Its already quite dangerous riding on Japanese trains having to deal with insane crowd and perverted chikan. Now Japanese folks have to deal with another problem when riding the train: electromagnetism.
Here’s a clip by Kobe Shinbum featuring a couple of dancing paper clips on Kobe’s New Transit Company’s Rokko Liner. They stand up because of the magnetism caused by the electric current driving the motors located directly under the train’s floor.
Source: Kobe Shinbum via DVICE
So if you don’t want to lose your precious Dragon Quest IX Save Game, don’t place your Nintendo DS on the train floors!
LOL! Dancing paper clips, how awesome! XD
Oh my! Thats crazy!
I wonder what would happen if i placed my laptop bag on the floor. Would my laptop get “slaughterd” by the electromagnetism? O.o
(Sorry for double post!)
..And what about my dslr??
I don’t think I wanna ride on the japanese “magneto-train” any more. -.- lol
You realize, of course, that the video was recorded with a digital camera sitting on the floor?
LOL, that’s hilarious. I’m surprised the their phone/camera didn’t freak out so close to the floor. That angle they have it right on the floor.