Wednesday, February 06, 2013

2157 - Boom!

Shooting a ping pong ball right through a paddle at mach 1.2? Yes indeed. OK this is almost 8 minutes long. So if you want to cut right to the good stuff, go to the 5:50 mark. Otherwise get ready for a physics lesson on a vacuum and compressed air working together.




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Heard on IWS Blog Talk radio...... Did you hear that the inventor of the etch-a-sketch died? Really? How did they know he was really dead? Well they turned him upside down and shook him real hard.


6 comments:

eViL pOp TaRt said...

Actually, the whole video is worth listening to.

Dianne said...

how cool that IWS is getting quoted :)

Mike said...

Angel - Yes it is.

Dianne - Do you think I'll get some advertising dollars from them? HA!

Kristen Drittsekkdatter said...

Very interesting science behind it, even if it is difficult.

I'm With Stupid said...

I don't know WHY they shot a ping-pong ball through a paddle, but I'm glad they did.

I'll have accounting send out a check to you real soon. ;-)

Jay

Mike said...

Kristen - Science can be fun if you like to destroy things.

Jay - Hurry that check along. I ordered my new car today.