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Waves on the pendulum
Way cool video!
You may recall from a Mechanics course that the period of a pendulum is proportional to the square root of the length of the line suspending the weight - i.e., the longer the pendulum, the slower it swings. Harvard students built a device with a series of 15 pendulums in a row, each one slightly longer than its neighbor, then set them in motion and filmed the result. The resulting patterns in this short video are quite fascinating to watch. - Simple Harmonic (and non-harmonic) Motion § Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations
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12-12-2011, 01:10 PM
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You tricked me into staring at some guys dangling balls!
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12-12-2011, 01:19 PM
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Yea, but they are really cool! The patterns they make are amazing.
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12-12-2011, 01:21 PM
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That's one of the coolest things I've seen on youtube!
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12-12-2011, 02:11 PM
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Cool!
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12-12-2011, 02:39 PM
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Very interesting. Thanx!
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12-12-2011, 02:58 PM
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That was really cool to watch. Thanks!
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12-12-2011, 03:30 PM
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Very cool. It kept my 5YO mesmerized......for a bit.
I bet that would be trippy if one were to be feeling a little tipsy. 
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12-12-2011, 03:32 PM
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How do I build my own???!
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12-12-2011, 03:35 PM
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Cool
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12-12-2011, 03:39 PM
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Nice balls Glen
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12-12-2011, 04:08 PM
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Would be cool with multiple colors...
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12-12-2011, 04:13 PM
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12-12-2011, 04:34 PM
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