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Brand of levitating toys
Not to be confused with Leviton.
A brief demonstration and small explanation about the Levitron levitating top device.
Levitron is a brand of levitating toys and gifts in science and educational markets marketed by Creative Gifts Inc. and Fascination Toys & Gifts.[1] The Levitron top device is a commercial toy under this brand that displays the phenomenon known as spin-stabilized magnetic levitation. This method, with moving permanent magnets, is quite distinct from other versions which use changing electromagnetic fields, levitating various items such as a rotating world globe, model space shuttle or VW Beetle, and picture frame.[2] 750,000 units of the top were sold from 1994 through 1999.[1]
^ abMartin B. Paskind (2001-02-26). "Take care not to shoot yourself in the foot". Albuquerque Journal.
^Elizabeth Corcoran (2007-11-27). "Toys Your Techie Friends Will Love". Forbes.
Levitron is a brand of levitating toys and gifts in science and educational markets marketed by Creative Gifts Inc. and Fascination Toys & Gifts. The Levitron...
it. Several devices using rotational stabilization (such as the popular Levitron branded levitating top toy) have been developed citing this patent. Non-commercial...
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often employed in children's toys, such as the Magnet Space Wheel and Levitron, to amusing effect. Refrigerator magnets are used to adorn kitchens, as...
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electrical currents generated by motion cause a restoring force. Flywheel Levitron Spin-stabilized magnetic levitation Electrodynamic wheel Charles, D., Spinning...
Chatterjee's contribution. "American Antigravity". "The Physics of LEVITRON". levitron.com. Editor, Roger Highfield (6 August 2007). "Physicists have 'solved'...
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out; among them shock-waves, magnetic mirror machines, stellarators and levitrons. During the 1970s, research became focused on magnetic confinement fusion...
that Hirsch already had two of LLNL's other programs shut down, Aston and Levitron. If the lab could not demonstrate a practically significant improvement...
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