Pen Spinning

A video of a neat little pen spinning combination move I did. The clip first shows the spinning in “real time,” then slowed down to half speed.

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Interesting fact: the pen spins five and a half times, so it ends up pointing the opposite direction it started with, so I could do this with a pencil to switch to the eraser end and then back to the lead end.

The pen used is quite interesting. It is a double-tipped MIT pen made from two pens I got from a MIT admissions talk in my area, their presentation at Stuyvesant’s College Night, or possibly their college presentation at Stuyvesant. Whether it’s really necessary for MIT to project such a presence towards Stuyvesant students is another discussion.

A double-tipped amalgamation of two BIC Stic ballpoint pens

A double-tipped amalgamation of two BIC Stic ballpoint pens


  1. jessica 3.15.10 / 5pm

    yaaaaaaayyyyy xo

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I am a Georgia Tech Computer Engineering undergraduate student from the class of 2009 at Stuyvesant High School. My interests are aerial robotics and electronics engineering with computer science. I work with microcontrollers, computer graphics & low-level systems, and mechanical design. I was involved with Science Olympiad for 7 years as a student and currently judge at SO tournaments as well as volunteer for the SO community.