Electricity is actually nothing more than magnetic fields. The idea we have about electrons flying through a tube is not really accurate.
Most magnets won't do much unless your device uses some sort of Hard Disk Drive. But powerful magnets (the ones he used could carry 500KG, and he used 8 in total) could definitely disrupt some electric traffic, allowing it to create errors.
Doubt it would do permanent damage, unless he was actively using his phone for a long time right next to one of those magnets, but better safe than sorry.
Tapered roller bearings (TRBs) are *versatile bearings with angled rollers and races, designed to handle heavy combined radial (sideways) and axial (thrust) loads
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Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 33 pts · 277d
Is it safe to ride this past someone with a pacemaker?
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 22 pts · 277d
Decq@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 277d
Would it though? I don't see what permanent harm it can do, except for physical damage by the attraction. But so can the ground.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 277d
Electricity is actually nothing more than magnetic fields. The idea we have about electrons flying through a tube is not really accurate.
Most magnets won't do much unless your device uses some sort of Hard Disk Drive. But powerful magnets (the ones he used could carry 500KG, and he used 8 in total) could definitely disrupt some electric traffic, allowing it to create errors.
Doubt it would do permanent damage, unless he was actively using his phone for a long time right next to one of those magnets, but better safe than sorry.
grue@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 277d
It's a Colin Furze project. You only needed those first three words to get your answer!
Zombie@feddit.uk · 26 pts · 277d
TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 277d
It is a
casmael@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 277d
It’s
deacon@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 277d
Having watched the video, which is great, this bike is not safe for anything practical.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 2 pts · 277d
Intentionally?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 277d
or a bus?
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 277d
Dampening.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 277d
Damping. I think Dampening is when you add moisture.
5wim@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 277d
Damping is a process that reduces the amplitude or oscillation of a vibrating system over time.
Dampening can mean to make something slightly wet, or lessen the intensity of something
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 276d
Dampening is when Americans try English.
It's not damping at all, only a spring effect.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 277d
Or lack thereof. It's also relying on the rigidity of the hinges to prevent twisting of the frame.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 277d
alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 277d
Does no one notice the bike does not have any torsional strength whatsoever?
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 277d
He explicitly calls it out as a problem (among other things) so... No?
It's just a bit of fun
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 276d
No one watches Furze for good ideas, he's just hilarious to watch fucking around. I would love to see an interview with his neighbors.
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 276d
that’s why he used tapered bearings…
~7:45
alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 276d
That's smart! But I think it is only keeping the joint smooth when there is a twisting torque? It doesn't really help with the torsional stiffness
HubertManne@piefed.social · 5 pts · 277d
Does it generate power because that would make it pretty cool?
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 277d
It does!
If you made a giant coil and drove around it a bunch of times really fast, you would generate electricity.
limelight79@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 277d
This is pretty cool. I love the crazy idea and that he could execute it well.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 277d
Imagine crashing and your finger goes in between that front suspension.
They need to put a guard on that thing.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 277d
It's far from the most dangerous thing he's built and ridden.
djdarren@piefed.social · 3 pts · 277d
How long until he straps a jet engine to it?
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 277d
That's the next video!
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 277d
The magnets are repelling each other.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 276d
Imagine crashing and your penis goes in between that front suspension.