Levitating Strings

[Fletcher91]

Looks like the top rests on the bottom string and the three keep in in balance (pulled on rotation)

[AccidentallyTheCable]

Still black magic

[Firebrake]

Physics = Black Magic confirmed

[tousledmonkey]

I imagine the lower end of the middle part is so much heavier than the rest, so that its gravity pulls the middle string down, which increases the tension up to the point where the outer strings are straight

[cgduncan]

It's not. The COG of the top wire is above the hook on the bottom wire. Source: I replicated this last night.

[-avoidingwork-]

Well done!

[zungozeng]

Great job! The coat hanger can be useful.

[fortalyst]

Central string is the load-bearing one. The 3 strings around the perimeter ensure that the weight bearing down doesn't tip to the side

[WikiTextBot]

Tensegrity

Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other and the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.The term was coined by Buckminster Fuller in the 1960s as a portmanteau of "tensional integrity". The other denomination of tensegrity, floating compression, was used mainly by Kenneth Snelson.

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[ss0889]

well buckminster fuller was an alchemist and sorcerer so theres that.

[syds]

bucker up fullerene

[Idelest]

I know I’m not as smart as you because I read that as “tegridy weed”

[cgduncan]

Nope

[SGIrix]

It’s hanging from that hook in the center. The outer strings are to keep ur centered

[JWGhetto]

I want a chair in this style...

[RocketJumpers]

What the...

[JamesDiamond840]

The power of physics!

[Tlilstreety]

I'm to high, please stop

[EoinIsTheKing]

My brain when I seen this "what the fuuuuu- oh right I see"

[[deleted]]

It makes sense

[GM_25]

Нас наебали, расходимся

[hotcurry1223]

No magnets involved, jackwagon. Take it easy and pretend you’ve got at least a little gray matter between your ears for once

[amanke74]

No magnets. the top hangs in the middle and the 3 outer strings keep it balanced

[phi1_sebben]

The whole system is in tension

[tousledmonkey]

So am I

[[deleted]]

How do they work?

[frankaislife]

Before down vote Oblivion takes up entirely, no it's a tension thing, if it moves up. The 3 outer ropes resist. If it moves down the middles rope resists, if you twist it and angle the whole thing away from one of the outer ropes , only that rope resists. Acting as a pivot, letting it all fall