Is that a caveman dildo
noooonooononono just a good old Roman Good Luck Charm!
Supposedly, on any of the many occasions when archaeologists have found what is clearly an antique dildo, tradition advised labeling them something like “ceremonial relic.”
Ever done this trick?
I wanna make one those floating tables that works on this weird science.
I could buy one, but I want to make one to better understand how it works because I just can’t wrap my head around written or verbal explanations.
The outer chains are purely for stability of the top. The center one holds all weight.
t e n s e g r i t y
i like the little table orb things
Rubber band in the middle is trying to contract, pulling the top of the table up, and the chains keep it level?
Not completely right. The middle can just be a piece of chain as well, but it needs to be under tension. Steve Mould explains it very well in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0onncd0_0-o
Something like that; has something to do with tension but I could not explain it if my life depended on it lol
What wizardry is this
It’s because the system’s centre of gravity is under the table, and on the table’s side of the fulcrum.
Has science gone too far‽
Ian Malcolm? I thought you were fictional!
Automatic upvote for Jurassic Park.
Ali Spagnola topped this by making a giant balancing bird
Imagine that size made out of tungsten
Now that’s a blast from the past. I can feel that picture.
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
That’s some kind of physics or something.
I mean…yes? Physics are involved for sure.
Naw, that definitely defies the laws of physics.
What the heck are these called??
They’re birds.
They’re not real.
What isn’t?
Birds.
This one.
It balances and opens beer bottles!
My dad had one made from metal with a guy who had his legs stretched out instead of the bird wings and I think you can guess what was used as the balance point.
I had one of these that was Boba Fett. He had really big arms, and if I remember correctly, it came out of a kids meal from Taco Bell.
Glue?
Nope. The wings are weighted so that the bird is perfectly balanced on its beak. You could set it on a pole and it would do the same thing, just didn’t work on a table because the wings tail and belly would be what touched the table.
