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the magnet repelling broach

Making an interactive brooch with magnets!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

how the idea to make computational jewelry popped out:

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process:

i loved the paper adder I made earlier this semester because the magical combination of mathematics and geometry. I wanted to explore this area further while taking a simple approach.i started to think about magnets because i find the way they move in relationship to one another is intriguing; how the invisible force between magnets that causes them to repel one another when their paths cross.

This is a sketch i did for magnetic earrings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I experimented with magnetic beads that slide up and down a carbon graphite composite rod:

 

 

Questions I had:

1) why are the distances between magnets increasing in length?

2) magnetic forces add up; thus there more magnetic force repelling, the more distance between magnets.

3) What’s the magic equation?

4) the succession does seem to proceed exponentially; however it’s still unconfirmed. After measuring the distances between magnets, i still don’t have the answer because my tools aren’t exact enough.

Future Pieces :

The magnet repelling broach… with a bell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnetically opposed earings that function like gyroscopes