tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170826060 2007-05-15 15:13:19 -0400 Walter Lewin Videos <p>Demo from Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999</p><p>Full class available on </p><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/" target="_blank">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/</a></p><p>as of May 2007 </p><p> </p> 228 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170733360 2007-05-16 14:59:16 -0400 Walter Lewin Videos <p>Demo 20 from Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999</p><p>Full class available on </p><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/" target="_blank">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/</a></p><p>as of May 2007 <br /></p> 206 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170671300 2007-05-16 15:25:51 -0400 Walter Lewin Videos <p>Demo from Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999</p><p>Full class available on </p><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/" target="_blank">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/</a></p><p>as of May 2007 <br /></p> 144 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170629700 2007-05-17 09:03:01 -0400 Walter Lewin Videos <p>Video demonstrates impact time courtesy Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, MIT</p><p>Demo 17 from Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999</p><p>Full class available on </p><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/" target="_blank">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/</a></p><p>as of May 2007 <br /></p><p> </p> 125 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170574620 2008-09-02 10:20:19 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group <p>A stuffed monkey is suspended from a rod at one end of a lecture hall by an electromagnet. A golf ball gun aimed directly at the monkey cuts power to the electromagnet when fired. Thus, the monkey begins falling at the same instant the gun fires the golf ball. The projectile and target meet in mid air.</p><p>Intuitively one might think that the ball will go over the monkey's head due to its fast speed. However, gravity accelerates all objects downward at the same rate, meaning the monkey and the ball will meet at exactly the same point. If the ball was shot even faster, it would still hit the monkey, but higher above the ground. </p><p>No animals were harmed in this demo. </p> 77 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170548140 2007-05-17 09:12:27 -0400 Walter Lewin Videos <p>Demo 17 from Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall 1999</p><p>Full class available on </p><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/" target="_blank">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/</a></p><p>as of May 2007 <br /></p> 68 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170523880 2008-08-28 11:45:13 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group <p>A string carrying two weights is hung over a low friction bearing mounted pulley. The weights have slightly different masses, causing a uniform acceleration. When the time it takes the weights to move 1 meter is timed, we can calculate the acceleration of the system due to gravity. Because of the low amount of friction in the system, this value is very close to the theoretical value.</p><p>Read more about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atwood_machine">Atwood Machine</a>. </p> 46 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170501860 2008-09-02 15:54:18 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group A ball is dropped in front of a meter stick and lit by a strobe light. A long exposure photograph captures the position of the ball at each evenly spaced flash of light. The acceleration of the ball can then be measured from the photo. <br><br> Note that the frame rate of the video capture (30fps) is quite close to the strobe rate (15Hz). This is why the strobe flashes in the slow motion video don't appear to be exactly evenly timed. <br><br> See the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/physicsdemos/3174207211">final image</a> on Flickr. 42 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/170477080 2009-03-11 03:35:08 -0400 MIT DanceTroupe A modern piece choreographed by Earl Solis for the fall 2008 DanceTroupe show "Insomnia." The number is entirely original choreography performed by: Hilda Buss Tarikh Campbell Amanda Engler Sherry Gao Shari Haynes Joanne Huang Catherine Johnson Abby Men Earl Solis Courtney Sung 215