@@matthewprather189 even better, that's 2 for 1...from the perspective of maximum return on investment and value, plus their resemblance to dominoes. Matter of fact, Building 7 would have made the perfect final domino. Have you seen the footage of building 7 falling? It is an absolute must see game changer. Cheers!
It is a common question. The energy released is just some fraction (less than 100%) of the energy that you needed to expend to lift the dominos into place. So there is no net gain of energy to be harnessed.
That's incredible. Something so simple but you don't realize the latent power in this. I just received an e-mail from life coach guru Brian Johnson who mentioned this domino effect and he compares it to achieving your full potential in life by lining up your domino's correctly (goals) starting with smallest micro-goal. That's what brought me here!! Pretty powerful and inspiring stuff.
@flatboat70452 The largest ones were made of laminated particle board. The smaller ones are made out of aluminum (just because it can be machined precisely). They are all painted white.
If this guy was ever your teacher you were very lucky. Teachers with this kind of ability to are rare. He's worth his weight in gold. God bless you Stephen Morris.
As an older man I've seen a lot of things get pushed over, on, around and thru, why just the other day one of the nursing staff pushed me down the hall in my wheel chair since they took my scooter for running over people. I know all about being pushed around because I'm older and wiser than you. Moderator of /r/oldfartz * tips old wrinkly fedora *
I believe I used a spacing equal to the width, which is half the height. Every dimension, including the spacing, should scale by the same factor from one stage to the next. I did not make a detailed study.
The big ones are made of laminated particle board. The smallest ones are made of machined aluminum. We tried wood for those, but they were too light to handle. They are all painted white.
For the record, as was asked before Google comments came in, a procession of 60 dominoes, the last would be 122,560km high, only slightly under 1/3 of the way to the moon.
Speaking of chain reactions, did you know that your comment is anti zionist until I open it up to see what you really wrote? It reads: "Zionism goes much deeper than most people realize! Look up The Noahide Laws and you'll see what I'm talking about!" I like your actual comment better, and please understand that this means your account is being used for social engineering via aggressive propaganda to agitate the public. I spoke with someone from NZ yesterday, the 8th of May, in the year 2019, who reported that the reactions to such comments are being gathered to label people as anti semitic. They have equated anti zionism with anti semitism and white supremacy. In NZ, the authorities are visiting the homes of those people they have falsely labeled white supremacists, and their firearms are being confiscated. Do you think it is acceptable to use your account, which is likely dormant, to divide us? I write this to inform anyone who reads it of what is being weaponized against us. Chain reactions can be stopped by not reacting. The h8 is fake, the struggle is real. Fight for truth.
This won't work. The collisions between dominos are necessarily inelastic. So some energy is lost to heat on each collision. Plus some energy is lost to heat when the dominos slide along each other with friction. Frictionless, perfectly elastic dominos would behave very differently. They would bounce back and never stop vibrating around.
Ironically, the inelastic reality is easier to model, as long as you know the coefficient of friction of the sliding material(s). Doing a time-history on the bouncing, vibrating elastic model would be a challenge!
Geosynchronous means an orbit with a period of 24 hours. The moon's period is about 27 days. I think what you had in mind is that the same side of the moon always faces the earth. This is due to tidal locking.
At 1:28 he says that we're "storing" gravitational potential energy in the domino. I totally get how this is a helpful explanation and visualization, but it also introduces confusion since there really isn't any "stored" energy in the system. But still. VERY cool demonstration. I'm totally saving this one.
Of course the system is very dissipative --- lots of friction and inelastic collisions that turn the "stored" gravitational potential energy into heat. But the energy is stored while the dominos are all standing up.
@@smorris123 thanks for the replies! And I understand what you're saying, but I still don't understand how the energy is stored or in what form it is stored. Consider the following example so that maybe you can explain it to me: we have a hole that is 100 meters deep. We also have a rock on the ground next to that hole. I pick up the rock and drop it on the ground. I pick up the rock again and drop it down the hole. Did it have two different potential energies at the same time? Did the potential energy change based on where it would go in the future? If the rock wasn't "lifted" 100m (~102m), did it have the potential energy to fall 100m at some point?
Potential energy is always relative to some arbitrary level. Once you decide where zero is, everything is fixed relative to that. Only differences matter. Potential energy can be negative. It does not need to know about its future values. Go read a first year textbook.
The rock does not use up energy in order to fall 100m. The gravitational force does work on the rock, adding to its kinetic energy, while reducing its potential energy.
The smallest ones are made of aluminum. The larger ones are made of plywood (laminated for the big ones). Making the smallest ones out of wood does not work too well as they are too light. They are all painted white to look nice.
and the 53rd domino would be larger than the earths radius. This is mind-boggling! With this same progression, the 62nd domino is almost big enough to bridge the distance between the Earth and Moon. This is geometric progression. This is also your NIKKEN compensation plan! By Consistently working on seemingly small things everyday can accumulate into disproportional results, extraordinary results!
I think there are amazing lessons to be learned here about our actions and what we say to others: We just need to exert the energy that makes positive change, physically or verbally, that is just a little bit more than what we would normally do - and let that domino effect have a reaction across the world!
Besides the fascinating physics, the domino metaphor teaches us how we can create huge transformation from tiny steps. Each step generates kinetic energy with the momentum of the previous accomplishment until we are able to succeed with unthinkable goals.
from the looks of it each succesive domino is 1,5 times taller - and wider and thicker. Which actually makes each step more than three times larger and heavier. (1,5^3 = 3,375).
Look at this fatcat waste in his own words "billions of energy" on this pointless thing. He should've used the energy like i did and that was scouring the trash bins for food the fatcats waste like banana peels, mouldy bread etc. Saves a ton of money. Fruge Lenton, moderator of /r/frugal
Hypothetically, each domino can be about twice the size of the previous. However, because of factors like slipping, and elasticity, and so forth, the limit in most practical cases is probably around 1.7
Weird how all the guys from what I presume is 4 Chan are essentially having satirical conversations almost exclusively amongst their fictional RUclips personas. It's just so bizarre. How much time do you lot actually dedicate to this? When one of you eventually has the corresponding inevitable and catastrophic existential crisis (surely some already have?), can you message me please and tell me what it was like? I think it'd make an interesting case study. Thanks.
When you understand the power of the domino effect and you have seen the timeline for all the major cataclysms documented in historic records and you know another - much larger - cataclysm is coming, and if you've managed to continue to do your research, you would also have realized the power of the domino effect is precisely the force that broke and subducted the tectonic plates, it's the force that carved out the ocean trenches and placed the archipelago islands in place - it's the exponential power of the domino effect that resulted in the explosion of thousands of volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire - all in under 24 hours - and when you see the exact date for that devastation recorded in different languages by people more than 16,000 km apart - because of your unusual tenacity, you know the few places on Earth that will be relatively safe from the next domino effect that will destroy most of our world - and since you know the CO2 scare is a scam, the 2C lunacy has come and gone, etc. - you know the true horror that's rapidly approaching so you've already packed and relocated, stocked up and mentally and emotionally prepared while the less aware twiddle their thumbs as if they can think of nothing better to do - the existential crisis related to climate collapse is not what most people think it is
The exact dimensions are not that crucial. Here, the smallest one in the movie is about 8mm high (I have an even smaller one which is 5mm high, but it is hard to handle). The largest one is 42 X 21 X 4.5 inches. The larger ones are made of laminated particle board and the smaller ones are made of aluminum (which is easy to machine). We also have some small ones made of plastic, but again, they are so light as to be hard to handle.
@quosmo1 If you multiply a number by 1.5 you are adding %50 of it's original value to it. Those two statements don't contradict each other. Example: 2x1.5(One and a half)=3 2+1(%50 of it's self)=3
1:00 - If the 13th domino is 1 meter tall, and each domino is 1.5 times the size of the previous domimo.. then 1.5^16 would give 657 meters. The Empire State Building is only 381 meters tall, and so 1.5^15 (or 28 dominos) would still be larger than the ESB (having a height of 438 meters).
Well, my demo was made to fall over spectacularly, not to demonstrate energy conservation. So I cheated a bit on the density. But of course energy is still conserved --- sort of. Energy is turned into heat when the dominos bounce to a stop after falling. Also, there is some friction in how they slide over one another (friction turns kinetic and potential energy into heat). Still, the demo shows how you can release stored gravitational potential energy with a little push. They are all solid.
It's all relative. The thinner domino pushing over the other one would have less potential energy than the thicker domino pushing over the thicker one. Therefore they could not increase in size.
there is an optimal distance between the dominos, that is about 5/8 of the hight. if hight changes, also this distance changes. interesting would be the highest amount of scaling reachable by that optimal distance (sure it is higher than what was shown in the video since the have been falling to fast >> there was energy not transformed to the next domino.
When it falls over you don’t get the gravitational potential energy back, because theres no where left to fall, theres no possibility of it falling, unless you flip it, if it’s standing up straight it does have GDP, because it’s taller, and not flat
COOL even with my BSc. in physics, my first guess would be that the change won't happen and that the process will stop in the middle, because of the great difference in mass between the tiny dominos and the bigger ones (newtons law about mutual effect) so... I could almost imagine how the smaller domino will bounce back. Of course I completely forgot the source of the energy for the whole thing here. the STORED energy in the erected dominos. THANK YOU!!!!
Analogy: The butterfly effect, that is the concept that small causes can have large effects. Initially, it was used with weather prediction but later the term became a metaphor used in and out of science.
This is pretty much exactly what is done with "pumped storage" hydroelectric power systems, except they use water instead of dominos. Surplus power is used to lift water to a higher reservoir. The energy is thereby stored as potential energy. When the power is needed, the water is allowed to fall back down through a turbine. Most of the energy used to lift the water is recovered.
"If I had 29 dominoes, the last one would be as tall as the empire state building"
Terrorism gone dominoes?
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FreeCreeperHugs 9/11 was not the empire State building, it was the world trade center.
Omg your comment killed me man xD
@@matthewprather189 even better, that's 2 for 1...from the perspective of maximum return on investment and value, plus their resemblance to dominoes. Matter of fact, Building 7 would have made the perfect final domino. Have you seen the footage of building 7 falling? It is an absolute must see game changer. Cheers!
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None Russian “ crazy Russian hacker”
Iroden lol i was gunna write that. Hah
It's pronounced, *🅱️ ewm*
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29
Okay, so when's the video with 29 dominoes coming?
ha ha ha. I want to see this one too!
Yeaaah I wanna see the Empire State building fall over!!
Kabishen I
*Do it on the moon*
September eleventh
0:55 when you're trying to poop quietly in a public bathroom but it splashes too loud.
Bailey Brown paper. You need paper in the bowl first
That's the "ripple effect" not the "domino effect".
A good metaphor for life challanges and creating small wins just like dominos .
GladX you mean small mistakes right? Success doesn’t happen in life.
Rainbowforce5 Someone had a traumatic experience.
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@Manek Iridius Let him think he's being philosophical. The world needs bus drivers.
I thought like you GladX until I realized that Gravity only translates to failure not success
It is a common question. The energy released is just some fraction (less than 100%) of the energy that you needed to expend to lift the dominos into place. So there is no net gain of energy to be harnessed.
You meant to say 2 million, not billion? Billion is too high.
Absolutely fantastic video! You took a simple concept, demonstrated it clearly, and then explained the physics behind the "awesome" factor! Great job!
That retirement commercial brought me here!!
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That's incredible. Something so simple but you don't realize the latent power in this. I just received an e-mail from life coach guru Brian Johnson who mentioned this domino effect and he compares it to achieving your full potential in life by lining up your domino's correctly (goals) starting with smallest micro-goal. That's what brought me here!! Pretty powerful and inspiring stuff.
It still works.
Did they patched this already? Or still works?
METROMAN 4 Sorry to burst your bubble but they patched in in 2016 Christmas Update
&&& &&& that's sad
Great! Thanks! As a retired instructor it is great to see someone like you as it is obvious you know what you are doing and present it quite well.
All dimensions are scaled by 1.5; the height, width and thickness. So the volume changes by (1.5)^3.
@flatboat70452 The largest ones were made of laminated particle board. The smaller ones are made out of aluminum (just because it can be machined precisely). They are all painted white.
"Give me a domino and I shall knock over the world." ~Archimedes
XD
Yes. I placed them apart a distance equal to their width, so of course than length is also scaled by 1.5 each step.
*be the 14th domino .*
So simple, and yet such a very fantastic display, fantastically explained. Thank you, Mr. Morris.
I love how the sound changes for each domino...
If this guy was ever your teacher you were very lucky. Teachers with this kind of ability to are rare. He's worth his weight in gold. God bless you Stephen Morris.
As an older man I've seen a lot of things get pushed over, on, around and thru, why just the other day one of the nursing staff pushed me down the hall in my wheel chair since they took my scooter for running over people. I know all about being pushed around because I'm older and wiser than you. Moderator of /r/oldfartz * tips old wrinkly fedora *
Love it! Amazing video! Can't wait to watch what else you guys come out with.
I believe I used a spacing equal to the width, which is half the height. Every dimension, including the spacing, should scale by the same factor from one stage to the next. I did not make a detailed study.
Cool example of potential energy in action. Hendrik Henderson
The big ones are made of laminated particle board. The smallest ones are made of machined aluminum. We tried wood for those, but they were too light to handle. They are all painted white.
For the record, as was asked before Google comments came in, a procession of 60 dominoes, the last would be 122,560km high, only slightly under 1/3 of the way to the moon.
Speaking of chain reactions, did you know that your comment is anti zionist until I open it up to see what you really wrote? It reads:
"Zionism goes much deeper than most people realize! Look up The Noahide Laws and you'll see what I'm talking about!"
I like your actual comment better, and please understand that this means your account is being used for social engineering via aggressive propaganda to agitate the public. I spoke with someone from NZ yesterday, the 8th of May, in the year 2019, who reported that the reactions to such comments are being gathered to label people as anti semitic. They have equated anti zionism with anti semitism and white supremacy. In NZ, the authorities are visiting the homes of those people they have falsely labeled white supremacists, and their firearms are being confiscated. Do you think it is acceptable to use your account, which is likely dormant, to divide us? I write this to inform anyone who reads it of what is being weaponized against us. Chain reactions can be stopped by not reacting. The h8 is fake, the struggle is real. Fight for truth.
Thank you for playing "Misty" at the end. That's actually one of my favorite songs.
Now I wanna see the last domino being big enough that an adult human couldn't push it over :D
But a baby could start the chain reaction!
Very nice. Good entertainment and a small portion of physics brilliant explained! Thank you!
First time I understood compound investment!!
This is how Warren Buffet made his billions!
Thank you
No: in principle a constant density will work fine. They are just hard to handle and set up if they are too light.
This won't work. The collisions between dominos are necessarily inelastic. So some energy is lost to heat on each collision. Plus some energy is lost to heat when the dominos slide along each other with friction. Frictionless, perfectly elastic dominos would behave very differently. They would bounce back and never stop vibrating around.
Ironically, the inelastic reality is easier to model, as long as you know the coefficient of friction of the sliding material(s). Doing a time-history on the bouncing, vibrating elastic model would be a challenge!
Geosynchronous means an orbit with a period of 24 hours. The moon's period is about 27 days. I think what you had in mind is that the same side of the moon always faces the earth. This is due to tidal locking.
You have to make them yourself.
How bout you do it you lazy bum.
Or you can pay me and ill do it
At 1:28 he says that we're "storing" gravitational potential energy in the domino. I totally get how this is a helpful explanation and visualization, but it also introduces confusion since there really isn't any "stored" energy in the system. But still. VERY cool demonstration. I'm totally saving this one.
How is it "not stored"? Seems pretty correct to me. My physical effort ends up as gravitational potential energy that is later released.
Of course the system is very dissipative --- lots of friction and inelastic collisions that turn the "stored" gravitational potential energy into heat. But the energy is stored while the dominos are all standing up.
@@smorris123 thanks for the replies! And I understand what you're saying, but I still don't understand how the energy is stored or in what form it is stored. Consider the following example so that maybe you can explain it to me: we have a hole that is 100 meters deep. We also have a rock on the ground next to that hole. I pick up the rock and drop it on the ground. I pick up the rock again and drop it down the hole. Did it have two different potential energies at the same time? Did the potential energy change based on where it would go in the future? If the rock wasn't "lifted" 100m (~102m), did it have the potential energy to fall 100m at some point?
Potential energy is always relative to some arbitrary level. Once you decide where zero is, everything is fixed relative to that. Only differences matter. Potential energy can be negative. It does not need to know about its future values. Go read a first year textbook.
The rock does not use up energy in order to fall 100m. The gravitational force does work on the rock, adding to its kinetic energy, while reducing its potential energy.
1.6X would also work. I don't know the theoretical maximum to the scale factor, but I suppose there must be one.
The smallest ones are made of aluminum. The larger ones are made of plywood (laminated for the big ones). Making the smallest ones out of wood does not work too well as they are too light. They are all painted white to look nice.
and the 53rd domino would be larger than the earths radius. This is mind-boggling! With this same progression, the 62nd domino is almost big enough to bridge the distance between the Earth and Moon. This is geometric progression. This is also your NIKKEN compensation plan!
By Consistently working on seemingly small things everyday can accumulate into disproportional results, extraordinary results!
I think there are amazing lessons to be learned here about our actions and what we say to others: We just need to exert the energy that makes positive change, physically or verbally, that is just a little bit more than what we would normally do - and let that domino effect have a reaction across the world!
I love how comments have nothing to do with the video :D
I still love McDonalds ;-)
I like this very much, thank you for creating it. I have used it with several classes.
well that escalated quickly...
That's a powerful metaphor for how it's possible for how one person can create a big effect without even realizing it
Just like Butterfly Effect..
That first tiny domino is me going "Maybe instead of going to sleep, I stay up and watch a video about dominoes!"
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Besides the fascinating physics, the domino metaphor teaches us how we can create huge transformation from tiny steps. Each step generates kinetic energy with the momentum of the previous accomplishment until we are able to succeed with unthinkable goals.
It's also, of course, a metaphor for how wars start and escalate.
I wonder if anyone will react to this so their video will be titled: Domino chain reaction reaction.
The perfect movement in this Videos is...... When last one fall and the expression on Stephen's face is awesome :D
9/11 was a domino job
from the looks of it each succesive domino is 1,5 times taller - and wider and thicker.
Which actually makes each step more than three times larger and heavier. (1,5^3 = 3,375).
Look at this fatcat waste in his own words "billions of energy" on this pointless thing. He should've used the energy like i did and that was scouring the trash bins for food the fatcats waste like banana peels, mouldy bread etc. Saves a ton of money.
Fruge Lenton, moderator of /r/frugal
no, you're a regular from 4chan /mlp.
Hypothetically, each domino can be about twice the size of the previous. However, because of factors like slipping, and elasticity, and so forth, the limit in most practical cases is probably around 1.7
Weird how all the guys from what I presume is 4 Chan are essentially having satirical conversations almost exclusively amongst their fictional RUclips personas. It's just so bizarre. How much time do you lot actually dedicate to this? When one of you eventually has the corresponding inevitable and catastrophic existential crisis (surely some already have?), can you message me please and tell me what it was like? I think it'd make an interesting case study. Thanks.
When you understand the power of the domino effect and you have seen the timeline for all the major cataclysms documented in historic records and you know another - much larger - cataclysm is coming, and if you've managed to continue to do your research, you would also have realized the power of the domino effect is precisely the force that broke and subducted the tectonic plates, it's the force that carved out the ocean trenches and placed the archipelago islands in place - it's the exponential power of the domino effect that resulted in the explosion of thousands of volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire - all in under 24 hours - and when you see the exact date for that devastation recorded in different languages by people more than 16,000 km apart - because of your unusual tenacity, you know the few places on Earth that will be relatively safe from the next domino effect that will destroy most of our world - and since you know the CO2 scare is a scam, the 2C lunacy has come and gone, etc. - you know the true horror that's rapidly approaching so you've already packed and relocated, stocked up and mentally and emotionally prepared while the less aware twiddle their thumbs as if they can think of nothing better to do - the existential crisis related to climate collapse is not what most people think it is
Awesome video and great song choice! Misty is a beautiful standard.
I noticed that the last domino fell slower or took longer to fall, if you had 29 dominos how long would it take the 29th domino to hit the ground?
Much longer than this answer?
1 hour lol
That's a really good question!
100 lbs?! you lifted that with finger grip like it was nothing
ok well that thud confirms it. You didnt tell us you used to powerlift
"Boom" 0:56 best part of the video!
lol i know
I started laughing so hard at his reaction!
The exact dimensions are not that crucial. Here, the smallest one in the movie is about 8mm high (I have an even smaller one which is 5mm high, but it is hard to handle). The largest one is 42 X 21 X 4.5 inches. The larger ones are made of laminated particle board and the smaller ones are made of aluminum (which is easy to machine). We also have some small ones made of plastic, but again, they are so light as to be hard to handle.
Who’s here from the memes?
Me
Me 😂
who isnt?
@quosmo1 If you multiply a number by 1.5 you are adding %50 of it's original value to it. Those two statements don't contradict each other.
Example:
2x1.5(One and a half)=3
2+1(%50 of it's self)=3
It's obviously a trick by Russian hackers designed to make the democrats lose!
Percy Lipinski Shhh keep quiet man
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1:00 - If the 13th domino is 1 meter tall, and each domino is 1.5 times the size of the previous domimo.. then 1.5^16 would give 657 meters. The Empire State Building is only 381 meters tall, and so 1.5^15 (or 28 dominos) would still be larger than the ESB (having a height of 438 meters).
He said it was 100 lbs just to flex picking it up
Well, my demo was made to fall over spectacularly, not to demonstrate energy conservation. So I cheated a bit on the density. But of course energy is still conserved --- sort of. Energy is turned into heat when the dominos bounce to a stop after falling. Also, there is some friction in how they slide over one another (friction turns kinetic and potential energy into heat). Still, the demo shows how you can release stored gravitational potential energy with a little push. They are all solid.
Obey gravity. It's the LAW.
The people that built it lifted it up, piece by piece. Yes, it stores a great deal of energy.
Hes a big guy alright.
And he made those dominos crash!
With no survivors!
Great example of how a little thing can have a huge impact of something really big!
this dude looks like the penguins younger, better brother
true
It also seems that the time it takes for the domino to hit each successive one follows in inverse time curve.
As a cat, meow.
@koolaid5684 I think he's being careful. that last domino is only a millimeter thick. It wouldn't take much of a breeze to knock it over too soon.
Don't mix pounds and meters... keep to the metric system all together please. Great video in general
Metric poofta
I love how he knows what's coming but still seems startled. seems fitting somehow
This is how a little bad habit works!!!!!
Look at Stephen Morris's face. You can tell he spent hours, maybe days working this one out.
I'm surprised this guy hasn't been arrested and interrogated! This is obviously a terrorist training video..
It's all relative. The thinner domino pushing over the other one would have less potential energy than the thicker domino pushing over the thicker one. Therefore they could not increase in size.
This is so cool to watch when it's happening! It looks like it's not possible, although you know full well it is!
You're the kind of fun teacher that schools should have.
Educational fun.
PS: If you add a kitten, it heights the excitement level.
It takes as much energy to set this up, as it provides when they all fall down
there is an optimal distance between the dominos, that is about 5/8 of the hight. if hight changes, also this distance changes. interesting would be the highest amount of scaling reachable by that optimal distance (sure it is higher than what was shown in the video since the have been falling to fast >> there was energy not transformed to the next domino.
Looks so satisfying and also looks like an illusion.
0:56 When you're sleeping in class and your professor drops a book on the ground.
When it falls over you don’t get the gravitational potential energy back, because theres no where left to fall, theres no possibility of it falling, unless you flip it, if it’s standing up straight it does have GDP, because it’s taller, and not flat
This is actually Amazing!
There must be a way to harness the energy in the domino effect.
That’s the most motivational video on RUclips
COOL even with my BSc. in physics, my first guess would be that the change won't happen and that the process will stop in the middle, because of the great difference in mass between the tiny dominos and the bigger ones (newtons law about mutual effect) so... I could almost imagine how the smaller domino will bounce back.
Of course I completely forgot the source of the energy for the whole thing here. the STORED energy in the erected dominos.
THANK YOU!!!!
This definitely deserves a bump!!!
song title is" Misty " by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
you have great imagination and creativeness!
I wonder if it can be even mor than 1.5x because you have the added weight of the previous dominos stacked on top of each other. Pause at 2:19
@DepressedLemur9 no thank you. i use miles, yards, feet, inches, pounds, ounces, gallons, etc. :)
This was honestly satisfying
Potential Energy is the name. So obvious. Learnt at school more that 60 years ago - we all did.
Analogy: The butterfly effect, that is the concept that small causes can have large effects. Initially, it was used with weather prediction but later the term became a metaphor used in and out of science.
after picking up the last domino he was breathing so hard you'd think he just ran a marathon or something...
this guy started out in the 80s, working at bicycle parking lots in China. i'm happy for him.
This is pretty much exactly what is done with "pumped storage" hydroelectric power systems, except they use water instead of dominos. Surplus power is used to lift water to a higher reservoir. The energy is thereby stored as potential energy. When the power is needed, the water is allowed to fall back down through a turbine. Most of the energy used to lift the water is recovered.
Stephen Morris this requires a lake above another lake to work though, however once you can find one you basically have a giant cell.
Stephen Morris. You got scared
Rather than over complicating it with ‘potential energy’, could a hydroelectric power system just simply be explained by water finding its level?
This is awesome to think about, thanks Mr Morris!