Coffeeshop Physics
by Jim Pivarski

Magnetodynamics
Needs Unity Web Player to run: click to install

Download the documentation

Sun and Earth

This is from the static electricity tutorial. Since the force between oppositely charged particles and the force of gravity are similar (same distance dependence), the static electricity tools can be used to make planetary orbits.

Interactivity

None. Enjoy the show.

Details

The documentation walks you through the process of building each of the tutorials and includes assets (graphics and GameObjects) for all of the demos.

Tabletop Experiments Van de Graaff Demo Ball magnets Sun and Earth
Flying Wrenches Hovering Magnet Beam through Solenoid Geomagnetism Antimatter in a Penning Trap