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It works! http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=52197 http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=52197 Well, I didn't use the numbers from the article, rather I
by ambrop7 13y ago
It works! http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=52197 http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=52197
Well, I didn't use the numbers from the article, rather I just balanced the tower top-to-bottom, which after a quick look is what's happening in the article. With some tolerance of course, these bricks aren't very straight.
- mixmax 13y agoReading an article, and immediately setting out to recreate the results based on the paper. Science needs people like you.
- femto 13y agoThat's why everyone needs to own a set of well made wooden blocks at some point in their life! Blocks let you naturally pick up some really great physics and maths through play, without having to know any algebra.
- andrewflnr 13y agoIt's pretty cool to do it with yard sticks. The only problem was that the ones I was using were pretty warped, so they were hard to balance. I'm pretty sure I still got the top one to be all the way over "the void" once.