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Cambridge student sets fidget spinner world record

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Veserr@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d26ey9zdno

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  • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not trying to diminish the work this guy has put into his product, but just a reminder that the Guiness Book of World Records is a paid service. They don’t go out searching the world for any of these records, they wait for people with disposable income to come to them, demand a large consulting/processing fee, THEN they go in the book and get their plaque

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  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Before anyone jumps in with virgin jokes…this guy is just advertising his skills to the ladies.

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  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ah, yes. The new college degree use-case. That tracks.

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  • etherphon@piefed.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wow what a complete useless feat of engineering, I’m glad there’s people out there working on the tough problems though.

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    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s a silly/playful example, but a low friction, high momentum flywheel could have a lot of engineering uses. His methods and research are likely very transferable - so it sounds silly, but it’s probably pretty good.

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      • etherphon@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Something like that doesn’t exist outside of fidget spinners? I wouldn’t think fidget spinner would be on the cutting edge of research for a thing that has thousands of industrial applications but I’m sure this dude has it cracked.

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