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The Mathematical Bridge
Mon, 06/08/2018 - 16:20 — TdwebsterPublic summary:
Self supporting bridges using only wooden poles.
How can a bridge stay up without bolts?
Turtle Robots
Thu, 19/07/2018 - 18:04 — TdwebsterPublic summary:
Learn the basics of robotics by teaching simple robots to move and draw.
These turtles want to draw you shapes.
Air Streams (Plus)
Sat, 03/02/2018 - 23:00 — Andrew SellekPublic summary:
How can you make things float and fly on air alone?
Explore the physics of floating, lift and stability!
Newton's laws, stable equilibria, drag, lift, Magnus Effect
Mould Effect (Self-Siphoning Beads)
Fri, 26/01/2018 - 12:24 — SarahPublic summary:
Why on earth do the beads have to go up to come down?! Watch them fly out of a beaker, looping and corkscrewing, and find out about the amazing Mould Effect!
Letting a chain pull itself out of a beaker under its own gravity
Spaghetti Loading
Thu, 18/01/2018 - 13:51 — jelachPublic summary:
This experiment uses uncooked spaghetti to explore elastic buckling of vertical columns and 3-point bending of horizontal beams.
Thinking Caps
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 15:50 — Josh GarfinkelPublic summary:
Maths problems involving coloured hats
Maths problems involving coloured hats
