Philosophy
If you've been following this blog for a while, then you probably already know the answer (and the explanation) to the following question: if you hold on to one end of a slinky and let the other side hang down until it stops moving, what would happen to the bottom end exactly when you let go of the top? Does it move up because the spring is no longer being stretched? Does it stay still? Does it fall because gravity is pulling down on it and there's nothing holding the slinky any longer?
If you haven't checked out that entry, go right now. But because this sort of thing is just too cool, today we have another video on the topic, with the added beauty of a longer slinky and some incredible slow motion photography:
And for more awesome photography, visit our awesome time lapse tag.
- Earth Time Lapse From The International Space Station
Over the past few years, we have featured some incredible time lapse photography on this blog, and it truly has been phenomenal. Technology continues to get ever more awesome, and people find more and new creative ways to fill us with awe and inspiration....
- Journey Through Canyons Time Lapse
About a year ago I went on a trip through various canyons in the Utah/Arizona area, and while my own feelings about that trip have gotten murky and confused over the past year (due to personal reasons), one thing that can't be denied is the sublime...
- Earth Rotating Time Lapse
Apropos of Foucault's pendulum and the illusion it produces (namely, that it's the pendulum that rotates, when in fact it's the Earth rotating below it), I came across a video that has just emerged on the interwebs, and which helps with this...
- A "toy Story" From The Past
"Toys at MOMA" by Emma Allen October 11th, 2012 The New Yorker Toys are getting less cuddly—batteries often included, use in the bathtub not advised. It’s no wonder, then, that some of the historic toys in “Century of the Child: Growing by Design,...
- Deceased--betty James
Betty James February 13th, 1918 to November 20th, 2008 Slinky 1945 Steel compressed: 2 3/8 x diam. 2 7/8" (6 x 7.3 cm) Manufactured by James Spring & Wire Company; later James Industries Poof Toys, USA Betty James [1918-2008] and Richard James...
Philosophy
Slinky Magic in Slow Motion
If you haven't checked out that entry, go right now. But because this sort of thing is just too cool, today we have another video on the topic, with the added beauty of a longer slinky and some incredible slow motion photography:
And for more awesome photography, visit our awesome time lapse tag.
- Earth Time Lapse From The International Space Station
Over the past few years, we have featured some incredible time lapse photography on this blog, and it truly has been phenomenal. Technology continues to get ever more awesome, and people find more and new creative ways to fill us with awe and inspiration....
- Journey Through Canyons Time Lapse
About a year ago I went on a trip through various canyons in the Utah/Arizona area, and while my own feelings about that trip have gotten murky and confused over the past year (due to personal reasons), one thing that can't be denied is the sublime...
- Earth Rotating Time Lapse
Apropos of Foucault's pendulum and the illusion it produces (namely, that it's the pendulum that rotates, when in fact it's the Earth rotating below it), I came across a video that has just emerged on the interwebs, and which helps with this...
- A "toy Story" From The Past
"Toys at MOMA" by Emma Allen October 11th, 2012 The New Yorker Toys are getting less cuddly—batteries often included, use in the bathtub not advised. It’s no wonder, then, that some of the historic toys in “Century of the Child: Growing by Design,...
- Deceased--betty James
Betty James February 13th, 1918 to November 20th, 2008 Slinky 1945 Steel compressed: 2 3/8 x diam. 2 7/8" (6 x 7.3 cm) Manufactured by James Spring & Wire Company; later James Industries Poof Toys, USA Betty James [1918-2008] and Richard James...