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This demo is inspired by a recent video on Steve Mould’s channel. It’s about creating a movable hole in soap film with a loop of cotton thread (the photo shows … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Making Holes in Soap Membrane
Simon’s notes
Simon writing the standard model from memory, physicsing himself to sleep.
We were reading Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, and Simon asked: “If the speed of light is the same relative to any body, is it the same relative … Continue reading What Does it Feel Like to Be Light? And Why the Infinity Tunnel is Actually Finite.
Simon has been dreaming to try creating the Steve Mould effect, or the chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads. It’s a counterintuitive physical phenomenon, almost a magic trick, that occurs … Continue reading The Steve Mould Effect
Some more beautiful pages (from January and February) I forgot to share:
Simon tried to predict the weight of some of his constructor pieces by calculating their approximate area. He later also successfully predicted the weight of a binder clip through calculating … Continue reading Predicting weight by calculating area or center of gravity
Inspired by the ActionLab channel, Simon and his sister Neva have developed this interesting tool below that helps understand how human lungs and diaphragm work: the plastic bottle has a … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Human Lung Simulation
This is a remake of a Veritasium video, Simon and Neva attempt to suck up a 6 meter long (6mm thick) straw.
Simon has always wanted to experiment with torque-induced precession (gyroscopic precession), a phenomenon usually demonstrated with a heavy wheel one can hold perpendicular to the ground as long as it … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Gyroscopic Procession
A demo of how Pascal’s Law doesn’t apply to compressible fluids.
Simon was watching Daniel Shiffman’s live coding lesson on Wednesday, and when fluid dynamics and Navier-Stokes equations came up (describing the motion of fluid in substances and used to model … Continue reading Fluid Dynamics: Laughing and Crying
Geeks out of the box 