subject: Buckyballs: New Boredom Killer [print this page] Rubiks cube, tangram puzzle and dominos are some of the toys that really helped people exercise their minds and at the same time became wise use of leisure. They also increase the capability of the brain to think more and more. But do you know that there is another thing that lines up with them? Yes, there is. It is called the buckyballs. Is it an answer to the boredom experienced by some people? What is this buckyball and what it can do to entertain its user?
When you see a buckyball you can observe that it is a sphere made up of many hexagon and pentagon-shaped structure. In other words, it looks like a soccer ball, a smaller soccer ball. It is all made up of magnet. Yes, magnet. As expected, each part can stick to another part which made it more different from others. Because of this magnetic feature, there comes its specialty. You can form many things and can have unlimited shapes. Each buckyball is made up two poles on which one side repels and the other attracts. Sounds familiar? Yes, it was explained to us by science. Because you can do unlimited things with this toy, surely you cannot put it down. It can also relieve stress. For the people who are stressed, this is good for you. As seen from a video of buckyballs, it is really enjoyable and your boring world (if it is) will become a world of excitement and discovery.
Did you know that buckyballs was the Toy of the Year as featured by Rolling Stone Magazine on 2009? As great as that, this toy surely is worth buying for. Did you also know that it was name after Richard Buckminster Fuller. He was a noted architectural modeler who made known the geodesic dome.
By the way, buckyballs are spherical fullerenes on which a fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of carbon. This carbon is composed in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid or tube. This fullerene also has similar structure with the graphite. Graphite is composed of stacked graphene sheets of linked hexagonal, pentagonal or sometimes heptagonal rings. Fullerenes have been made from rare-earth, super-strong magnetic metal which is known as neodymium. So now you know how this amazing toy is made up off. Until now, these buckyballs are subject of intense research because of its unique chemistry with buckytubes and for their applications in materials science, electronics and nanotechnology.
Buckyballs are not just toys. They have also other functions beyond its toy-liked feature. There was a belief that in the 21st century, buckyballs may replace silicon as the building blocks for future electronic devices and it may find application in drug delivery systems. You can also use buckyballs as small but strong magnets for displaying pictures or other things like holding paper.
To all the people out there, check this new toy for you to enjoy simply amazing features. It is surely a killer, a boredom killer.
