You do not know how to surprise a colleague at work or what practical and aesthetic souvenir to purchase for a husband or other loved one? Turn your eyes to the desktop "perpetual motion machines" - pendulums.
On the one hand - this is a real trinket. It may even seem at first glance that the purchase of such a thing will turn out to be a futile waste of money. However, you should not immediately blame the desktop pendulum for the absence of any necessary functions. Moreover, this is a false accusation. Such souvenirs often decorate the desktop of quite serious people. And these people, you see, will not spend their finances on all nonsense. Therefore: desktop antistress pendulums are not worthless.
The benefits of anti-stress mechanism
They relieve general nervous tension. They allow you to slightly distract, if necessary, from solving a serious problem that has come to a standstill. And there is also the opposite paradoxical, positive moment from such a toy. The fact is that the desktop pendulum helps to focus on the problem and find an unusual and correct solution. Here is such an action for this souvenir - a universal relaxing effect, and no less universal effect of concentration. Some of these office toys are supplemented with batteries, thanks to these batteries, the anti-stress pendulum moves. However, there are also models that do not have power. Their action occurs only due to real physical reactions.
From Newton
One of the most popular and frequently encountered are probably the anti-stress pendulums "Newton's Balls". Only at the end of the twentieth century did such a mechanism begin to be used for relaxation. In addition to relaxation at home, balls are used in psychotherapy. The anti-stress pendulum "Newton's Balls" can work without using a battery, which, in fact, he does. What does this interesting souvenir look like? It consists of a stable stand. Several balls of metal are suspended on a thin fishing line in a row. To "start" the perpetual motion machine, take the ball slightly to the side and disconnect your fingers by releasing it. The ball will, after a certain period of time, beat against the neighboring one. And he will transmit power to the next. And so, along the chain, these iron balls will “mirror” the first. Of course, this engine will not show you real endless movement. The duration will depend on the size of the balls. Small ones cease their actions faster. The larger the balls, the longer they will distract their owner from heavy thoughts.
Drawings in the sand
The sand table antistress pendulum is so named because it can draw on sand. Yes, don’t be surprised. The pendulum itself has a sharp tip (like a sharpened pencil) and is mounted on a boom. Below at the foot of the plank is a small and shallow container filled with pure white sand. Having slightly swung the pendulum itself, one can observe for some time the appearance on the sand of extraordinary patterns. Swinging slowly and touching the tip of the sand, such a device is able to give not only calming to the nerves, but also pleasure in the eyes.
Many different pendulums are offered for sale by souvenir shops and benches. Choose the one that pleases the donee.