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Slink-O-Matic Keeps Your Slinky, Er, Slinking

by Ben Deitz on August 12, 2010 at 05:30 PM

Slink-o-matic

Have you bought yourself a Slinky, but just can't find the time to play with it? Or, are you an obsessive compulsive Slinky-er, and absolutely can't stand the thought of your precious toy going to waste? Or maybe a high-paid executive whose Newton's Cradle has lost the thrill it once had? Well, inventor Jim Sellers has you covered. Sellers has created the Slink-O-Matic, a machine that will automatically "slink" a Slinky back and forth between its two pivoting pedestals.

The Slink-O-Matic not only provides hours of hypnotizing, hands-free fun, but it also serves as a very, very rudimentary GPS; the Slinky will slink from left to right in the southern hemisphere, and right to left in the northern. See your slinky slink (slank? slunk?) after the break, and remember, "Everyone loves a slinky." [From: Neatorama, via: Engadget]

Tags: automatic, automation, JimSellers, robotics, slinky, top, toy, toys, weird

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