Will a Levitating Gyroscope Spin Forever in a Vacuum Chamber?

In this video I put a levitating gyroscope in the vacuum chamber to see if it will spin forever without any air resistance. This has been requested many times by my viewers, and I have always wondered what happens to a levitating spinning disk in a vacuum chamber. I show you how the levitation woks and I also give you some tips on how to do it if you get one of these levitating disks.
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[@TheActionLab]

Hi everyone! I wanted to mention a few things that I missed in the video. First, one of the main reasons it stops that I left out completely is called gyrsocopic precession. Meaning that gyroscopes will tip over due to gravity, but just very slowly. So, since the disk was not directly straight to begin with it eventually tips over. This could be the main reason that it stops so quickly and I didn't even mention it! Also, the magnetic friction I talk about in the video is not actually the base sliding, but more the magnetic domains shifting causing friction. And finally I didn't mention eddy currents because the shiny disk is actually plastic and the magnets are ceramic. But there are two metal washers on it that could have some eddy currents. This also adds in a damping factor. I always learn more than I knew to begin with from my own videos!

[@brandonkeffer5752]

Since there is negligible air in the chamber to cause air resistance and the magnetic friction is not a large factor, is the friction being cause by the angular momentum of the gyroscope opposing gravity?

[@sevanz3490]

I think it will spin longer. however, the magnet not being perfectly stable, will create some sort of resistance

[@LancerFanClub]

The Action Lab I think it will stop because it wasn't completely stable so it will flip

[@andreikovats6296]

Well, it could also be from gravity, well , the pendulum at least it just attracts it to a stop

[@xtramoist9999]

Does the magnetic field itself involve friction? Like, if you could somehow avoid all the other variables would the magnetic field eventually slow the spinner down?

[@luizfernando4497]

"nothing spins forever" Minecraft sheeps: *are you challenging me?*

[@trapsarentgay4195]

Lmao

[@lopiws]

*Funny Valentine has joined the chat*

[@sriruparoy4946]

Drowned in shallow water be like: Am I a joke to you?

[@waterguy7463]

Lolololol

[@AlternateAce]

*sheep

[@fransmulder9326]

So far nobody mentioned the energy loss induced by eddy currents as result of a conducter moving in an magnetic field

[@charlesdahmital8095]

That is what he meant when @ 5:15 he used the word 'communicating' to describe the interaction between the two magnets. It was certainly a poor choice to describe the interaction but, he did mention it. Sort of.

[@marsbase3729]

@@ZiFrenZie actually he does, but he could have articulated it a bit better

[@killstudent6489]

@@ZiFrenZie then do u know

[@antonisantonis8740]

this is what I wanted to refer. He uses to word '' friction '' in a wrong way , trying to explain exactly that phenomenon.

[@killstudent6489]

@@antonisantonis8740 ok I'm convinced

[@A1egz]

“Nothing spins forever” The fourth wheel on the shopping cart: are you challenging me?

[@kingmasterlord]

*cough-planets-cough*

[@patricksarama4963]

@@kingmasterlord planets don’t spin forever ether

[@kingmasterlord]

@@patricksarama4963 fuckin might as well

[@noideawhoiam3855]

@@patricksarama4963 you.. are kind of right

[@sillyfella2009]

Lesson 5

[@guss1470]

I worked at a store that sold those, when I got there they were on the shelf and no one bothered them. I asked " why don't you sell these?" they told me no one knew how to get them going. I open one and set it up on the counter and played with it. I started to get it working and kept playing with it. Soon kid and patents would come in and watch. With in 2 week we had almost sold all the kits... I want another one for my self.

[@nanwijanarko1969]

It is really interesting. I would've impulse buy if I were there. Never seen this kind of toy sold in my country. Would make a great teaching material in class!

[@RTU130]

Hmmm

[@johnsidney4147]

It'll only spin forever if you're in a dream.

[@sergiorobertomuller5089]

John Sidney ... if it is your late wife's token...

[@coolintuitivename4910]

True, magnets stop working overtime

[@HeydanRivera]

Christian Wisskirchen not all some are temporary and some are not temporary means for a specific time I forgot the other word

[@sergiorobertomuller5089]

Gray Wolf the standard "permanent" magnet will last about 200 years.

[@supernovagamer929]

I'm in a dream! I'm gonna ride my bike naked! (outside) hello dream hail, OW!

[@deepakkudari2348]

I think it'll stop because of 2 reasons. First one being that it's impossible to create a complete vacuum. So there would be a small amount of air resistance which will contribute to it's fall. Second of all the magnets repulsion is not only causing the top to levitate, it's also resisting some of its motion which will eventually decrease the kinetic energy of the top and it will fall.

[@raphaelklaussen1951]

Almost, there is more to it. Unless the top spins without wobble and is perfectly smooth and perfectly symmetrical, it will radiate em energy and will eventually stop.

[@donaldstewart9873]

SO TRUE!!! 😎 You, That homie!

[@Eelijahmcmenis3li311]

3 angular momentum it’s basically pulling on its self. It’s center of gravity is to center.

[@Eelijahmcmenis3li311]

It can’t go in a straight line yet it wants to. It’s like what happens when you let go of a bag of something we’ll spinning the bag flys out of your hand. The closer you bringing your hands in the faster you go but the faster you slow down because your body wants to go in a straight line the force of that gets stronger when you bring your hands in. But when you bring your hands in it also creates more friction.

[@Eelijahmcmenis3li311]

Just theory. ??

[@elva4645]

The lab guy: pause the video Me: I won't *KZbin starts buffering *

[@anmol9886]

Not funny

[@trevorfichtner3539]

Yeah! your literally, THAT asshole, who's so selfish you cant pause the video for the person your with. I dont care your relation or position with them, you dont give a shit what they think or have to say. Your a self centered piece of shit! Jk jus trollin u. But rlly tho, you are THAT guy. Lmao.

[@quartz9704]

@@trevorfichtner3539 ok

[@trevorfichtner3539]

@@quartz9704 Sorry... as a child, I had a strong will to learn, and was constantly stifled by peers and superiors who flat out refused to pause videos when I needed them to. So, to me, t's a very sensitive, personal matter.

[@brrttaa]

@@trevorfichtner3539 Sorry to hear that dude... I know your pain

[@jedi_4_hire866]

Action Lab: “nothing spins forever” Jonny Joestar: hold my beer

[@gurangelempireinc.398]

I had been spinning my head brain past 5 years, obviously with weed...😂

[@vistr4ever]

Gyro: Hold my Pizza Mozzarella

[@notur_guy961]

I was searching for a ball spinning technique like gyros steel ball I want that

[@changemystateofmind3659]

@@notur_guy961 same

[@kaminoyami5776]

Technically it cannot spin forever because perputal device is impossible to make

[@ghosttwo2]

The slowing isn't from the big magnet moving. The processing top creates a changing magnetic field that sets up tiny electrical currents ('eddy') in both objects, which then gets converted into heat and radiated away through infrared.

[@dan428]

ghosttwo2 yeah he didn’t give a good answer

[@Luka-xx5ve]

ghosttwo2 But those currents create opposing magnetic fields and it stops after some time right?

[@강해정-v3p]

Good job and thank you for sharing with us.

[@adriancarter1426]

It’s people like you who give others a chance for them and a reason for them to try new undiscovered stuff.... very cool!☺️👍

[@jasondeng7677]

quick answer: N O

[@BL00DYN3K0M1MI]

Thanks for not letting me waste my breathing time

[@vedanshbudhia8148]

Thanks you saved me 11 minutes!

[@yekkang6075]

Thank you for saving the rest of my life repeating nights sleeping upon that matter.

[@jasondeng7677]

@@yekkang6075 lol

[@stummstefan9735]

Thx i didnt feel like typing it

[@allmightjunior6917]

This is beyblade on a whole new level

[@seanleith5312]

I am tired of his vacuum chamber...

[@kmadhusudanreddy]

Try to battle em

[@dhruvsharma1164]

@@seanleith5312 see his old videos they were all about hydraulic press.

[@drcatan]

The rotation in magnetic field induces currents in the gyroscope itself, they are dissipated through heat. I think the spinning time actually has to do with the internal conductivity of the gyro. Chill it down (liquid nitrogen might do it :P) and it will spin much longer. Or maybe not ?

[@mabus4910]

Mihai-Andrei Caţan I think it eventualy will tilt due to earth rotation.

[@santerisiiranen3924]

Yeah that is much better explanation. I think this has nothing to do with friction. It's about heat produced by eddy currents inside the gyro and the round magnet that slow the gyro down.

[@Boomproof]

You are probably right. Just read your comment and made me think of it, electric induction in the gyro generates an opposite poled magnetic field that would generate magnetic friction (N-N, S-S). In essence it's the idea behind the Tesla generator, or commonly known as AC generator. You use this repelling force to induce currents in coils, wich by themselves produce an opposed magnetic field wich's strength is derived off the initial magnet's strength at the core axis of said generator and the number of windings souch as geometry (distances, number of coils, etc) of the system. This sets also the maximum output possible in a generator, being the melting of metal due to internal electrical overfriction your limit; this is given by the diameter of your coil winding thickness. In the case of this gyro, the currents are incredibly low, so my guess is that's why it takes relatively long for it to tip. In a 0-gravity scenario it would probably spin for a felt eternity, as for radiation could have an effect in the long run. Now, inside a faraday cage , floating in 0 gravity... it would spin 4 ever.

[@camerondufton3236]

Santeri Siiranen it has everything to do with friction. Friction comes in many forms and sources.

[@santerisiiranen3924]

Cameron Dufton yeah it does but in this case it has nothing to do with slowing down the gyro

[@whaszup1]

I like how you explain the science behind your test.

[@epicnessbrian5295]

Yeah it helps understand and learn about what's happening! ;D

[@Eric-zz5ij]

yes if you didn't know it already.

[@SeattlePioneer]

It will stop because energy is used by procession to keep the top upright, and this energy comes from slowing the top, which will eventually collapse. Secondly, this magnetic top is rotating in a magnetic field, which means that electrons are sloshing back and forth from the rotational speed much like in a generator. the flow of electrons is consumed by resistance and turned into heat. Just like with a generator, it takes energy to move those electrons, and that will come from the speed of the top, causing it to collapse. I suggest that the two major ways energy is consumed in this system is 1) procession and 2) electrical current flow and resistance.

[@rjblitz5871]

@@SeattlePioneer yes this is the correct explanation. What he says is completely wrong. I've found this to be the case with so many of his videos. They're just cool to look at but he mostly gets the science wrong.

[@Neuralatrophy]

Could put a mark on it to measure its RPM, use that as a baseline for how fast its spinning and how much speed its loosing over time. Averages over multiple tests in Vacuum chamber vs open air will give you the amount its being slowed by friction with air. If you can find a way you can spin it up while under vacuum and to a controlled velocity it would be even better.

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

The camera frame rate might not be fast enough to measure that. He could just calculate the average duration of repeated experiments with the vacuum chamber turned off then with it turned on.

[@evilplaguedoctor5158]

it'll stop for 2 reasons, no perfect vacuum & cutting through magnetic flux takes energy (think of eddy currents when dropping a magnet through a copper tube)

[@SedoKai]

You get 15 points out of 100. Those are not the reasons why the magnet stops spinning.

[@PatrickHodge86]

SedoKai love you how make a statement and treat it as facts without providing any facts to support your statement.. why are you on a science channel?

[@shortbutlucky]

This is scientifically accurate. Friction by definition requires direct contact. The explanation in the video is a good faith attempt, but is incorrect. If the bottom and top magnet were spinning together in locked sync through alternated fields, the friction of the bottom magnet would indeed cause a magnetic moment on the spinning top and slow it down, but since the bottom is stationary and the fields are not alternating, it’s likely that the metals in and on the spinning top are producing eddy currents as the metals move through the underlying field. To a lesser degree, any remaining air molecules in the chamber will still produce a friction force on the spinning top. If you were to magify the strength of the magnets significantly, you would be able to detect a temperature increase in the top due to the resistance to motion imparted by the eddie currents. See videos on inductive heating to see this in action, and as you mentioned, a magnet slowly falling through a copper pipe is another good example.

[@ashscott6068]

No, it will stop for ONE reason: I fast-forwarded the video and watched the end first. It stops at the end. Therefore, back at the beginning, it WILL stop.

[@fastwing3295]

EvilPlagueDoctor i will stop because everything stops

[@thom1218]

It actually has nothing to do with base magnet moving or any physical friction of any kind (except air molecules from the imperfect vacuum). Eddy currents induced in both the top and magnetic base via the rotation magnetic field dissipate the top's energy in the form of very small amounts heat. Anytime there's a rotating or moving magnetic field, small electrical currents will be induced in many materials, even ceramics.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

super interesting, thanks for commenting with this

[@firefly618]

This is the correct answer. Also, the initial spinning was quite lousy.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

The top wants to spin in its plane, and the base magnet wants to tilt the top. Every time the top resists this tilt, it spends energy keeping itself aloft by pushing on the base magnet. this interaction saps energy from the spin, I would guess, long before the eddies make any noticeable dent.

[@thom1218]

If you compare those tilts to a bouncing ball, then, due to compressive friction (perhaps this what action lab meant), then each push by the top against the base would not receive a push back with 100% of the opposite force, therefore draining energy. This is absolutely plausible. However, no "moving" of the base (i.e. overcoming the coefficient of friction) is going here.

[@keantoken6433]

So perhaps to make it spin longer you could replace the washers with a non-conductive and perhaps non-magnetic material? Or cut slits in them to break the eddy current paths?

[@Oudri125]

If you put fidget spinner instead of gyroscope spinner in the title you would've got like 100,000 more views.

[@agnieszka8605]

So true

[@sprsae9003]

actually not! because its not as interesting! a fidget spinner will stop no matter what because its on a bearing! and this isnt

[@thomashorne2607]

Sprsae since when did interesting mean views? last time i checked 1$ vs 1000$ fidgit spinner wasn't interesting

[@technorazor7328]

Moon Seongmu i feel like he was making a joke out of it xD

[@preddy09]

Haha brilliant comment. If you put the words "fidget spinner" in anything it'll generate views.

[@josephsheranda]

7:25 So it's actually communicating with every other object in the universe... Me spinning around in my office chair: "I am transmitting myself to the universe!" My coworkers: "Umm..."

[@MichaelSchwabTX]

Practically we can measure the "communication" we call that measure heat.

[@AeroCraftAviation]

Well it won't spin forever because it is not spinning perfectly level so some of the rotational force is being transferred into an oscillatory force, and so it loses a little bit of its momentum every time it oscillates, and since it has mass, and mass is simply a measure of how much force is required to move an object in a vacuum, the gyroscope would slow down little by little because it's mass is constant but it's rotational momentum depletes.

[@somethingelse2740]

Way to go Copterdude! You are the first one to answer correctly and I actually made a youtube account so I could post this because you made me so happy that at least one person in the world is not a numbskull. The imbalance in the flywheel is using energy every time it wobbles, the limited energy of the spin runs out gradually and the wheel loses speed until it topples. Of course the not perfect vacuum had a small effect, but not near as much as the wobble. Keep up the critical thinking and the RC fun! I used to be an avid RC guy, it is a great hobby and you'll meet lots of nice people and share knowledge if you join an RC club. Peace! And keep those rotors and props balanced! Vibration is every machines enemy.

[@AeroCraftAviation]

I assume then that you have viewed my YoiTube videos? If so, what do you think of them?

[@Gokuchannel6]

Copterdude please

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[@daksheshnandan6352]

Now that's the explanation or comment I expected from people

[@MikeOxolong]

The little spinning disc is made from a magnet and some metal probbably. If it's conductive, it creates electricity, so that's probbably slowing it down too.

[@sergiorobertomuller5089]

Tazer counter induced current... nice perception

[@TheActionLab]

+Tazer that is true but it is ceramic magnet and plastic casing. Although the washers on it were metal so that has a little impact

[@sheriif]

The Action Lab the eddy current contradicts the motion, it's used as a way of damping an ocillation.

[@redddubs]

Tazer this may also be impossible as so far no one person has successfully created perpetual motion, and further more it couldn't possibly spin forever as the magnetic charge would eventually run out

[@MikeOxolong]

What are you talking about? The spinning disc creates electricity and that is slowing down the rotation of that disc. Where do you see a perpetual motion?

[@highrevs6110]

No such thing as a perfect vac. Secondly, vertices axis changes must surely absorb energy and slow the gyro quite quickly?

[@vincentrobinette1507]

You're exactly right, but it's because as the axis changes, the magnetic field strength changes. That causes eddy currents to be induced in the metal disc, which puts a electrodynamic drag on the top. That's why there was practically no difference in spin time in or out of the vacuum chamber. I do realize that by the time he got the vacuum pulled, it had already lost much of its momentum, but the bulk of the loss is exactly what you said.

[@SeattlePioneer]

I agree, the losses being caused by energy lost to procession keeping the top up. But I also think that the magnetic top rotating in a magnetic field will cause electrical resistance and that energy to move the electrons is coming from the rotational energy, just like cranking a generator.

[@milanodijk4529]

i agree, even in space there are gasses

[@P-90-]

The magnetic field loses its magnetism over time that's is also an important key to other perpetual motion devices

[@galacticquasar9944]

space

[@dantonspivey]

The slowing of the spin in the vacuum, or in space for that matter, is not substantially due to friction, not due to the molecules surrounding it. Whenever you have a non-constant magnetic field, eddy currents are set up in conductors, and fluctuating magnetic fields are set in magnetic materials. The top has a magnet in it which causes a fluctuating magnetic field when it spins. The magnets in the base are also pieces of ferromagnetic material, and so the fluctuations from the top cause dissipation in the base magnets. Also, the spinning top experiences a changing magnetic field from the base magnets, which also causes dissipation. I think if the top and base were both superconducting, it would spin a really long time, but not forever, because the while superconducting electrons dissipate no energy, there are still some regular electrons in the material which feel a tiny bit of the AC magnetic field so will eventually dissipate the energy. Thanks to my brother Brett for his help with this explanation.

[@GrumpDog]

While obviously you can't make something spin forever, and even the magnetics in this case generate a friction.. I'm sure you could improve your results significantly, by starting the top spinning inside the vacuum after it's already at full-vacuum, rather than starting at full atmosphere and then turning on the pump.. Although that would require a complicated mechanical spin&release system built inside the chamber too. lol

r/ iamverysmart

[@DyqnoDynamite]

you can, in space

[@williammosley6327]

@ people cant make observations?

[@TactfulWaggle]

@@DyqnoDynamite what if even in space it will stop eventually it just will take millions of years because i'm pretty sure even in space theres still air that could generate friction or something like that

[@igvc1876]

@@TactfulWaggle well Earth has been spinning for billions of years. given that the universe existed only for some billion odd years, i'd say it's pretty close to what people actually mean by the word "infinite"

[@marcoronzani7197]

Chaos theory, the small imperfections at the beginning will be aplified during the run, and destabilize it until it tips over cause of them?

[@marcoronzani7197]

I have now heard your explanation...and I think it's wrong, I challeng you to remove the magnet support, and leave it with just the 2 bear magnets, starting the spin already in vacuum using a remote controlled motor (powered via a super capacitor) joined with a chassis capable of stabilize the magnet already in midair! That should prove you that, the first imperfection in the run will end up aplified and rip the thing...and if you will say that it is caused by the friction between magnet and chamber, well, glew that in place and the static friction won't dissipate energy! Just the wabblings will make it tip over!

[@stochastic_dreams]

Remove the magnet support and leave only the magnet, uh? Man you are missing some physics lessons

[@saayanbiswas209]

Spinning in presence of magnetic field will produce Eddy currents and force will act on current carrying gyroscope present in magnetic field thus it gets damped

[@MarkTillotson]

Ferrite is not an electrical insulator, so it has eddy current losses - but a lot less than metals. The thin chrome plating on the toy itself is unlikely to be as significant. And there's still residual air to provide friction (is viscous drag linear with pressure? I'd imagine strange things happen with long mean free paths).

[@a1919akelbo]

Though eddy currents do have an effect its extremely minimal, the reason it slows is due to the instability and shaking burning off all the energy

[@zanick2]

those two responses sum it up well! well done!

[@wedmunds]

Ideal inductors do not dissipate power. That said, unless the top was made of a superconductor, there will be resistance and that small resistance will convert a tiny amount of electrical energy (from eddy currents) to heat. But all things considered, the amount of energy lost due to eddy currents is still extremely insignificant.

[@zanick2]

Wolf Edmunds not insignificant Enough to slow it down

[@maruftim]

"Nothing spins forever." Earth: uh oh

[@blochebady2460]

No the Earth eventually will stop. However ATOMS do.

[@maruftim]

@@blochebady2460 yes

[@OAlem]

Right! That's exactly what I was going to say. In fact, the Earth's rotation is slowing down.

[@mclovin3678]

Someone slap an alternator on it

[@fieryneil7750]

@@OAlem Stop spitting random "facts"

[@fleksaacovek30]

I always tought that banggood was a porn site lmao

[@ANabih-uo3zy]

Get your mind out of the gutter .

[@zeronone2515]

Omg he does start off every video with “ok”

[@Vegetsu101]

what if you make a launcher that makes it spin very fast? like beyblade

[@durgeshtanwar]

Vegetsu101 p

[@arielamaro2710]

Vegetsu101 then you have to say “let it rip!”

[@ivoryas1696]

Vegetsu101 My phantom Orion only spins for eight minutes.😩😤 Do you really think *you* can top it?😂😂😂

[@jimswenson9991]

I think if the top spins really fast, it's actually not stable! Something goes wrong, and it either precesses to a tilted angle and falls onto the base, or it wiggles itself sideways out of the floating-zone and falls to the table far away.

[@SeattlePioneer]

No. It will stop because energy is used by procession to keep the top upright, and this energy comes from slowing the top, which will eventually collapse. Secondly, this magnetic top is rotating in a magnetic field, which means that electrons are sloshing back and forth from the rotational speed much like in a generator. the flow of electrons is consumed by resistance and turned into heat. Just like with a generator, it takes energy to move those electrons, and that will come from the speed of the top, causing it to collapse. I suggest that the two major ways energy is consumed in this system is 1) procession and 2) electrical current flow and resistance.

[@davidsimons5944]

I often fancied getting one of those levitating globes if it's a proper detailed globe, preferably illuminated somehow & maybe with a moon option. I imagine if you owned any of these levitating gadgets about 400 plus years ago you'd be put on trial for witchcraft! So cool!

[@attilakiss3786]

I think Eddy current can slow it down, instead of moving the large magnet.

[@jonidobrunaj188]

You spin me right round baby right round

[@blueshark140]

Wow now i feel wierd

[@Mairuzu_Animations]

Mr. Wolf it’s a song lmao

[@harleyspeedthrust4013]

Nothing can spin forever? What about meatspin?

[@machomanalexyt5736]

Naomh until the sun fucking explodes

[@catking7901]

I saw what you did there

[@matthewtilson2143]

The earth doesn't spin

[@ethangilchrist7875]

Matthew Tilson are you okay

[@Bonez0r]

Round and round...

[@mathewjones7663]

I like this channel because I have a tendency to space off, so him explaining everything 3 times in a row is very convenient

[@deusexaethera]

No, it won't spin forever. The gyroscope is a spinning magnet, meaning it is interacting magnetically with everything around it, including the Earth's magnetic field, and that drains its kinetic energy. Also, even if it could spin forever, it still wouldn't be a perpetual-motion machine, because you're having to constantly input energy into the system by operating the vacuum pump to maintain the vacuum that allows the gyroscope to spin without friction. ANY input energy after starting the process will invalidate claims of perpetual-motion.

[@kasensummers6993]

Perpetual motion machines are impossible cause Einstein proved that energy can’t be created or destroyed and to make one there has to be electricity moving it.

[@128Gigabytes]

no one said it would be perpetual motion also he can turn the vacuum off once it reaches the pressure he wants

[@albedo7771]

Fuck thermodynamics right Always fucks us over but its life

[@pming7264]

Anyone else reading this like me would probably be like ‘I totally know what this means!’ (100* sarcasm in voice)

[@kavinsp]

There is something called a "Valve" to maintain the vaccum after the desired pressure is reached, ever heard of it?

[@samuelstuff4557]

It will definitely stop because you can’t have a perfect vacuum.

[@blankblank1284]

Nope, a perfect vaccum is non existance. Existance itself denies the possibility of an absolute vaccum.

[@explorewithjaisriram3110]

Yes perfect vaccum exists in space

[@razorreef3757]

Not completely bro there are still atoms bouncing around although be it not too many

[@blankblank1284]

@@razorreef3757 Exactly, not even space is a true vaccum. Just the closest you can get. All of existance has something in it. Thus a pure vaccum requires non-existance.

[@xena-ig5839]

@@blankblank1284 How do you know far out into space where nothing exist isnt a perfect vaccum? Out somewhere far out in space i believe there is a perfect vaccum.

[@user-js3rn3sv8x]

Didnt know the Dharma Initiative made gyroscopes...

[@leandroisaac2000]

9 bit I know right? Hahahah

[@seankauder9721]

9 bit Was going to say this

[@kasildurwhite2147]

I saw Walt

[@levifreeman]

WALT! WALT!

[@CamReed8]

Funny

[@X-Gen-001]

I nearly got one of those but I got a Levitron instead. It's a lot of fun because you can put things on it like a model or anything that is non-magnetic and not too heavy. The base will levitate the magnet disc almost indefinitely as long as the base is plugged in to a power supply. But the disc will slowly start to rotate after a while. Eventually it spins faster and faster until it becomes too unstable and smacks into the base. I guess it's because the field from electronically controlled coil inside the base exerts some rotational energy as the field is constantly being adjusted to keep the disc levitating. It's a really cool device because it will levitate the disc in place even if you slowly tilt the whole thing over to 90 degrees.

[@kejtov]

3:05 when he puts it in vacuum

[@CHH-zi9zt]

the hero we need

[@glidewillie5767]

Cavin Hexane we need this hero in every video

[@pakmanyt3091]

11:37 the video end

[@jonnebotten6606]

Cavin Hexane but not the one we deserve

[@hoseja]

Yeah I'm gonna have to disagree, induced eddy currents are probably the major reason it's slowing down.

[@bernzeppi]

It will stop due to resistance caused by induced eddy currents

[@keithvermeulen27]

*edgy

[@xyuv6769]

Man can't believe one of my go-to science yt channel had the exact video what i was looking for

[@dissidentundead249]

eddy currents therefore heat loss.....

[@TheAnthonywildman]

Dissident Undead exactly

[@heiysted]

Johnny Joestar would like to prove you wrong.

[@leahhines5712]

Hi

[@jacobmays278]

This channel summarized: “what happens to ______ in a vacuum?”

[@PopoRamos]

Best investment hes ever made lol

[@bhavay819]

He has made plants communicate bent light and checked concentrationof cyanide in apple seeds some few to mention

[@AlexandreLollini]

About the spinning top in a vacuum in orbit : I think there is also the tidal effect that will destabilise it : the spinning will make it want to stay on the same plane while the tidal effet will want to make that plane change. That is why after a long time an object like the moon end up showing the same side to the other. A not spinning top will end up having one side always pointing toward the center of the Earth. And there are rules of axis or maxi/mini cross section to calculate probabilities of preferred orientation.

[@xAdrianHGx]

So technically a wireless friction prevents it from spinning forever. Cool.

[@finchisneat]

Yeah, magnetic fields

[@morelhunter3966]

Only seems wireless because you cant see the field. Its just as real as anything else and causes friction.

[@xAdrianHGx]

@@morelhunter3966 fax

[@jetconway5995]

A few years ago i randomly thought if it was possible to have something spin forever in a perfect vacuum chamber but i couldnt find any videos on it

[@fezario]

Same here. I had this same toy. Asked myself the same question. Then I wondered if magnetic friction is a thing

[@irbishistory462]

and i belive that suppost to be in some space and not on earth

[@maxwellbaker9478]

That symbol on the blue thing looks like the symbol for the dharma initiative, anyone else?

[@CallShake]

Maxwell Baker Yes, I was looking for this comment, my life is satisfied

[@Lizard-813]

Maxwell Baker I guess that's sort of related to the electromagnet anomalies they were studying right?

[@zephyrone7551]

YASSS I just finished the series, it was so sad and disappointing.

[@petergriffin1755]

I knew it looked familiar xd

[@kito323]

shit i thought exactly the same, fucking dharma initiative confirmed, world is doomed my friends, our worst nightmares are real

[@danielodors]

The spinning top also induces eddy currents in nearby conductors, slowing the top down.

[@extramedium3163]

“Looks pretty stable” *wobbling all over the place*

[@DisturbedVette]

*AND THAT’S BEYBLADE*

[@Davis-tl1rc]

thats magc!

[@adinfrljak7970]

PremiumGamerRS *THATS A HUMAN PERSON*

[@emiliamilyanovich7983]

IT'S DEOXYS

[@EEJEEminer]

Adin Frljak is mammal time!! Look at those breasts

[@rarebeeph1783]

+QualityCrew gneurshk

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

there are still molecules in the vacuum causing friction

[@toast_recon]

This isn't a perfect vacuum. There's no such thing in the real world.

[@DLBBALL]

The closest thing to a perfect vacuum is deep space... in certain areas, there are no particles for meters...

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahah IMPOSSIBLE.. deep space contains 1 x 10 >3 moles of atoms per cubic meter MINIMUM EVERYWHERE.. did i happen to say MINIMUM

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

EVEN if there were ZERO atoms in a PERFECT vacuum,,, there is STUFF in the vacuum.. its called energy... you can measure this with a thermometer and with other devices.. this STUFF/energy affects any thing in the vacuum..its that simple.. newtons laws are theoretical since they can never be perfectly proven

[@rocknexus55]

that is the definition of a PRERFECT vacuum. his setup is nowhere near a perfect vacuum. there is still some (if minimal) air inside the chamber. light waves in fact, can move an object, (by extension able to slow one down) since it has momentum. But thats not whats stopping it. its the residual air inside the chamber that gets left behind.

[@pascalgarcia5161]

I believe the main reason is that a moving conductive object moving in a magnetic field induces current that discard energy. All other loss of energy causes you are talking are right, but negligible in front of the induced current.

[@redstaria963]

Johnny would like to have a word with you.

[@TheBl4zon]

1:19 They aren't opposite poles. They are the same poles.

[@dashaunharris7892]

Damn This Video Makes Me Think Alot About The Planet We Live On...

[@M.C.Escher2018]

Hey. I loved your educational video. especially when you touched on "back ground radiation" which in my opinion has been misunderstood. My question is - Did I understand you correctly. Did you say that (back ground radiation) can cause a system to slow down?

[@dougfoster445]

No because magnetic fields cause eddy currents to slow it down is my prediction

[@corriesnow6689]

Earth gravity still works in you're vacuum and you have magnetic friction as well. spin it in space away from planets and you might be surprised of the result

[@georgewashington90]

It will not spin forever. It is shaking and will lose energy through induction electricity on metal.

[@6ixmil217]

I thought u said

[@6ixmil217]

Interruption lol

[@puellanivis]

I’m pretty sure there are also tidal forces happening between the two. The deformation must be pretty minimal, but it’s still going to cause some locking eventually.

[@nicstroud]

Interesting experiment but that is a spinning top I don't think it is a gyroscope. Someone will no doubt have a better definition of gyroscope than me. Pulsars (spinning neutron stars) are a classic example of something spinning in the vacuum of space but even they eventually lose speed. the spin-down rate is thought to be due to magnetic dipole radiation.

[@Naveication]

Nic Stroud anything that is manifactured to rotate for the purpose of stabilizing it's axis and not tipping over can be classified as a gyroscope... so in a sense every spinning top is one aswell

[@malacaiswift3748]

It seems to me that it falls because you are spinning it by hand. That makes it difficult to get it level and create a stable spin. I would suggest a mechanical spinning device for your next experiment with this. It seems to be where there is tje most room for variance.

[@fernandoblanco3926]

Malacai Swift the Gravity of the earth Will make It drop eventually

[@AngryHybridApe]

Ok. Suppose the magnet in the base was spinning same direction at same rpm(or close to). That would eliminate magnetic field friction. For that matter, even with atmospheric pressure, the top should spin indefinetly. Unless the airs friction is greater than the magnetic fields friction. But in the vacuum, it wont be.

[@timothystoutland6961]

Halifax Gibbet. With the base and top both spinning the top would lose the magnetic repulsion thus would not "levitate". It seems also we are forgetting the second law of thermodynamics: in a closed system entropy always increases.

[@AngryHybridApe]

@@timothystoutland6961 Hmm. I thought the magnetism and air friction would be eliminated because top and base have the same momentum And the gyro would keep it balanced indefinely. But it needs contrast in temperature in the immediate atmosphere to work? That's wild. And I thought I was on to something. Rats.

[@jimswenson9991]

I don't think that's true. It might lose spin-stability, but it would keep repelling magnetically until to top tipped over.

[@RTimis32597]

If it keeps spinning we are all stuck in cobb's dream!

[@GaneshmanLamathinker]

My friend spin it out side the device on a piece of plain glass, lift it a bit higher and land it slowly over magnet and when it comes near just shift the glass faster down and pull out side you will get the difference. Thanks for video.❤️

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

what was your longest spin in air

[@Spikey3456]

it won't spin forever because the casing on the vacuum chamber will erode over time(which is not forever) and the vacuum pump itself will erode making the air come back into the chamber, and don't forget about electricity, there is a finite amount of electrical generators and power plants with an even more finite amount of resources needed to create said energy powering the pump making the vacuum stop, and what about the magnet itself? it cannot create an infinite amount of force to make the top spin forever, making said top not able to spin forever.

[@Fat-nasty]

Hector Wilken no.

[@spades898]

Yes, this is true technically but generally people ignore these factors. As a title of "Will a Levitating Gyroscope Spin For A REALLY LONG TIME in a Vacuum Chamber?" does not sound as clickbait, this experiment demon straits if the gyroscope can significantly spin longer until the factors that you considered are put into context. The person in the video is wrong about the friction entirely, as this will happen later on. What really happens to the magnet is that the gyroscope was not on its absolute horizontal axis, as this is extremely difficult to do. Because of this, the force of the magnetic field is not distributed evenly on the edges of the gyroscope, this causes a increasing oscillation in amplitude of the distance to the magnet and this has proportional correlation to the strength of the magnet (obviously). SIMPLE ANSWER: The fidget spinner doesn't slow down, it looses balance. So, the magic rocks (magnets) make it loose control because the fidget spinner is near impossible to be spun horizontally.

[@flurbanmoran7797]

I think the idea is not so much to make it spin forever, but say, for the lifespan of a human. That'd still be pretty neato, don't you think? But on an even deeper level, to understand that electrons (and other particles) might be regarded as little gyroscopes who spin for a very long time and also flip over from time to time. Imagine. Let your mind spiral out to the infinite possibilities. M'yan.

[@spades898]

Flurban Moran I think subatomic structures like electrons have a completely different properties to large scale objects. This is due to the world of quantum physics, and how it redefines our understanding of physics completely. Saying that... I wonder how many views I can get if I title a video "SUBATOMIC FIGET SPINNER WOW 😱😱 💯 🔥"

[@flurbanmoran7797]

You think they have completely different properties. That is a good start.

[@mastro3217]

Idea:Spin it first in a normal room and see for how long it will spin.Then spin it in the same room but put full music ,and see if it will stop spinning sooner because of the friction that the audio waves are creating.(sorry for bad english)

[@tonypit8284]

None. Sound can't travel in a vacuum

[@mememan3119]

@@tonypit8284 did you read that idiot

[@lucifer2b666]

@@tonypit8284 moron

[@EnemyAtom65]

YO THIS IS WILD! I was just searching for this a week ago when I was watching a video about a gyroscope, then watched a video about about magnet levitation!

[@anilkumarsharma1205]

put a coil and diodes so they glow on this disk since magnet flux induction can give it enough electricity to glow a diodes bulb or led

[@adolfkitler5296]

It will stop spinning Reason :- I watched full video already 😎😎

[@Ayanokiyo]

Thug life lol!

[@joesoboleski4282]

You must have a perfect vacume you can't do it you need a stronger vacume but eventually it will stop because the magnets are producing. Some resistance they are not perfect to the field

[@travissmith2848]

Is there such a thing? "The actual density of hydrogen as it exist in interstellar space is on the average of about 1 atom per cubic centimeter. In the extremes, as low as 0.1 atom per cubic centimeter has been found in the space between the spiral arms and as high as 1000 atoms per cubic centimeter are known to exist near the galactic core." hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/DaWeiCai.shtml

[@illusionz9053]

You cant make a perfect vacuum due to quantum fluctuations.

[@CesareVesdani]

Nice trick. Spinning forever is cool.

[@kalvinlowther9854]

Why everyone use big words

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Y U use big words? Y U use words? Hit with rock! Make ugg noise!

[@alineharam]

Lenard Segnitz I often tell my second grade students to use complete words and sentences-ideas are shared using language, a gift many of us are fortunate to have and use.

[@epicgaymercommander2652]

i hope all three of you commit stop living in all seriousness though, he just meant that he is dumb and meant to criticise himself for not being smart. I mean, look at his name. Paul Logan. And his pfp. Caveman Spongebob. A FUCKING MEME. i have to state the obvious to you three. Its as if no one knows what humor is anymore.

[@epicgaymercommander2652]

also can you guys look at his profile he is obviously joking

[@amberrettig8017]

I will not Make ugg noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sahanisuru4382]

Whats with this guy and vaccumes

[@littleguygaming6066]

sahan isuru if you had a vacuum chamber I bet you would use it a lot

[@eventhisidistaken]

He sucks.

[@hectormzqt6169]

He's not even that smart!! He should use a Dyson vacuum.

[@NoahmassMulti]

@@eventhisidistaken why are you on his vids then idiot

[@eventhisidistaken]

@@NoahmassMulti Go back to kindergarten and learn what humor is, you dumb ass.

[@tamaseduard5145]

FULL VACUUM, MAGNETIC FIELD, SPININING EARTH, etc ...... I can not stop laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adriancarter1426]

Very cool to try stuff that people don’t.... you get props bro

[@kyrahicks2324]

This might be how UFOs work and why they crash into the earth

[@reda29100]

Those who believe in ufos actually believe it done by manipulating gravity instead of resisting it. Nice wayof thinking outside the box.

[@gudrilstudio4738]

UFO use nuclear reactor for their energy. They already have technology for mini nuclear reactor.

[@Joe-zd9xw]

Agung Budiman if UFOs really exist I am pretty sure they have technology that works better than nuclear reactors.

[@galacticquasar9944]

@@reda29100 Those who refer to UFO's as alien spacecraft are idiots

[@galacticquasar9944]

@@Joe-zd9xw They do cuz UFO means unidentified flying object, so it could be a bird, it could be a plane, maybe it's even Superman

[@OGJessie]

A vacuum is not the same as absence of gravity.

[@galacticquasar9944]

watch the whole video you dipshit

[@olajideewetayo3304]

no one is talking about absence of gravity its absence of air resistance that he is demonstrating in the vacuum chamber

[@johnrubensaragi4125]

The spinner is floating because of the magnet!

[@galacticquasar9944]

@@johnrubensaragi4125 there is a fan, are you blind?

[@tentailz]

Dumb Earthling : “Nothing can spin for ever “ Earth : 6 billion years not enough to show I can ?

[@richardsleep2045]

I'm wondering if this is a problem for spin-stabilised satellites. I like the approach, experiment and then theorise.

[@Koolranch101]

This is obvious its not going to make a difference, its using a magnet not air and magnets will make friction

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

Maybe not forever, but pretty close to forever. Forever in the sense of a very very long time. Like planets. But planets have attraction from other planets acting on them as well. So eventually the earth will slow down in theory.

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

Makes me wonder about atoms, do they ever stop spinning?

[@marco_dl]

TheaDragonSpirit they don't really spin, they do really weird stuff though

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

Electrons fly round the nucleus and protons. But yea on that scale it's hard to know what is going on properly.

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

And it goes round...

[@MothEnthusiast633]

Thermodynamics boi

[@gamestuff5944]

Ya boi

[@davesid9969]

I just wanna say I love your videos, and you're a really smart man and I've learnt a lot from you

[@lodewijk-9550]

In the prehistoric time s a day was 23 hours cool ha

[@sijoule965]

lodewijk steengracht there was a time when an earth day was 6 hours long. like when it was first existing

[@lodewijk-9550]

Joltz and Joulery cool i dit not now that

[@cryfe]

lodewijk steengracht becouse earths rotation is exhausting days get longer and longer

[@milkyman8705]

Around 5 million years ago a day was 21 hours long

[@richardtowers6948]

lodewijk steengracht The reason for this is an effect called tidal locking. It's already happened to the moon which now shows the same face to earth all the time. Gradually the earth is heading towards a tidal lock with the moon and the energy goes into the moon's orbital height above earth. Essentially it is stealing energy from the earth in order to escape from the earth. If I remember correctly the moon will escape before the earth locks to the moon. Friction does play a part in this. It is the fluids of the earth (the atmosphere, the oceans and also molten rock) pulled by the moon's gravity that rub over the solid surfaces as the earth rotates beneath the moon. This partly accounts for the tides as well as slowing of the rotation. Hence the name: Tidal locking.

[@kidnamedgrass]

I think the earth's magnetic field is a resistance to it

[@tri99er_]

It wouldn't possibly work, because Earth is accelerating. And also because it spins inside magnetic field, some energy of spin is wasted in electric currents that emerge and heat because of it.

[@Fritz-qr9oz]

Earth is not accelerating

[@tri99er_]

@@Fritz-qr9oz it certainly is, can't you feel it?

[@Fritz-qr9oz]

@@tri99er_ you don’t feel Earth accelerating. You feel the mass of the earth trying to pull you into the center, aka gravity

[@tri99er_]

@@Fritz-qr9oz it's ok if you don't feel. I don't really care. My comment wasn't here just to get your attention and tell you the "truth" anyway.

[@Fritz-qr9oz]

@@tri99er_ dude earth can’t accelerate. How is it supposed to do that. Earth is orbiting the sun at a constant speed. If it was accelerating it would have to get faster and faster and that would take proportionally more energy but where does it get that energy from. That would violate the laws of thermodynamics.

[@scienceminded9819]

Agreed that induced Eddy Currents are creating friction. Additionally, any spring-like bouncing up/down and wobbling dissipates energy as heat (again in this case, via Eddy Currents.)

[@BreadstickGoblin]

Who’s here after steel ball run?

[@matthewangelo2142]

The Earth is spinning, the solar system is spinning, the whole galaxy is spinning and I know why! IT'S ALL CIRCLING THE DRAIN!!! ✌️😘

[@ChronicKPOP]

that drain leads to another dimension! 👌

[@derek-press]

wooow I'm getting one of them for my cat !

[@derek-press]

hahaha naaa the magnet :)

[@tetraedri_1834]

I'm not sure microwave background radiation (MBR) would make the spinning stop, since it cools down in time. So even if MBR is constantly causing friction to the spinning body, its effect gets smaller and smaller through time, asymptotically reaching zero. It really depends on how quickly/slowly MBR cools down whether that effect alone would be enough to stop spinning , even asymptotically. Gravitational waves are always there, though, so that would stop the spinning anyways (again, asymptotically), like you stated in the video

[@okx_tyler]

I bet it will not spin forever.. Because I watched the video.

[@TheActionLab]

+okx._.tyler 😂

[@sodjjj]

okx._.tyler I see you everywhere. ..

[@okx_tyler]

Dlc G Is that a good thing?

[@IBRAHIM-es5sj]

Anyone 2019? I am alone😭

[@jessedarren1511]

Im here brother...hold me

[@skywarper3603]

I'm here

[@surekhapitta2139]

Right here👌

[@remifraser590]

No clickbait :)

[@MultiPleaser]

One of these spinning-magnet videos said that heat builds up in the magnets, hence a loss of rotational energy.