The Radiometer as you have mentioned comes to mind and I know a lot of us have used Pin Wheels, I have several different kinds. I have also used marbles and ping pong balls. I tried to use the hex bugs to get use to moving objects that were already in motion in theory to help me learn to move objects that are stationary easier. I always find it hard to move an object that is completely still but once it starts moving it is easier but the hex bugs were so fast and distracting I didn't have much luck influencing there movement. I will continue to try some more in the future. On the upside my cat which seems to like being around me when I am practicing loves the Hex Bugs. I also purchased an office toy to use for PK this was some months ago and I got on to different things and didn't get around to using it much but it was one of those balancing plastic birds on a stand. I have never bought a balloon for this because I would have to buy a tank of helium as well but a few months back I was spinning the helium balloons at work that were tied to the sales items when I passed and changed their direction. I guess a balloon counts as a toy and I know Owl had a video of him using one.
I remember seeing some office toy that spun around a central point that people on here were talking about a while back but I don't know of Owl ever bought one or not but it looked interesting. A lot of office toys I think would be good for PK because many of them have some sort of balancing action and move in different ways.
Hex bugs are a marketed form of the DIY bristle bot if you have ever seen someone cut a toothbrush off the handle and attach a small vibrating component from a cell phone and a battery the tip of the brush will vibrate and when it is set on the bristle side down it will run around in random patterns across a smooth surface like a bug. Someone came up with the idea to market them and probably made a million doing so.
I forgot about some of the things I have played with until Owl posted his list. I have used empty coke cans, pie plates, paper plates, candle, cloud, leaves, straws from a drink, those paper tubes on the inside of a paper towel roll and things of the like if those count as toys.
I actually saw a Psi Wheel you could buy online. It was called the Telekinesis trainer or something like that. It was a piece of metal that had four parts that came out and made it look like an X. It balanced on a pen that was stuck through the base which was a pentacle. I'm sure it is no better than the ones we make out of foil but would probably last longer.
There is also some kind of wheel called the egely wheel. I don't know if that counts as a PK toy or not and I think it is priced to high for what it is, but I would still like to play with one.
Wow, you guys have allowed heaps to be toys! So far only the psi wheel is my only toy.
Slowly getting the hang of it and can make it shake from time to time, which gives me lots of encouragement. Just wondering if anyone has ever tried to play with a small solar powered toy? Trying to power the solar panel to get the toy to function? Such as a small solar powered windmill? I do realise that you can just move the windmill; but does PK allow you to power such a device as a solar panel? And if so; does that perhaps mean you could solar charge electrical devices with your own kinetic energy? Just a thought =)
Hmm I would need to refresh my knowledge of how a photovoltaic cell works so I would know what the key area of focus would be. Generating voltage directed current is a dream of electrokinetic researchers worldwide IMO
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