker' motor, which every so often gives a swinging magnet a little 'kick' which keeps it going.
    At 05.25, we have quite an unusual construction - a Perspex channel has a slight dip in the middle. Place the metal rotor at one end, and it will roll down the slope, and then roll up the other side. You would expect it to slow down fairly quickly, but again this toy has a kicker motor, which keeps the little rotor moving!
    Finally an elaborate toy that has two suspended pieces, again with a kicker motion in the base. The resulting chaotic motion is very hypnotic, and as it will runs for quite a few weeks one one battery, one use might be to place it in your shop window, to intrigue and amaze passers by!

Комментарии • 416

  • @famicom_guy
    @famicom_guy 2 года назад +196

    It never ceases to amaze me just how many weird random things he can show me and maintain my interest

  • @dreamingpixles
    @dreamingpixles 2 года назад +276

    I can see why Tim likes them, there's something so mesmerizing about the magnets. There's some instinctive desire to apply a sense of agency to all the things in those toys, even though you *know* it's just magnets and batteries.

    • @pillage_party_and_papacy
      @pillage_party_and_papacy 2 года назад +9

      Some might say they have a magnetic air

    • @pauldzim
      @pauldzim 2 года назад +3

      Batteries? Batteries!? We don't need no stinkin' batteries!

    • @BlissBatch
      @BlissBatch 2 года назад +2

      That last one is so mesmerizing, it looks like something Mesmer himself would've used.

    • @okayu0v0
      @okayu0v0 2 года назад

      @@pillage_party_and_papacy mg

    • @illogicalbear6200
      @illogicalbear6200 2 года назад +1

      I've always thought of it more like the Universe has agency, and the magnets are just strange objects obeying the wacky rules.

  • @jynss_
    @jynss_ 2 года назад +76

    Tims Sound Is So Soft And Smoothing Love It!!!!!

    • @krishnaj.6846
      @krishnaj.6846 2 года назад +1

      Soothing

    • @Michaelroni-n-cheese
      @Michaelroni-n-cheese 2 года назад

      @@krishnaj.6846 smoooothing

    • @BenHughes81
      @BenHughes81 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Bob Ross. Soothing voice but shows you something cool in the process.

  • @nothingnoone000
    @nothingnoone000 2 года назад +451

    Tim is back in the shadow realm.

    • @warmham3490
      @warmham3490 2 года назад +11

      idk why but this genuinly made me laugh so hard

    • @BetydaGronMaskin55
      @BetydaGronMaskin55 2 года назад +22

      He's so powerful he can just leave and enter whenever he wishes.

    • @channel5980
      @channel5980 2 года назад +1

      LMAO

    • @channel5980
      @channel5980 2 года назад +1

      @@warmham3490 Me too.

    • @5inchdude697
      @5inchdude697 2 года назад

      My knees are weak

  • @sunvol4503
    @sunvol4503 2 года назад +22

    I'm happy to see Tim unaffected by the chaos in the world and still kicking! Love you Tim!

    • @MrSHURIKENCHO
      @MrSHURIKENCHO 2 года назад +1

      What are you talking about? The world is fairly peaceful right now. Politics and shit have always been going on - why would it affect this?

    • @CometAura
      @CometAura Год назад +2

      @@MrSHURIKENCHO there's literally a war

    • @MrSHURIKENCHO
      @MrSHURIKENCHO Год назад

      @@CometAura lol just because this is the first war you ever got fed by the media doesnt mean it's special. There have been like 10 wars in the passed 20 years...

    • @CometAura
      @CometAura Год назад +2

      @@MrSHURIKENCHO doesn't make it any less real either

  • @wparo
    @wparo 2 года назад +574

    Calming to watch. Tim should get knighted.

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave 2 года назад +23

      @@Waseemmmm this entire exchange baffles me. Why can’t they comment positively about Tim? Why do they want to know whether you’re Algerian? I feel so confused.

    • @Neph1944
      @Neph1944 2 года назад +10

      Sir Tim

    • @finhas8865
      @finhas8865 2 года назад +3

      I agree

    • @thegr8malachite370
      @thegr8malachite370 2 года назад +9

      @Fremen free publication, better reception at public places

    • @pauliewalnuts2527
      @pauliewalnuts2527 2 года назад +1

      Sir Tim

  • @yviekins6326
    @yviekins6326 2 года назад +24

    This grand man needs to have a museum with all his collected goodies called Grand Illusions by Tim.. I'd pay an arm and a leg to go there 🥰😭💖

  • @Zoronick
    @Zoronick 2 года назад +18

    I love that most of the toys are still swinging around at the end of the video :)

  • @Superabound2
    @Superabound2 2 года назад +137

    That tall vertical one would be even better if it was two flowers with a bee darting around back and forth between them

    • @thedarkknight1971
      @thedarkknight1971 2 года назад +17

      Now THERE's a GOOD IDEA!!! I like the way you think... It could be for kids, maybe.... To help promote the importance of bees? 🤔👍 😎🇬🇧

    • @GlassesnMouthplates
      @GlassesnMouthplates 2 года назад +2

      I'm quite sure Tim has a toy with a similar concept like that but way smaller.

    • @cranegantry868
      @cranegantry868 2 года назад +6

      Start making them. Too easy. You won't sell millions but you might make some money and give joy to people.

    • @skullmax3595
      @skullmax3595 2 года назад +2

      Thats actually a good idea

  • @koch556
    @koch556 2 года назад +3

    Pure relaxation. Everyone needs a Tim in their lives.

  • @AlexanderSzymanski
    @AlexanderSzymanski 2 года назад +3

    Tim, please never change. You are an amazing human.

  • @Jojoblurp
    @Jojoblurp 2 года назад +23

    I've got one of those pendulums with the magnets embedded in the base. It's got answers printed on it so you can use it as a magic 8-ball.

  • @wutzerface77
    @wutzerface77 2 года назад +33

    Dennis: Okay Charlie, what’s your favorite hobby?
    Charlie: magnets

  • @TheFlyingGerbil
    @TheFlyingGerbil 2 года назад +8

    Ooh, I used to have that last one as a child. I loved my "executive toys" collection.

  • @electeng6481
    @electeng6481 2 года назад +26

    I said it before. This channel is a real inspiration for any design engineer

  • @beasleydad
    @beasleydad 2 года назад +2

    These videos are expertly crafted and true gems. They should be archived beyond just being on youtube/the internet. Let's carve this guy into stone.

  • @ristopoho824
    @ristopoho824 2 года назад +6

    Some time ago i was asked if i could meet any celebrity or someone, who would it be. I had no idea, i'm not much into meeting people. But now in pops Tim into my youtube recommendations and yes. I'd like to meet him. Such a pleasant personality, and someone to easily have something to talk with.

  • @ejipuh
    @ejipuh 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful. Magnets are magical.

  • @justarandomredhead48
    @justarandomredhead48 2 года назад +12

    Tim feels like the David Attenborough of random stuff

  • @benjaminoechsli1941
    @benjaminoechsli1941 2 года назад +4

    I love how Tim is able to insert a little physics knowledge about potential and kinetic energy into this episode.
    Magnets are a delight.

  • @metnoof113
    @metnoof113 2 года назад +1

    thank you sir, very much enjoyed. my favorite is the first one and the last two, and the 2nd and 3rd ones, those are my favorites. thank you...

  • @Disasterpiec1
    @Disasterpiec1 2 года назад +6

    whoever had the idea to film and upload these, you're a genius. also, i would love to see his whole collection at once.

    • @thomasmaynard7200
      @thomasmaynard7200 2 года назад +2

      There is a video somewhere of someone talking to him in his house about all his toys. A world record or news video or something, but I can't remember where I saw it

    • @pauliewalnuts2527
      @pauliewalnuts2527 2 года назад

      right. tim was just playing with his toys for no reason before

  • @Shindai
    @Shindai 2 года назад +12

    Who disliked this wholesome goodness?

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 2 года назад +2

      People that don't understand magnets? (Or people that are repelled by the subject? ;-) )

    • @gnomaki
      @gnomaki 2 года назад

      Now nobody can dislike any video :/

    • @liesalllies
      @liesalllies 2 года назад

      The insane clown posse

  • @Bugsworth
    @Bugsworth 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for showing us those Tim. Terrific !

  • @steveshel9808
    @steveshel9808 6 месяцев назад

    I think this might be one of the coolest things I've ever seen

  • @thisiszaphod
    @thisiszaphod 2 года назад +24

    Soon be time for a new theme tune.
    I like the original, and the one from 2019.

  • @SuperisticArt
    @SuperisticArt 2 года назад +9

    Very awesome video
    🙂❤️🧡💛💚💙

  • @craigpierce7996
    @craigpierce7996 7 месяцев назад

    That three-rotor one on the sloped ramps probably has a Bedini circuit driving the electromagnet. I love that toy, going to look for one!

  • @Vyse684
    @Vyse684 2 года назад +3

    Thanks!

  • @thebrandamonium4642
    @thebrandamonium4642 2 года назад +1

    Professional Silly Goose is such a dream job.

  • @supremesantos
    @supremesantos 2 года назад +1

    the first toy is a really interesting demonstration of the three body problem

  • @drottercat
    @drottercat 2 года назад

    I have never heard English sputtered forth quite as elegantly as this.

  • @chrismiksworld
    @chrismiksworld 2 года назад +6

    This Man is Xanax in human form always Relaxes me and makes me feel better

    • @MrGoodGoy
      @MrGoodGoy 2 года назад +4

      cringe

    • @vaelophisnyx9873
      @vaelophisnyx9873 2 года назад +2

      @@MrGoodGoy imagine being unable to enjoy anything.

    • @MrGoodGoy
      @MrGoodGoy 2 года назад +2

      @@vaelophisnyx9873 no

  • @286EN
    @286EN 2 года назад

    Thank you, Tim!

  • @luciewiesnerova3314
    @luciewiesnerova3314 2 года назад +1

    I am from the Czech Republic and I love your show. You are amazing and I am always looking forward to more videos. Good luck. ♥

  • @jarnine9803
    @jarnine9803 2 года назад +1

    The 1st one is really cool, could cover the magnets with the shape of flies or butterflies

  • @TimeFlux1089
    @TimeFlux1089 2 года назад

    My co-worker has that pinwheel one. I shouldn't be surprised that Tim has one too!

  • @gurubuzzzz
    @gurubuzzzz 2 года назад

    OMG....I loved Chaos by James Gleick

  • @GPDIY
    @GPDIY 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed watching your videos!

  • @billxrl4154
    @billxrl4154 2 года назад +1

    Just when I thought my day couldn't get any better!

  • @missilemiata7593
    @missilemiata7593 2 года назад

    I'm coming back what better way to get sleep 😴 there nothing more relaxing than a old man's voice 💙💤

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 2 года назад +1

    Tim really has a magnetic personality

  • @mamuteddymad
    @mamuteddymad 2 года назад +5

    Tim will love a Tensegrity table. I hope he gets one. Editor please tell this comment to Tim. He should get a small Tensegrity structure. He will love it!! 😊😊😊

    • @VoceCorale
      @VoceCorale 2 года назад +2

      I'm sure he already has one...

    • @SK0R092
      @SK0R092 2 года назад

      tensegrity tables are so overdone now though

  • @bettyswallocks6411
    @bettyswallocks6411 2 года назад

    We’ve had a copy of the last one for more than 25 years. Guests find it fascinating. The batteries last for ages.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 2 года назад +1

    The way you said they are like eyes, then at the end as the camera pulls away from close up, the magnets are perfectly placed and cover your eyes as they zip around

  • @valvelifter1
    @valvelifter1 2 года назад +1

    Great fun to watch. It made me wonder if there are planets in multiple star systems behaving in similar chaotic orbits. Thank you for sharing.

  • @bubblezovlove7213
    @bubblezovlove7213 2 года назад +1

    That's me inspired! I have a nice big magnet collection too. I have some huge magnets too so I'll see about involving those I think....

  • @ThesaurusDinosaurus
    @ThesaurusDinosaurus 2 года назад +6

    I want these for my desk but I feel if I did I would just watch them move all day.

  • @artx000
    @artx000 2 года назад

    as a person who could literally pick up any random object and play with it, if i had tim's toys i would literally fidget with them for hours

  • @JonBastian
    @JonBastian 2 года назад +2

    "All trying to get away from each other" -- it's like three exes who run into each other at a cocktail party!

  • @labibbidabibbadum
    @labibbidabibbadum 2 года назад

    Beautiful - thank you.

  • @ObviousSchism
    @ObviousSchism 2 года назад

    What a lovely idea.

  • @darrylkinslow5613
    @darrylkinslow5613 2 года назад +3

    The hanging one with the hidden battery could have been made simpler by having the magnet pass over a coil to generate electricity.

  • @golfgrabu
    @golfgrabu 2 года назад

    An excellent diagnosis tool for depression. The more you're depressed, the longer you watch. I watched it twice.

  • @nvrlrn
    @nvrlrn 2 года назад

    Such elegant toys, wouldn't mind to get one of those for my office

  • @ZackKenin
    @ZackKenin 2 года назад +1

    Video quality looks particularly good for this episode.

  • @GrandmasterofWin
    @GrandmasterofWin 2 года назад

    I'm so happy you're back in the studio

  • @Zeke090807
    @Zeke090807 2 года назад +3

    Can we get a pendulum that never stops due to magnetism? Like some strange perpetual motion

  • @cranegantry868
    @cranegantry868 2 года назад +1

    Magnets are wonderful, magnetism mysterious and Tim's blood is worth bottling.

  • @millomweb
    @millomweb 2 года назад

    I remember the 'space wheel' running back and forth in the track when they first came out.

  • @WilliumBobCole
    @WilliumBobCole 2 года назад

    So I expect to see a full two-week video of that last one popping up in my feed any day now

  • @georgekurgansky5986
    @georgekurgansky5986 2 года назад

    Fantastic! That took me back a few years

  • @madmonkey8141
    @madmonkey8141 2 года назад +7

    I watch Tim on the toilet first thing in the morning 🤣

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj 2 года назад +1

      Thank you for that most interesting and relevant piece of information. Oh, wait… 🤔

  • @thesuccessfulone
    @thesuccessfulone 2 года назад

    Neutrino oscillation was really well demonstrated around eight minutes in.

  • @angusmctwangstick4079
    @angusmctwangstick4079 2 года назад

    I'm surprised you don't have a magnetiser/demagnetiser to show off.
    Great channel. Love seeing all the gadgets and gizmos.

  • @Bob3D2000
    @Bob3D2000 2 года назад +4

    If you had six magnets on the second one all the 'wrong' way up, I wonder how good a die it would make.

  • @Jacksirrom
    @Jacksirrom 2 года назад

    Wow these are gorgeous.

  • @Xatzimi
    @Xatzimi 2 года назад

    These toys have such chaotic energy

  • @aliservan7188
    @aliservan7188 2 года назад

    I love this man with a passion usually reserved for my cat

  • @gobstoppa1633
    @gobstoppa1633 2 года назад

    great fun,MINT""! cheers,

  • @jeffknott1975
    @jeffknott1975 7 месяцев назад

    Even chaotic motion, to a point, can be predicted if you know the exact starting conditions, it's knowing that which is hard!

  • @birgirkarl
    @birgirkarl 2 года назад

    Next show; Tim's Perpetual Magic Machine

  • @qaassimmahmood548
    @qaassimmahmood548 2 года назад

    This is sooo wholesome

  • @Said-rn7bf
    @Said-rn7bf 2 года назад

    So glad to see you back!

  • @BlackSkullArmor
    @BlackSkullArmor 2 года назад

    Glad to see you going strong Tim!

  • @keys3903
    @keys3903 2 года назад

    Tim is best rated comfort streamer

  • @ResoluteGryphon
    @ResoluteGryphon 2 года назад +1

    "Can I move this? This is crazy. It's like a ferris wheel going 'round." - Tony Stark

  • @SparkieUwU
    @SparkieUwU 2 года назад

    i discovered this channel ~5 years ago, great content

  • @Dreamybloo101
    @Dreamybloo101 2 года назад +3

    Wow that's amazing

  • @thomaslum2
    @thomaslum2 2 года назад

    This man is a national treasure.

  • @jTempVids
    @jTempVids 2 года назад

    Mesmerizing. Great Video.

  • @metaphysicalgraffiti
    @metaphysicalgraffiti 2 года назад +1

    It's like you have cotton and sunflower seeds in your mouth at the same time.

  • @martin-vi1xn
    @martin-vi1xn 2 года назад +3

    I love this man 😍

  • @StephenHawke1
    @StephenHawke1 2 года назад

    Tim, you are awesome. I very much enjoyed this video and I love your style.

  • @vochris7
    @vochris7 2 года назад

    if I may, where can i get these wonderfull display of engineering? It will bring amazement my kids, and fueled their interest in science. Thanks Tim

  • @MrArgus11111
    @MrArgus11111 2 года назад

    Tim you look grand!

  • @DoctorNemmo
    @DoctorNemmo 2 года назад

    -Player Tim has initiated a new Chaotic Era.

  • @Henry-oe3fj
    @Henry-oe3fj 2 года назад +1

    Any idea where I might find any of these toys, the third one in particular? I have only been able to find cheap plastic knock-offs of the pendulum and I think they would make a lovely gift for my friend

  • @matthewsemenuk8953
    @matthewsemenuk8953 2 года назад

    I made something like the ball on the stick one as a kid and put some xylophone keys around the ball. I called it the Chaos Charms. (was a pencil with a strong magnet on the bottom on a string tied above the repelling magnet below it.)

  • @Hj4a
    @Hj4a Год назад

    I do like them, Tim!

  • @troyc382
    @troyc382 15 дней назад

    Great channel thanks, quick question on the 2nd & 3rd magnetic device you mentioned that due to air resistance it would eventually slow down and stop 🤔if this is true? What if put the device in a vacuum chamber, according to your answer of its cause of slowing down it should now keep running, correct?

  • @LemCatOfficial
    @LemCatOfficial 2 года назад

    I love the last and second to last the most ^^

  • @Brekner
    @Brekner 2 года назад

    Magnets make great toys.

  • @TrollingAround
    @TrollingAround 2 года назад +4

    Can we pop the first 3 into a vacuum, removing air resistance would be interesting to observe.

    • @hsrfest
      @hsrfest 2 года назад +2

      Friction on the joints would still exist so it still wouldnt be perpetual motion, but id imagine it would preform better

    • @xoiyoub
      @xoiyoub 2 года назад

      I think that objects lose some kinetic energy by interacting with the magnetic field somehow, regardless of friction or air

    • @hsrfest
      @hsrfest 2 года назад

      eh, probably. i passed my grade 12 physics class on a technicality so im not great with this stuff lol

  • @melvinjones3895
    @melvinjones3895 2 года назад

    Love a good magnet.

  • @Vuusteri
    @Vuusteri 2 года назад +2

    Magnetism is the best force in this world. Well, at least most entertaining.

  • @Ν11-φ9ρ
    @Ν11-φ9ρ 2 года назад

    What a wonderful video !

  • @eeeeazy
    @eeeeazy 2 года назад

    The intro is me during social interaction

  • @chillingmeerkat3991
    @chillingmeerkat3991 2 года назад

    Babe wake up. Grand Illusions uploaded a new video

  • @Is-wunny
    @Is-wunny 2 года назад

    Man, i love Magnets