Gift ideas for nerds who are a pain to shop for. Strangely satisfying spinners under $30. This fidget spinner is a double pendulum, which is a chaotic system according to physics, which moves in a totally different way every single time you drop it based on just the tiniest bit of shifts in initial conditions. I've spent hours playing with this thing in the last week. It tickles my brain. Next, this is a full spinner on a pendulum, which behaves in a totally different manner for the double pendulum. For me, it's all about figuring out what sort of cool shapes I can get to make when spinning. done slowly. Then there's this rattleback. You put it down and... Hey, aye, aye, y, y, y. Here's a goner. Here's a goner. It spins perfectly smoothly in one direction, but then when you try the other direction, it stops and reverses its own spin. This dense metal cube looks super cool and is very satisfying to hold. These precision engineered tops have been spinning for many minutes now and can go up to 10. Hey! You can even get them to spin upside down. If you get multiples, it's fun to challenge your friends to spin-off longest. Check them all out here.
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