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Birds Can Drive? [w/video]
Birds Can Drive? [w/video]
Andrew Gray, an electrical and computer engineering student at the University of Florida, demonstrates the computer-operated cart he made for his pet parrot. Complete with a four-direction joy stick, infrared...
Newspaper Radiation!
Newspaper Radiation!
Radiation is the transfer of thermal energy using electromagnetic waves, which includes visible light, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays and microwaves and radio waves. A camera flash is designed to...
DIY: Erasing With Heat
DIY: Erasing With Heat
The thermochromic ink used in erasable pens has a unique quality; it changes color with temperature. The molecules in the ink are oriented in layers, and when light passes through,...
DIY: Baby Plasma Cutter
DIY: Baby Plasma Cutter
Pencil lead and some batteries make a small plasma cutter that is used to etch a pattern in aluminum foil. In this simple but cool demo, you are able to...
Giant Bowling Ball Pendulum Wave [W/Video]
Giant Bowling Ball Pendulum Wave [W/Video]
We found this great big pendulum wave made with 15 bowling balls by Maria Ikenberry. Featured Products
Newton's Eye Poke Experiment
Newton's Eye Poke Experiment
Repeat a classic experiment from the master himself, Isaac Newton. In 1666 Newton first performed the Eye Poke experiment, writing about it much later in his book OPTICKS. He used...
Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip
Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip
We found this great video by The Royal Institution using a track made from over two-thousand neodymium magnets and a superconductive disk for the ultimate slot car toy for grownups....
Teaching About Inclines
As part of the AAPT Films Series, James Lincoln explains the theory and laboratory techniques involved in the teaching of inclines.
Toy Box Physics: smoke rings, mushroom clouds and vortexes
Toy Box Physics: smoke rings, mushroom clouds and vortexes
This was the winning entry for the Toy Box Physics Contest by James Lincoln. He describes how vortices / vortexes are made and shows how to make them. He also...
10 Shocking Tricks with the Plasma Globe!
10 Shocking Tricks with the Plasma Globe!
Plasma is the fourth state of matter and the most common state. A very large voltage is created by a Tesla coil-like circuit and this creates a high electric field...
What Does Sound Look Like?
What Does Sound Look Like?
Fascinating look at the visualization of sound waves with an innovative technique called Schlieren flow visualization. See for yourself!
Double your car remote key fob range with Physics!
Double your car remote key fob range with Physics!
The crazy but simple way to double your car remote key fob range with Physics! Just use your head!
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