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Uploaded by on Nov 15, 2007

Turn the telephone!

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  • i know no nothing and droped out of school and still have no education

    ok when the device spins it builds momentum yeah kenetic energy. now because of the shaped and physical structure is not symetrical/ or u could say odd shaped with weight at one end. somehow i think this cause the device to become unbalance and transfer energy to the other end, i dont know but i think as the energy transfers to other end at that mid point the the device starts reattle up and down.

  • @liquidheff2012 isn't it fascinating how the motion seems to "transfer" from a spinning motion to a rocking motion and then to a spinning motion again - only this time in the other direction? it would be great if you could get something like this to play with and to observe closely.

  • Wow, that's cool! But, how does it work? And why, and issit only with that sort of shape?

  • It's kinda complicated, but you can try reading up "Rattleback" on Wikipedia.

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  • lol hell my answer is prob wrong, but its guess

  • @liquidheff2012

    oh i not try to take the piss or be smart ass buy stating that i have no education. i just believe that every one has potential weather u had good grades or not.

  • @TeninaT look up 'rattleback' on the internet, its something to do with the weight distribution affecting the kinetic energy?

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