That is genius. I am a solar engineer and have tried to envision how I would do it. Got pretty close, but the compass magnet is a super clever solution. I also wonder about its manufacturing as that also seems like a decent challenge. Hats off to you!
Bill, There aren't enough superlative words to describe what you have created with the Mova globe. When I first saw one on a cruise a number of years ago I instantly wanted one. The price was a deterrent and they didn't have the design/size I wanted anyway. It was the same problem on subsequent cruises, no large size in the design I wanted. On a February cruise this year I was reminded again of this unique product and they had no large sizes at all. So I went online to order one and all large sizes were out of stock. Finally I received one a few days ago. The price I paid is certainly not enough to cover the ingenuity and craftsmanship that went into producing it. They say nothing is perfect but this globe comes closer than anything I've ever owned. Even though I'm an electrical engineer I could never figure out how it worked. Of course the answer was on TH-cam. Even though the literature said it had something to do with the Earth's magnetic field I always dismissed that because how could such a small magnetic force be of any use in a large "mechanical" way. And who would believe enough light could pass through the globe to power it when not even in direct sunlight. The ingenuity is just the half of it. I could not understand how this thing could be manufactured even after discovering the nearly invisible seam in the outer shell. I had noticed the tiny dot on the shell and I oriented that at the top not even realizing it was a fill hole at one time. The undiscovered mystery is how that perfect graphic got put on the inner globe with no discernible seam. Let it remain a mystery I don't want to know it's just magic. It probably takes an analytical mind to really appreciate the ingeniousness of this product. You deserve a Nobel prize in physics for inventing such a wonderful device.
I think it gets inside, if this is acrylic, with the half of the sphere. Then use some magical acrylic glue, and paste the other half. Then fill it, then close it all
Bill, your invention is brilliant, and your explanation of it's origins, insightful and inspiring. As an engineer I've created a number of devices myself, and your personal process description gives further testament to the measures of ingenuity, patience, perseverance and wonder, required for such ventures.
I loved these the first time I saw them, about five years ago. I now own two (Earth and Moon). They keep me company on my dining room table every day. Thanks also for your short history. I, too, have a physics education, and would like to pursue some cool inventions. Your success is inspiring!
You are a genius sir , my head is always in the clouds and space and you created something I will enjoy for the rest of my life , (or if the magnet ever dies, ) I want to thank you so much for this invention , I have the 4.5 satellite earth and I can't stop gazing at it . Words can't express how much I love and appreciate this invention
I am baffled just at how the outer clear globe is made! I don't have one to look at, another commenter mentioned the very faint scene as well as a tiny fill hole. The actual making of the thing is still mysterious to me and I'd love to see something about how it is done! Great invention and i enjoyed the video!
This is not only an awesome invention. But a wonderful inspiration. Explanation of how a device works is a lost thing. When it's something so creative and different even more so
@@billfrench4884 I think he meant that the art of the explanation is a lost art that you succeeded at reviving for such a curious and interesting device, Love the work by the way.
@@billfrench4884 by the way, now I want an orrery where the speeds of the planets are all controlled by our rotation (earth magnetic field) as it's anchor so it rotates earth once per day, , and the other planets on the speed of rotation in relation to them. :) would be so awesome.
You did great, I just bought one globe, is amazing ! Thank you for explaining how it works !
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Thank you Bill for sharing this video. I really liked the first part where you explain the beauty of your invention and I also liked the second part where you show the beauty of inventing... ...and yes, I love my Mova Globe *:D*
Are the compass magnet and bearings needed? What about fixing the shaft in the globe shell while releasing the motor's stator from the globe? Then the rotor/shaft/globe would turn in one direction while the reaction would rotate the heavy stator in the opposite direction. Having the heavy stator in the southern hemisphere would keep the globe with the north pole up. From outside, we would see only the globe turning.
Just got mine, I needed one when I first came across it - didn't think for a second if it's worth spending that much money on this, it makes me happy that's all it matters!
I have one in my living room, it never fails to intrigue my guests. I love explaining how it works, it doesn’t break the magic, I think people find the physics just as magical.
Hi Bill. A brilliant invention but like many other owners a bubble has appeared in the top and a paper clip on top reveals the magnet is rotating instead of the globe though leaving the paper clip in situ seems to anchor the magnet to get the globe rotating again. One observation is that there never used to be any sign of a bubble when it was working fine so as nothing has leaked out, I'm presuming the fluid might have leaked into the inner globe. Could this be happening because fluid expansion from temperature rise between 2 rigid shells has nowhere to go so the pressure may be rising between the two spheres to the point something has to give, so a leak out from the outer shell or a leak into the inner globe would result? I'm wondering if the design needs something to absorb the expansion from any temperature rise before the rising pressure would cause damage. The expansion would be tiny but if there is no give to absorb it, the pressure could become high enough to cause damage. What do you think? Regards Dave N
Very cool invention, thanks for sharing! I heard there are some longevity issues, so from the lots of information you have how long globe lasts before breaking up in average?
Amazing invention! I seen one of these at a gift shop in Maine and the friend I was visiting got one for me as a gift I love it I have the Jupiter 4.5 inch
“We stand on the shoulders of giants” - Sir Isaac Newton, 1675. @Bill French you are in good company, sir. This is a really creative and innovative design. Inventors like you make the world go ‘round (in this case, literally😁).
+Bill French, Very nice Jim. Saw your globes for the first time today, Dec 30, 2017. It isn't often that something comes along that so elegantly combines fundamentals from such a wide range of sciences. While the layman may wonder, there are those of us that are in awe since we understand precisely what is happening. This was a challenge at first. It took the 30 minute drive home to figure out everything except the immiscible fluids; I was simply going for neutral buoyancy in a single liquid, but the two fluids gets you the required spacing. Beautiful. It is surprising the stationary magnet has enough torque, but as you say, the drag is minimal. Are there any issues at highest latitudes? I'd be curious to see that Reynolds number it operates at, however, it is most likely operating in the boundary layer, no? ... As a Don Herbert disciple in my retirement, I do a wide range of science demos, so I knew this would drive [no pun intended] me crazy until I understood it completely. .. Since the basic mechanism is simple (to me), I'm quite fascinated by details and the manufacture process, as it looks so good...VERY well implemented. I was so intrigued in general that I forgot to inspect one for signs of the seam. ... Can you share any detail on the motor? I've designed DC Brushless. Is there a cappacitor? I blocked the light, but it didn't seem to slow and re-started if disturbed (with some help from Newton). (:-D). When did it go into production? Can you talk about the quantity made? I also see one comment about direct drive with only electromagnets...interesting. Wonder if you looked at that? - - Best Regards
Glad you like this design; it was exciting pulling together different elements to create the final combination. We do not use a capacitor to store energy. If it continued to rotate when you blocked the light then this just means you allowed some light to pass. It really does not take much. 100 lux ? The Fluid has very little turbulence. The motor is commutated by optically by a shutter that controls light reaching photodiodes. We started production in about 2004
Thanks for the rapid response, Bill, RE: "optically by a shutter that controls light reaching photodiodes." You use of the term "photodiodes" puzzles me a bit. DId you mean photocells? I can clearly see *them* in the sawn-apart video. I think they are the amorphous (low-light) kind... but I didn't see any vanes to selectively block them... Three cells--> three pole motor...? ... So you're commutating with the *ambient* light to photo diodes for transistors to actually switch the motor current. Kinda' complex...or it is a mechanical vane arrangement commutating tambient light to the photo cells themselves? That's pretty elegant, it that's it... Can I get it from the patent? I haven't looked there yet.
Hay Bill… are you still around? If so, is there a way to communicate to you directly via email? You, like I, we are both getting up in our years, and wanted to share with you a means to solely use magnets to cause continuous rotation. I achieve this using the difference in attraction between magnet 🧲 to magnet 🧲 verses magnet to steel. This simple formula negates Newton’s third law of attraction which states for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The difference in attraction between these two elements allows me to set up an imbalance which in tern is used to create continuous rotation. Since magnets eventually ware out this is not perpetual motion.
i am a bit nervous about ordering one becuase i have heard that many stop working due to air bubbles forming at the top. What is the mechanism of air bubbles forming ?
+Prasanna Tilakaratna We have made some changes in the manufacturing process that should greatly reduce such problems. Please send me your e-mail address and I will send your comment to our CEO and others. Thanks, Bill
+Prasanna Tilakaratna You should be nervous. I bought a 6 inch globe in July 2016 and two months later a big air bubble formed and the globe is no longer rotating. I am now stuck with an ugly static globe because the warranty is valid only in the country of purchase. I bought it from New York, while I live in Sweden and it's not financially viable to ship it back. No help from Mova with the problem. Very disappointed.
Amazing invention! Must admit, prior to the Action Lab I had no idea this existed. Would have been fun to have just come across one and then trying to figure out how it worked - I wonder what (almost certainly wrong) theory I would have come up with. I think I would have probably thought that it was just a spinning electro-magnet under the table - until I picked it up!
Magnet allows for less energy loss. Take an internal combustion engine from a lower end sports car for example. It moves the car around pretty quickly. Take that same motor and stick it in a boat of the same weight as the car. It will do a good job still, but it will be worse because transferring that energy to water is less efficient. There is a lot of energy loss. Take it further still and put that motor in a propeller driven aircraft of the same weight. I'd wager the aircraft might just barely start rolling on the landing strip due to the high levels of loss. Or, from another angle, consider any automobile driven on two different roads: a race track vs a sandy desert. Transferring power to sand is going to be a nightmare for the driver of that vehicle as there is so much power loss. Ideally the motor's shaft in this globe, instead of going to a magnet, would exit the globe and get welded onto a huge chunk of steel. That would let it spin like crazy. However, this defeats the purpose of the design. The best middle ground is what is shown in this video.
Magnets aren't magic, they introduce drag and friction like everything else. Water, on the other hand here, acts as a lubricant, reducing the friction.
Is the inside of the shell suspended in some fluid or is it just air ? How is the compass magnet able to act as an anchor. All compass magnet needles are so thin and flimsy. I can't imagine them acting as an anchor for moving such a big globe
Excellent idea to stop the shaft by connecting it to a compass! Every school classroom must have your toy, well, it's more than just a toy, it's a very clever scientific tool that contains pretty much every lesson on magnetism and electrodynamics. 👽👽👽
A few days ago my wife noticed that our Mova globe stopped rotating and then began rotating in the opposite direction. This has been happening often since she discovered this. and it happens with no regularity. We moved the globe to different areas of our home and made sure it was placed away from other electronic and magnetic sources and this had no effect on our globe's erratic behaviour.
It's a shame because when I read about buying this device all I saw were numerous people with globes that broke after 1-2 years because air gets inside or other issues. It sounds like the company isn't standing behind the product. What a shame
Would it be possible to just have a circle of electromagnets on the outside (i.e. the support) and one inside so you wouldn't even need a motor? The only problem I see is that it wouldn't work away from it's support, but the cost should be significantly less
can you make one with the eyeball graffic facing horizontally? Have you ever heard of lazars powering a gyroscope? A friend has discovered a free energy system, btw a month ago. Truly interesting. Be well, GET REAL.
I just purchased one of these secondhand has a little air at the no top of the globe. I have seen attempts on TH-cam drilling a small hole to top off the fluid. Have you done this? And is it successful? Also, what type of fluid should I use? There is two different types of fluid in it? From what I can tell the difficulty was keeping the flood inside win using a syringe. Air bubbles want to push the floor and back out and when injected.
Beware of cheap knock offs. Certainly someone wants to make their own. It is almost a given maybe China already has reverse engineered it, you think, Bill? Have a beautiful day, Sir. You deserve some kind of science award for your ingenious. I wonder if you could create artificial gravity with the same technique on a much larger scale. Great video, great explanation, Sir. I have so much respect for you. May your God be with you and bless you always, Sir .
HELP! I have quite a few designs, inventions or innovations but I'm broke and not able to make things. For example one grandeur project is about satellites (no one has done such thing yet), offcourse I'm lacking too much to make it happen, is there any way that some government can help ???
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This is such an amazing invention. Truly fascinating.
Here from The Action Lab.
same
Me too
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Same
That is genius. I am a solar engineer and have tried to envision how I would do it. Got pretty close, but the compass magnet is a super clever solution. I also wonder about its manufacturing as that also seems like a decent challenge. Hats off to you!
Yes, manufacturing... certainly challenging. All I see are problems. Which apparently our host has overcome.
Peace.
Bill,
There aren't enough superlative words to describe what you have created with the Mova globe. When I first saw one on a cruise a number of years ago I instantly wanted one. The price was a deterrent and they didn't have the design/size I wanted anyway. It was the same problem on subsequent cruises, no large size in the design I wanted. On a February cruise this year I was reminded again of this unique product and they had no large sizes at all. So I went online to order one and all large sizes were out of stock. Finally I received one a few days ago. The price I paid is certainly not enough to cover the ingenuity and craftsmanship that went into producing it. They say nothing is perfect but this globe comes closer than anything I've ever owned. Even though I'm an electrical engineer I could never figure out how it worked. Of course the answer was on TH-cam. Even though the literature said it had something to do with the Earth's magnetic field I always dismissed that because how could such a small magnetic force be of any use in a large "mechanical" way. And who would believe enough light could pass through the globe to power it when not even in direct sunlight. The ingenuity is just the half of it. I could not understand how this thing could be manufactured even after discovering the nearly invisible seam in the outer shell. I had noticed the tiny dot on the shell and I oriented that at the top not even realizing it was a fill hole at one time. The undiscovered mystery is how that perfect graphic got put on the inner globe with no discernible seam. Let it remain a mystery I don't want to know it's just magic. It probably takes an analytical mind to really appreciate the ingeniousness of this product. You deserve a Nobel prize in physics for inventing such a wonderful device.
I think it gets inside, if this is acrylic, with the half of the sphere. Then use some magical acrylic glue, and paste the other half. Then fill it, then close it all
Finally the definitive explanation of how the Mova Globe works. Thank you! I would get one but they're still just too expensive.
Bill, your invention is brilliant, and your explanation of it's origins, insightful and inspiring. As an engineer I've created a number of devices myself, and your personal process description gives further testament to the measures of ingenuity, patience, perseverance and wonder, required for such ventures.
I loved these the first time I saw them, about five years ago. I now own two (Earth and Moon). They keep me company on my dining room table every day. Thanks also for your short history. I, too, have a physics education, and would like to pursue some cool inventions. Your success is inspiring!
I love my Mova Globe - it never stops fascinating me. Like tropical fish but without the poop, and feeding, and cleaning! Thank you, Bill!
You made it 9 years ago and people only get to see your product now
Just brilliant. When brilliant ideas get put into a beautiful object. Bravo
This man needs a lot more recognition.
You are a genius sir , my head is always in the clouds and space and you created something I will enjoy for the rest of my life , (or if the magnet ever dies, ) I want to thank you so much for this invention , I have the 4.5 satellite earth and I can't stop gazing at it . Words can't express how much I love and appreciate this invention
I am baffled just at how the outer clear globe is made! I don't have one to look at, another commenter mentioned the very faint scene as well as a tiny fill hole. The actual making of the thing is still mysterious to me and I'd love to see something about how it is done! Great invention and i enjoyed the video!
This is not only an awesome invention. But a wonderful inspiration. Explanation of how a device works is a lost thing. When it's something so creative and different even more so
glad you like it even if explanation is lost !
@@billfrench4884 I think he meant that the art of the explanation is a lost art that you succeeded at reviving for such a curious and interesting device, Love the work by the way.
@@billfrench4884 by the way, now I want an orrery where the speeds of the planets are all controlled by our rotation (earth magnetic field) as it's anchor so it rotates earth once per day, , and the other planets on the speed of rotation in relation to them. :) would be so awesome.
vertical filming? how did this mistake happen???
You did great, I just bought one globe, is amazing ! Thank you for explaining how it works !
Thank you Bill for sharing this video.
I really liked the first part where you explain the beauty of your invention and I also liked the second part where you show the beauty of inventing...
...and yes, I love my Mova Globe *:D*
very clever invention
Are the compass magnet and bearings needed? What about fixing the shaft in the globe shell while releasing the motor's stator from the globe? Then the rotor/shaft/globe would turn in one direction while the reaction would rotate the heavy stator in the opposite direction. Having the heavy stator in the southern hemisphere would keep the globe with the north pole up. From outside, we would see only the globe turning.
Just got mine, I needed one when I first came across it - didn't think for a second if it's worth spending that much money on this, it makes me happy that's all it matters!
I have one in my living room, it never fails to intrigue my guests. I love explaining how it works, it doesn’t break the magic, I think people find the physics just as magical.
I bought this for my parents and they love it. Thanks for your invention.
Thank you for the great infos. We are starting to sell the globes in our shop here in Rome. Genius creation!
Thanks Bill! Terrific idea. Great execution. Just got my globe in the mail today. Classic flat silver on black background. Looks spectacular.
Hi Bill. A brilliant invention but like many other owners a bubble has appeared in the top and a paper clip on top reveals the magnet is rotating instead of the globe though leaving the paper clip in situ seems to anchor the magnet to get the globe rotating again. One observation is that there never used to be any sign of a bubble when it was working fine so as nothing has leaked out, I'm presuming the fluid might have leaked into the inner globe.
Could this be happening because fluid expansion from temperature rise between 2 rigid shells has nowhere to go so the pressure may be rising between the two spheres to the point something has to give, so a leak out from the outer shell or a leak into the inner globe would result?
I'm wondering if the design needs something to absorb the expansion from any temperature rise before the rising pressure would cause damage. The expansion would be tiny but if there is no give to absorb it, the pressure could become high enough to cause damage.
What do you think?
Regards
Dave N
Dave N same happened with mine but a paperclip on the top seems to get it going
Thanks for the info! Love my Mova globe and was wondering how it worked.
I love my Mova globe. I got the link to this video from Action Lab.
Bill...thanks for sharing. Brilliant! So glad you persevered and saw it through to fruition. I'm ordering mine tonight!
Very cool invention, thanks for sharing!
I heard there are some longevity issues, so from the lots of information you have how long globe lasts before breaking up in average?
Congrats. Love your product.
🙂
To be honest, I haven't found one where I also like the base, but the globe is awesome.
wow thank you for this. really inspiring to hear your story. kind of puts into perspective how to take ideas to the next level
How'd you get the ball inside the shell? I don't see a line on the shell circumference where the two halves join.
sick invention, congratulations! :))))
Great video! Do you use PFPE oil as the inert, high density fluid the sphere spins within?
Amazing invention! I seen one of these at a gift shop in Maine and the friend I was visiting got one for me as a gift I love it I have the Jupiter 4.5 inch
Is the outside glass or plastic, and what's the inside ball made of? Thanks for an amazing invention! Here from the Action Lab.
“We stand on the shoulders of giants” - Sir Isaac Newton, 1675. @Bill French you are in good company, sir. This is a really creative and innovative design. Inventors like you make the world go ‘round (in this case, literally😁).
+Bill French,
Very nice Jim. Saw your globes for the first time today, Dec 30, 2017. It isn't often that something comes along that so elegantly combines fundamentals from such a wide range of sciences. While the layman may wonder, there are those of us that are in awe since we understand precisely what is happening.
This was a challenge at first. It took the 30 minute drive home to figure out everything except the immiscible fluids; I was simply going for neutral buoyancy in a single liquid, but the two fluids gets you the required spacing. Beautiful. It is surprising the stationary magnet has enough torque, but as you say, the drag is minimal. Are there any issues at highest latitudes?
I'd be curious to see that Reynolds number it operates at, however, it is most likely operating in the boundary layer, no?
...
As a Don Herbert disciple in my retirement, I do a wide range of science demos, so I knew this would drive [no pun intended] me crazy until I understood it completely.
..
Since the basic mechanism is simple (to me), I'm quite fascinated by details and the manufacture process, as it looks so good...VERY well implemented.
I was so intrigued in general that I forgot to inspect one for signs of the seam.
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Can you share any detail on the motor? I've designed DC Brushless.
Is there a cappacitor? I blocked the light, but it didn't seem to slow and re-started if disturbed (with some help from Newton). (:-D).
When did it go into production? Can you talk about the quantity made?
I also see one comment about direct drive with only electromagnets...interesting. Wonder if you looked at that?
- -
Best Regards
Glad you like this design; it was exciting pulling together different elements to create the final combination.
We do not use a capacitor to store energy. If it continued to rotate when you blocked the light then this just means you allowed some light to pass. It really does not take much. 100 lux ?
The Fluid has very little turbulence.
The motor is commutated by optically by a shutter that controls light reaching photodiodes.
We started production in about 2004
Thanks for the rapid response, Bill,
RE: "optically by a shutter that controls light reaching photodiodes."
You use of the term "photodiodes" puzzles me a bit. DId you mean photocells? I can clearly see *them* in the sawn-apart video. I think they are the amorphous (low-light) kind... but I didn't see any vanes to selectively block them... Three cells--> three pole motor...?
...
So you're commutating with the *ambient* light to photo diodes for transistors to actually switch the motor current. Kinda' complex...or it is a mechanical vane arrangement commutating tambient light to the photo cells themselves? That's pretty elegant, it that's it...
Can I get it from the patent? I haven't looked there yet.
Nice Job Bill, its great when i see somthing new as good as this.
well done, what a brilliant invention
Thanks for your comment!
As an engineer myself, how on earth do you manufacture that?
Hi From action lab subscriber
Hay Bill… are you still around? If so, is there a way to communicate to you directly via email? You, like I, we are both getting up in our years, and wanted to share with you a means to solely use magnets to cause continuous rotation. I achieve this using the difference in attraction between magnet 🧲 to magnet 🧲 verses magnet to steel. This simple formula negates Newton’s third law of attraction which states for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The difference in attraction between these two elements allows me to set up an imbalance which in tern is used to create continuous rotation. Since magnets eventually ware out this is not perpetual motion.
i am a bit nervous about ordering one becuase i have heard that many stop working due to air bubbles forming at the top. What is the mechanism of air bubbles forming ?
+Prasanna Tilakaratna
We have made some changes in the manufacturing process that should greatly reduce such problems. Please send me your e-mail address and I will send your comment to our CEO and others.
Thanks,
Bill
+Prasanna Tilakaratna You should be nervous. I bought a 6 inch globe in July 2016 and two months later a big air bubble formed and the globe is no longer rotating. I am now stuck with an ugly static globe because the warranty is valid only in the country of purchase. I bought it from New York, while I live in Sweden and it's not financially viable to ship it back. No help from Mova with the problem. Very disappointed.
+Bill French DIsolved gas?
Prasanna Tilakaratna it’s true, same issue.
Mr. French - an ingenious invention indeed!
Very nice explanation, Genius
Amazing invention!
Must admit, prior to the Action Lab I had no idea this existed.
Would have been fun to have just come across one and then trying to figure out how it worked - I wonder what (almost certainly wrong) theory I would have come up with. I think I would have probably thought that it was just a spinning electro-magnet under the table - until I picked it up!
Any Action Labbers 😅😅😅
Yep
this video will get traffic now 😂
How well does it work without the anchor magnet? Why isn't an equal an opposite reactionary force sufficient to rotate the inner shell?
Magnet allows for less energy loss. Take an internal combustion engine from a lower end sports car for example. It moves the car around pretty quickly. Take that same motor and stick it in a boat of the same weight as the car. It will do a good job still, but it will be worse because transferring that energy to water is less efficient. There is a lot of energy loss. Take it further still and put that motor in a propeller driven aircraft of the same weight. I'd wager the aircraft might just barely start rolling on the landing strip due to the high levels of loss.
Or, from another angle, consider any automobile driven on two different roads: a race track vs a sandy desert. Transferring power to sand is going to be a nightmare for the driver of that vehicle as there is so much power loss.
Ideally the motor's shaft in this globe, instead of going to a magnet, would exit the globe and get welded onto a huge chunk of steel. That would let it spin like crazy. However, this defeats the purpose of the design. The best middle ground is what is shown in this video.
Magnets aren't magic, they introduce drag and friction like everything else. Water, on the other hand here, acts as a lubricant, reducing the friction.
This video is about to get viral.
Action lab geeks attendance please
🤚🏻 present
Is the inside of the shell suspended in some fluid or is it just air ? How is the compass magnet able to act as an anchor. All compass magnet needles are so thin and flimsy. I can't imagine them acting as an anchor for moving such a big globe
Thanks for sharing your story!
I found your explanation fascinating. Where can I buy one?
So beautifully “simple”!
Excellent idea to stop the shaft by connecting it to a compass! Every school classroom must have your toy, well, it's more than just a toy, it's a very clever scientific tool that contains pretty much every lesson on magnetism and electrodynamics. 👽👽👽
A few days ago my wife noticed that our Mova globe stopped rotating and then began rotating in the opposite direction. This has been happening often since she discovered this. and it happens with no regularity. We moved the globe to different areas of our home and made sure it was placed away from other electronic and magnetic sources and this had no effect on our globe's erratic behaviour.
Bill, my globe stopped rotating. I’ve had it for almost 2 yrs, can sitting it in the sun help? I love the globe.
8:26 for those who don’t know the eyeball is actually called jet ball vintage floating eyeball made in Taiwan
Thank you for a great explanation.
It would help greatly if Bill could show the actual sizes of the globe.
Awesome invention ✨🔥
I didn't guess the subscribers count , correctly 👍
Love a good invention story,, thank you :)
This is so crazy. You are amazing man 🎉
how can i buy it?
VERY interesting man. Thank you.
Your shirt is amazing! 🌍🌎🌏
Indeed, that does look like sth left by a flying saucer. It's so fantastic
9 years ago, and I'm first hearing about it now??
An ingenius mechanism 🙂
Invention is truly great
U are genius mr bill
Brilliant 👍
Came here from The Action Lab.
Just imagine the thousands of hours spent staring out the window to dream this up!
I wonder how long the Patent is for?
Very cool !
You're amazing.
It's a shame because when I read about buying this device all I saw were numerous people with globes that broke after 1-2 years because air gets inside or other issues. It sounds like the company isn't standing behind the product. What a shame
Genius..
Another proof of things made simple are the most beautiful!
Would it be possible to just have a circle of electromagnets on the outside (i.e. the support) and one inside so you wouldn't even need a motor? The only problem I see is that it wouldn't work away from it's support, but the cost should be significantly less
No the shells are plastic
Amazing/Genius
Genius!
It is such a nice idea and invention. but if you want to buy one of those they are very expensive. That's sad.
That's a sweet ass Fushigi
💖💖💖💖
i have seen the videos where you showed how you made the original globe a long long time ago:) wink:) congrats !:)
Genius
can you make one with the eyeball graffic facing horizontally? Have you ever heard of lazars powering a gyroscope?
A friend has discovered a free energy system, btw a month ago. Truly interesting. Be well, GET REAL.
Inventor !
6:48 Trying to impress a girlfriend with physics... yeah... that always works!
(Said by another Berkeley physics grad! 😉)
I just purchased one of these secondhand has a little air at the no top of the globe. I have seen attempts on TH-cam drilling a small hole to top off the fluid. Have you done this? And is it successful? Also, what type of fluid should I use? There is two different types of fluid in it?
From what I can tell the difficulty was keeping the flood inside win using a syringe. Air bubbles want to push the floor and back out and when injected.
a genius indeed
Beware of cheap knock offs. Certainly someone wants to make their own. It is almost a given maybe China already has reverse engineered it, you think, Bill? Have a beautiful day, Sir. You deserve some kind of science award for your ingenious. I wonder if you could create artificial gravity with the same technique on a much larger scale. Great video, great explanation, Sir. I have so much respect for you. May your God be with you and bless you always, Sir .
There's always drag
Your video isn't loud enough
Where is this made? (please don't say China)
The Tesla factory.
HELP! I have quite a few designs, inventions or innovations but I'm broke and not able to make things. For example one grandeur project is about satellites (no one has done such thing yet), offcourse I'm lacking too much to make it happen, is there any way that some government can help ???
Please make them cheap :(