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Everything is spinning: things spin in the name of SCIENCE!

Cory Doctorow at 11:46 am Tue, Feb 19, 2013

Rick (AKA "MrFixItRick") sends us this: "A video romp through several years of spinning things in the name of science. Featuring short clips of magnetic Tesla Turbines, simple homopolar motors, cool water vortexes, high-speed runs, and much more. This video celebrates 5 years and 10 million views of Mrfixitrick's YouTube movies."

Everything Is Spinning !

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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miasm

We must move forward… not backwards, not to the side, not forwards, but always whirling, whirling, whirling towards freedom.
mrfixitrick

“We are whirling through endless space with an inconceivable speed, all around us everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere is energy. There must be some way of availing ourselves of this energy more directly.”
- Nikola Tesla, 1891
crummett

I can see the vortex forming!
Preston Sturges

Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
echar

How cool… Mr. Wizard would be proud.