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Mardi Gras Physics

By rallain on February 16, 2010.

Do you need some physics to go with your beads? Well, here it is. Actually, I will let you do the physics (for now - meaning if you don't analyze these, I will).

Here are some pictures of a broken strand of beads. I hung them on my fence - you know, for display. Click the image to get a larger analyzable version. Oh - I just happened to include a meter stick in the image. Also, just for show I included a level (that is level).

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Now, I have two videos. In both of these videos, I again included a meter stick. You know...because I like meter sticks. Also, I am posting these videos on vimeo primarily because you can download by default from vimeo without any tricks.

Bead Physics 1 from Rhett Allain on Vimeo.

Bead Physics 2 from Rhett Allain on Vimeo.

PS: Don't forget about Tracker Video. If you analyze any of this stuff, I would love to hear what you find.

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