Strictly FOR SCIENCE! you understand...
Aug. 30th, 2011 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So I just thought of a great new experiment (that will get me thousands of views on YouTube by science-minded netizens):
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:
I envision a long pendulum with a ball-shaped metal cage at the bottom. Inside are one or more cats along with food/water dispensers. The ball is set in motion and a "kicker" keeps it going.
In the original version of this experiment, the Earth rotates beneath the pendulum and the arc slowly describes a circle over 24-hours. With one or more cats inside the ball, the weight will shift in subtle ways causing a more erratic pattern which will be of great interest to the scientific mind.
I'll probably follow this up with the Mk. II Focault Pendulum where I find a guy named Focault, truss him up and swing him. Again, I expect an erratic and illuminating pattern to evolve.
FOR SCIENCE!
Tom
So I just thought of a great new experiment (that will get me thousands of views on YouTube by science-minded netizens):
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:
Focat's Pendulum!
I envision a long pendulum with a ball-shaped metal cage at the bottom. Inside are one or more cats along with food/water dispensers. The ball is set in motion and a "kicker" keeps it going.
In the original version of this experiment, the Earth rotates beneath the pendulum and the arc slowly describes a circle over 24-hours. With one or more cats inside the ball, the weight will shift in subtle ways causing a more erratic pattern which will be of great interest to the scientific mind.
I'll probably follow this up with the Mk. II Focault Pendulum where I find a guy named Focault, truss him up and swing him. Again, I expect an erratic and illuminating pattern to evolve.
FOR SCIENCE!
Tom
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Date: 2011-08-31 06:53 pm (UTC)Thought 2: Spiro-cat?
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Date: 2011-08-31 07:02 pm (UTC)Spiro-cat?
OK, so they may not have explained this, but the rule around here is -- Don't Encourage Me. :)
Spiro-cat....hrmmm....
Tom