Snail Ball

[hakadvocaten]

CRAP!

Because it wobbles, everybody knows something's up

[EyeExist]

Must be a small heavier ball inside trying to move some dense oil or something. The inside ball will have to move the oil before the center of gravity changes allowing all of it to move - or some sort of mesh that the oil has to flow through. Looks cool though...

[fredd218]

THIS IS SO AMAZING!!!!!

[Stuwie2x2]

no magnet no liquid only MIRRORS :P

[sufoodse]

oh my, your balls are quite shiny

[soulxeater7]

........................okay

[bestguitarist258]

@sufoodse -_-

[tuollaff]

Inside the ball, there is a viscous liquid and a smaller ball which is very heavy. When the Snail Ball rolls slowly down an incline, it is the smaller, heavier ball inside that determines the pace, and this is slow because of the viscous liquid. But if the the slope is too extreme, ball will simply slide down it and the 'snail' action cannot work.

[XBTechno]

it has to be something heavy and takes the shape of the container... i assumed it was sand, but ur probably right

[Skai2O]

@tuollaff i'm not sure if you'd read this after a year, but i think you meant liquid with high viscosity, such as molasses or honey. if viscous liquid is the same as that then disregard this message

[tuollaff]

@Skai2O lol yep its the same :)

[Upszzz90]

i think so it is juat a magnet under the table as well ....

[l33tt]

i dont know about physics just a weak magnet

[webbersterman]

there s a counter weight inside duh.

[nyalator]

lol magnet under the table

[paintballgundown8]

lol no lol

[tubesai]

where is a liquid inside the ball

[cadaoryn]

it would work with silly putty in a ball.

[idrinkdrpepper]

The web site says that the ball contains a small, heavy ball suspended in a viscous fluid. If the slope is gradual enough, rolling the ball down the slope actually raises the center of mass (because the small dense ball rotates upward). However, after a small amount of time, the small ball will sink through the viscous liquid and the center of mall will move downward, allowing the ball to roll a little.

[joshgiff]

I think its a small offset weight that slowly rotates downwards where gravity pulls it

[nicolabogdan1981]

It is all about diameter of the ball and the disteance betwen it and the table, whit an proper ball you can make it gone up ;) he just mention that .... physics!!!!!

[hiflyby]

theres a magnit inside

[thedeathwar]

magnac inside

[AehBeeSea]

i think there something inside.

[blahdob]

it says how it works on the site

id like one of those.

[littlefrank90]

easyyyyyy XD

[BoZz3n]

Cool thing, how does it work?