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Synchronisation
Sort by Reaction! (Free subscription) - 06/05/2008
If you watch only one video on metronome synchronisation this year, make it this one from Lancaster University's Physics Department: Amazing, isn't it? How does it work? Well, when sitting on the table, the metronomes' oscillations are all out-of-sync. This is because they were started separately (and at random intervals) and are "uncoupled" - i.e. there's nothing linking the metronomes, so no individual...
Tickety tockety
Sort by Bifurcated Rivets (Free subscription) - 02/05/2008
Neat - some of the related vids look interesting too
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Sort by Heraclitean Fire (Free subscription) - 21/08/2007
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