The other kind? I submit to you that most kinds of balls are fun.

Cool as this is - although they're not really buckyballs - am I the only one who thinks "BuckyBalls" is a slightly unfortunate name for a childrens' (OK, adults' too) toy? I mean, the official site for these is getbuckyballs.com...

Mom! My balls are bucky!

It's an unfortunate name for anything, really...

I have one of these, although mine is called a Neocube. It's kind of addicting. I got mine here: Neocube.

I have used in jewelry before.

I love stuff like this...too bad I'm broke right now. Neocube is 25 bucks...

Carbon Bucky Balls and the more useful Bucky Tubes are probably the coolest thing we'll see in our lifetimes.

Wikipedia "In 2000, a multi-walled carbon nanotube was tested to have a tensile strength of 63 gigapascals (GPa). (This, for illustration, translates into the ability to endure weight of 6300 kg on a cable with cross-section of 1 mm2.) Since carbon nanotubes have a low density for a solid of 1.3 to 1.4 g·cm−3,[5] its specific strength of up to 48,000 kN·m·kg−1 is the best of known materials, compared to high-carbon steel's 154 kN·m·kg−1."

That's 311 times stronger than high carbon steel, when they figure out how to mass produce them it will absolutely revolutionize materials science, things that are completely out of reach now like a space elevator will become possible. This is science fiction in real life and probably in most of our lifetimes.

So... Pretty cool name, the lame magnets really don't measure up to their namesake at all.

Step 1: Magnetize small ball bearings
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!

Let's get this back onto the front page. Besides, I owe you a power point

*quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by EDD.

I think "Buckyballs" is a fine name, especially if you know who/what it refers to . I'm all for risque humor but life really starts to get tiresome when any utterance of the word "balls" is considered funny.

These are not called bucky balls, someone mentioned it already, but it is called neocube.

NeoCube's Website

I have one of these, got it as a gift, they are a ton of fun

Up vote for the cool product, down vote for the wrong name

I also have the neocube. It was on here a while ago and i instantly bought some - as did a LOT of sifters, because i was put on a 6 month queue to get some. Worth it though.

>> ^budzos:
I think "Buckyballs" is a fine name, especially if you know who/what it refers to . I'm all for risque humor but life really starts to get tiresome when any utterance of the word "balls" is considered funny.

HAHAHAHA!!! you said "balls"!!

do want.

I have a set of these at my desk. yay me!

>> ^budzos:
I think "Buckyballs" is a fine name, especially if you know who/what it refers to . I'm all for risque humor but life really starts to get tiresome when any utterance of the word "balls" is considered funny.


Says the guy with a profile picture of a kid shoving a remote control up his ass ;-).

>> ^budzos:
I think "Buckyballs" is a fine name, especially if you know who/what it refers to . I'm all for risque humor but life really starts to get tiresome when any utterance of the word "balls" is considered funny.


Unlike kids trying to shove remotes up their asses. Now THAT's comedy.






balls.

>> ^brycewi19:
Step 1: Magnetize small ball bearings
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!


Not even that interesting. Those magnetic balls are already an industrial product. Just find a supplier, buy in bulk, repackage and ....profit.

Mmmmm, magnetic samosa