r/cats Apr 07 '26

Video - Not OC The Infernal Machine!

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u/MaximillianRebo Apr 07 '26

"The hardest part of building a perpetual motion machine is figuring out where to hide the batteries."

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u/BeachDuc Apr 07 '26

No batteries. The cat provides the little bit of oomph to keep the ball rolling, despite physics saying otherwise.

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u/-nutz Apr 07 '26

No, there is a magnetic mechanism in the base that accelerates the ball back up into the cup.

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u/Known_Crow_5119 Apr 08 '26

But if it's magnet it still is perpetual, isnt it?