Magnetic Pendulum Randomly Moves in a Chaotic Way

Lori Dorn
February 12, 2020

Vlogger markhacks (previously) created a magnetic pendulum that moves rather randomly and in a rather chaotic fashion due to reversed polarity magnets sitting below said pendulum.

I made another pendulum of cardboard. Using multiple magnets with reversed polarity causes chaotic motion.

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.