Death Magnetic

(Yeeah, Anspielung auf Metallica im Blog untergebracht)
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Kleine Quizfrage: Was sieht man auf dem obrigen Bild?

Zwei Magnete.
Einen Kugelschreiber.
Teppich und hinten irgendwas mit Fell überzogen.
Einen Fingernagel.
Sicherheitsabstand zwischen den Magneten.

Wie das Ergebnis, also der Finger danach aussah… nicht allzu schön kann ich dazu nur sagen:

Dirk had an accident. It took 1 1/2 hours of surgery to remove the shattered bones and repair the damage. Medically speaking, he crushed his right index finger distal phalange. The magnets had a 50 cm (20 inch) separation when they decided to fly together.

He is lucky that he only lost a finger tip as opposed to his whole hand. The block Neo below is about 4″ by 2″ by 2″ N45 with a pull force of around 700 lbs (320 kg). The disk is about 3″ dia. by 2 1/2″ thick N45 with a pull force of about 400 lbs (180 kg). That is his fingernail and some of his finger tip caught between the magnets.

Dirk’s Accident (via Geekologie)

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