Printed magnets may be the coolest thing you see all day

[Shawn Knight]

The basics of magnets are pretty simple. You've got a north and south pole and as we learned in grade school, opposites attract and similar poles repel. A company by the name of Correlated Magnetics has done some serious thinking outside of the box to create what they call "programmable" magnets - otherwise known as polymagnets.

Destin Sandlin, host of the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day, recently visited the company to investigate how they're able to print magnetic designs on the surface of magnets. What they're essentially doing is creating a custom magnetic field on the face of any magnet that both attracts and repels.

As you'll see, the technology is so new that its creators haven't even had enough time to think through all of the potential applications.

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[seefizzle]

Video did not disappoint.

 

[Uncle Al]

Impressive would be an understatement. To imagine a more efficient magnetically driven pump, security applications, sophisticated magnetic readers .... the list is endless. Here is an invention that, over time, is certainly going to have a drastic impact on the world .... not to mention just making playing with magnets a whole lot more fun!

 

[stewi0001]

This sums me up

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Awesome. I'll never look at magnets the same way again.

 

[RustyTech]

Wow...just wow!

 

[Arris]

Fantastic. Strong magnetic clasps that you rotate to unlock.

 

[madboyv1]

Nothing to impress the internet more than magnets, such wonderful hunks of metal. I had the same reaction to the spring latch magnet when I watched this yesteday ha ha ha~