The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band 226
sciencehabit writes "Modern physics can get complicated. Sure, researchers know exactly what forces act on a ball rolling down an incline — an experiment that helped Galileo develop universal laws for movement and acceleration. But what happens when a deformable shape like a rubber band rolls around? A new study reveals that the faster it goes, the more squashed it gets (video included)."
Delight to read... (Score:3, Funny)
... the article sounds like the things I used to wonder about and do during boring classes in highschool.
Re:Delight to read... (Score:3, Funny)
... the article sounds like the things I used to wonder about and do during boring classes in highschool.
Same here, except I was more like "I wonder if I can hit that kids sticking-out ears with a rubber band from here", without thinking through what would happen if i _did_ hit them (which should have been obvious in retrospect... it was for that reason I sat at the back).
Re:Physics... (Score:5, Funny)
Physics is pretty cool.
I liked this quote from the article:
A car that changes its shape as it drives? Getting shorter, even? "Ouch, slow down, you hit my head!"
Automobile safety experts would have a field day with that.
Re:Delight to read... (Score:5, Funny)
I like to imagine that all scientists operate on this principle. They sit around doing boring paperwork until one of them says "I wonder what happens when a deformable shape like a rubber band rolls around?", to which one of the others replies "Quickly, to the lab!" and they all run off to investigate it.
Re:Brakes, please. Please? (Score:4, Funny)
I can tell you have your spellchecker on, though I think you ment to write "homophobes".
I too believe they should be fixed.
Re:Wow, interesting! (Score:4, Funny)
...due to centrifugal force.
My high school physics teacher used to electrocute (With a handheld generator made from a rotary pencil sharpener) people for saying that; also for misspelling accelerate or satellite.
This requires Yakety Sax (Score:5, Funny)
All science videos are improved by Yakety Sax.
Miracle (Score:5, Funny)
Fucking rubber bands, how do they work?
Re:Physics... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Brakes, please. Please? (Score:4, Funny)
Cars have brakes. "Car breaks" means it stops working because of mechanical or electrical failure.
I honestly thought he was talking about car crashes and even though that was a strange way of saying it, I convinced myselft that is was physically sound.
Re:Delight to read... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Brakes, please. Please? (Score:2, Funny)
Tell that to two Slashdot users whose who's are wrong too. They're messing up their you'res while your there's are perfect.
Re:Brakes, please. Please? (Score:4, Funny)
a bit of tape stuck over the bottom left corner can fix a homophone.
Re:Brakes, please. Please? (Score:3, Funny)
Obvious (Score:4, Funny)
A new study reveals that the faster it goes, the more squashed it gets.
Well duh. Of course it does. Anyone who has watched a Roadrunner cartoon knows that.