Reply With QuoteI'm a proud bender...
A fair few of us Brits were at The Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas this year. One or two of you were kind enough to help me with the crrrraaazy event that was the World Record Spoon Bend.
For those who don't know, we had 816 people simultaneously perform a spoon bend trick as part of Richard Wiseman's talk
There's now a video of the event, a video of the science behind metal bending, and further info at www.spoonscience.com
This weekend I will also be working on some merchandise so those who were part of it can boast of the 'bender' status in t-shirt or mug form.
The site currently just features the spoon video, but it's my intention to develop it into a resource for videos featuring science done with household objects, for use by teachers, parents and anyone who likes that sort of thing. Any input, suggestions, links would be most welcome.
I'm a proud bender...
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I slapped, held and wiggled until I dropped...Originally Posted by vbloke
I want you to know that I am emerald green with envy
This is a great idea. I assume we are talking real science - demonstration of scientific principles using everyday objects as examples? If so I will certainly have a trawl around and see what I can come up with.
Now be honest - did you experiment with the statistics at roulette or Black Jack whilst in Vegas?
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TMZASCR-I
You will be aware of this one?
A demonstration of Synchronous Lateral Excitation - what caused the Millennium Bridge to wobble, before it was fixed.
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
yes, that's the idea. But not boring videos, I'm only going to include those that I'd actually want to sit through myself (I'm using me as the yardstick as I have the mental age of a child). But please do give me all and any links you can come up with. There's a lot of work to do to make this a viable site!
Yes, a group of us had a 30 minute discussion about how to best stake $40 at the roulette table, and promptly lost the lot. It was very funny.
Perfect! Thank you :)
*adds to list*
I had a great time bending spoons with everyone...
Keep us updated on developments on the site.
Rgds
Jon
How about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0zUGwv-6Ok
how to make your own ghostly orb video / photo?
The speed of light, expressed in FFF Units, is 1.8 mega-furlongs per micro-fortnight, or approximately 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight.
Gravity makes the heart grow heavier.
Any use of this product, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will lead to the heat death of the universe.
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Aargh! I want those 4 minutes of my life back!!!!
That video could have been edited down to under 30 seconds long. Well within the attention span of a teek.
This does bring to mind the custard experiment from braniac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzSCadHph0
Braniac also did a lot of stuff with a microwave, alas, not the kind of thing you could do in a classroom.
I don't think you could do the custard experiment in the classroom either
However, you may have hit upon a good example of everyday science. Tomato sauce is thixotrophic - it's flow is inhibited under low shear stress but then the inhibition rapidly fails as the sauces starts to flow. That's why you can't get the stuff out of the bottle but as soon as it starts to move, you suddenly smother your chips in it.
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so
Louis Pasteur
This website is clearly a fraud. Everyone knows that there is no spoon.
Better sorry than safe.
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