Mousetrap Fission

[TheAnonymous6818]

LOTTO!!!!

[powertube5671]

Saw it on Disneyland program in the 50s.

[NatSciDemos]

@powertube5671 That's where we got the idea from.

[DeathzStalkers]

The front row, second mousetrap: THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE APOCALYPSE!! BOOYAH!

[Aguaatlantis]

mmmmmm s'mores :D

[Mycophilliac]

Those mousetraps actually impart alot of velocity, @ 0:35 a mousetrap damn near hits the top of the tank.

[JohoMatlby37]

Try again, but stick the mousetraps down so that it's just the balls that fly around, not the traps.

[LOTDCrew]

I remember my teacher showed this video when she taught my class about molecules as a demonstration of colliding molecules.

[brysown1]

next time throw a live rat or monkey in there...you know just for science purposes

[DeathToSpartacus]

I would like to see this done with golf balls, semi-breakable glass, and in 3D.

[das7282]

I watched this same experiment on Mr. Wizard's world when I was a kid back in the 80's.

[MRevolution44]

Popcorn!?

[NatSciDemos]

@gungrave4ever we've certainly had our share of disasters. they seem to mostly happen at the worst possible time--like 5 minutes before a lecture!

[NatSciDemos]

@gungrave4ever no mishaps this time, although the first ball (at 0:15) landed in an unlucky place.

[K3yP1ayer]

@NatSciDemos I did this with 6 mousetraps and pingpong balls when I was 9, in 4th grade at Montclair Elementary School, Denver, CO, back in 1960. It was not in a clear plastic enclosure, but it was still quite impressive. Learning to set the mousetraps was a total PITA, though, and made me cry the first few times my fingers got caught in the traps. Come to think of it, I think that was when I learned to curse, too!

[slugwhisperer]

Can you please do this again using eggs?

[in4merATP]

Most U-235 fissile reactions honk out two neutrons, not one. This reaction is largely triggered by other mousetraps. not ping-pong balls.

[brendan129]

Meh...

[KafshakTashtak]

next time, plz record in 3d.

[edythehunter]

You wa shock, great music for a great video, congratulations!

[VocaloidObsessor]

I just had this huge grin on my face the whole time I watched this.

[joetigger]

Nice job! Science at its best! Reminds me of an old Disney film called 'Our Friend the Atom' where they made a similar experiment. /watch?v=ESpRFkXon7g around the 6min. mark. Thanks again for the spectacular demonstration.

[brettdmason]

Now do it with metal BB pellets. Yeah, see the reaction to that.

[LievenScheire]

This is a great way to explain critical mass (or density) in a a fission reaction. You should start doing this with 10 mousetraps equally spread in this box, then 20, then 30, and see where the critical density for a chain reaction is.

[rallycoaster]

My mind just told me that this would be awesome in a grand scale, like a stadium or something... completely covered in pinged mouseballs pongtraps.

[Livermann]

BROWNIAN MOTION

[jahanbin]

didn't the original xbox do this first :p

[TechWizard28]

Now do fusion.....

[freeflyhill]

I love science :)

[nopju222]

thats awesome!