Build Your Own Time-Warp Tube!

If you spend much time browsing home-science channels on youtube, you've probably seen videos of what happens when you drop a magnet through a metal tube. If not, enjoy this mind-bending display of Eddy Current Braking.  While it might be difficult to get your hands on such a large magnet and pipe, the phenomenon will occur with a tube of any size, as long as it's made of a sufficiently conductive material and your magnet is powerful enough. While magnets will ordinarily only stick to metals th...