{"id":2368,"date":"2019-06-23T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2019-06-02T06:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T06:05:07","slug":"a-playful-building-kit-incorporates-real-world-physics-concepts-with-springs-and-magnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/technology\/a-playful-building-kit-incorporates-real-world-physics-concepts-with-springs-and-magnets\/","title":{"rendered":"A Playful Building Kit Incorporates Real-World Physics Concepts With Springs And Magnets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/molamodel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mola Model<\/a>&nbsp;is a modular tabletop building kit that includes springs, magnets, and cables to create a realistic experience for hobbyist engineers and aspiring architects. The Brazilian company\u2019s kits help users learn about real-world structural concerns like buckling and sway frame structures by incorporating flexibility that demonstrates the impact of environmental influences. Each kit includes rigid and flexible connections, cables and bars of varying length and flexibility, as well as plates and mats to ground each structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/technology\/a-playful-building-kit-incorporates-real-world-physics-concepts-with-springs-and-magnets\/attachment\/a-playful-building-kit-incorporates-real-world-physics-concepts-with-springs-and-magnets-gillde-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/A-Playful-Building-Kit-Incorporates-Real-World-Physics-Concepts-With-Springs-and-Magnets-gillde-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Sequeira spent almost ten years working on developing Mola Model, and has funded all three of its editions on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/molamodel.com\/pages\/crowdfunding\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0over the last five years. The latest edition has currently secured over 150% of its goal\u2014find the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/mola\/mola-structural-kit-3\" target=\"_blank\">Mola Structural Kit 3<\/a>\u00a0on Kickstarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/molamodel.com\/\">https:\/\/molamodel.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mola Model&nbsp;is a modular tabletop building kit that includes springs, magnets, and cables to create a realistic experience for hobbyist engineers and aspiring architects. 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