Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Felix Baumgartner 1 Year Anniversary
FULL Data
POV
Multi Angle Mission Data:
CNN Summary:
Felix Baumgartner: First human to travel faster than the speed of light, according to MSNBC - Imgur
Felix' Point of View:
Felix' Jump Highlight Video:
Lenovo Rapid Boot
Technology Lenovo
Football Wave:
60 Minutes
GO Pro
Monday, October 14, 2013
If the Moon were at the same distance as the ISS
Size Comparison of the Planets: >
Planets As If Viewed from Earth at the Moon Distance:
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The Solar System: Our Home in Space >
What if the Earth Were Hollow? Gravity Trailer: Gravity Review:
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Kinematics
ESPN's Sport Science Part II
Dot Physics
Explanation
Veritasium HD Slinky fall: Smarter Every Day: Bullets Under Water:
Water Balloon:
Time Warp:
Water Balloon in Face:
Sand & Goo:
Dog Shaking:
NPR All Things Considered:
Busted Water Balloon:
Mythbusters: Relative Motion:
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Newton's Laws
Christmas Tree harvesting at Noble Mountain Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon. Pilot Dan Clark flying a Northwest Helicopters, LLC 206B3 Jetranger November of 2008. Oregon is the nation's biggest producer and exporter of Christmas trees, selling about 7.3 million trees a year, more than twice that of No. 2 North Carolina.
What is a Force?:
Egg Inertia:
Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force:
Inertia Ball from Dale Basler on Vimeo.
Classic Films:
"Three Incorrect laws of Motion":
"What is the Difference Between Mass and Weight?":
Xtranormal: "Weight vs. Mass":
Veritasium: "What is A Free Body Diagram/What is the Normal Force?":
Live Hockey: 1st Law: Ping Pong Balls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh5Y8Gb-kFU Seat Belt Ad safety Montage:
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
America's Cup Velocity Made Good: Vectors!
America's Cup Apparent Wind: Vectors
Fresh to Frightening Crash Moments:
Superyacht Regatta:
Introduction: If you've been following the America's Cup races from San Francisco you've probably heard the announcers refer to VMG - velocity made good. This is a sailing term referring to the velocity of the boat towards a target (the component of the boat speed toward the target). Since the sailboats cannot sail directly toward their target they must try to optimize their speed, which does not necessarily mean the boat speed is as high as it could be for the conditions. The tacticians on the boats are constantly assessing wind and current conditions, course boundaries, and their opponents location to keep the boats heading toward the mark at the highest VMG - a very dynamic proposition! This is a video explainer of the concept that illustrates this practical application of vectors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84hwn8gPxNc If you have not been following the races, check out some of the videos online. These boats are amazingly quick and watching 13+ tons of sailboat riding on a hydrofoil the size of a surfboard at 45+ mph is exciting.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
LADEE Launches!
LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer robotic probe launched Friday night atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur V rocket. The first deep space mission from Wallops Flight Facility, LADEE will orbit the moon to collect information about its atmosphere and environmental influences on lunar dust.
Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand other planetary bodies in our solar system.
NASA: 'The nighttime launch of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft is currently scheduled for Friday at 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 Sept. 7 GMT). The mission will lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., and you can watch its flight thanks to smartphone apps, viewing maps and several agency-sponsored special events.'"
In correspondence with NASA's Glenn Facility, I wrote this this morning:
"I enjoyed the launch from Miami watching the live feed and listening to the NASA radio broadcast on my Android as i sat in the field not too far from home.
Slight haze and no visual took me home where I gathered Lat and long and Ladee altitude data from the NASA Live feed and fed them into my spreadsheet which told me why I saw nothing (and taught me a "non-euclidean" lesson):
LADEE never "broke" through my horizon altitude, always below (and increasingly below with increasing distance). See the image at http://shawnbeightol.com/ladeeprofile.jpg or at very bottom of interactive launch spreadsheet found at www.tinyurl.com/rocketalt ."
Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand other planetary bodies in our solar system.
NASA: 'The nighttime launch of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft is currently scheduled for Friday at 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 Sept. 7 GMT). The mission will lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., and you can watch its flight thanks to smartphone apps, viewing maps and several agency-sponsored special events.'"
In correspondence with NASA's Glenn Facility, I wrote this this morning:
"I enjoyed the launch from Miami watching the live feed and listening to the NASA radio broadcast on my Android as i sat in the field not too far from home.
Slight haze and no visual took me home where I gathered Lat and long and Ladee altitude data from the NASA Live feed and fed them into my spreadsheet which told me why I saw nothing (and taught me a "non-euclidean" lesson):
LADEE never "broke" through my horizon altitude, always below (and increasingly below with increasing distance). See the image at http://shawnbeightol.com/ladeeprofile.jpg or at very bottom of interactive launch spreadsheet found at www.tinyurl.com/rocketalt ."
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