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Here's a gadget you don't see everyday, the GyroFloater, a magnetic device that seems to magically float in mid-air for up to a minute. Video after the jump. Here's how it works (translated from German):

In the baseplate are strong magnets. The baseplate and the gyroscope possess the same magnetic polarity and repel themselves therefore. The gyroscope is pressed by the repulsion into air. Normally the gyroscope was laterally diverted and beside the plate on the soil to fall