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Title: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Donna on 27-Sep-12, 09:35:24 AM http://youtu.be/JWToUATLGzs (http://youtu.be/JWToUATLGzs) :surprise:
Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Bonnie on 27-Sep-12, 09:41:35 AM Donna, you are crazy.
Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Shaky on 27-Sep-12, 09:54:37 AM Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge.
Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Donna on 27-Sep-12, 01:41:51 PM Donna, you are crazy. Who ME?? :stupid: :silly: :hyper: I know! Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Donna on 27-Sep-12, 01:42:53 PM Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge. Ya know.....I did not notice, so now you punish me by watching it all over again!!! ;) Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: dale on 27-Sep-12, 10:26:16 PM Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge. I've heard about that, with soldiers; it was explained as having something to do with a frequency that mechanically resonated with the bridge and could make it fall. Does that make sense? I'm wondering in this case if some fuzzy initial majority tendency got the table moving in a way that influenced more and more of them? In other words, maybe it happened because of a subtle movement of the table? Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 28-Sep-12, 05:38:37 AM Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge. I've heard about that, with soldiers; it was explained as having something to do with a frequency that mechanically resonated with the bridge and could make it fall. Does that make sense? I'm wondering in this case if some fuzzy initial majority tendency got the table moving in a way that influenced more and more of them? In other words, maybe it happened because of a subtle movement of the table? I had seen another similar video once. I believe the explanation was something along the lines of the vibration of the table, resonating at the same frequency, is what eventually brought the metronomes into synch. I'll have to dig this weekend... Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Shaky on 28-Sep-12, 06:31:26 AM Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge. I've heard about that, with soldiers; it was explained as having something to do with a frequency that mechanically resonated with the bridge and could make it fall. Does that make sense? I'm wondering in this case if some fuzzy initial majority tendency got the table moving in a way that influenced more and more of them? In other words, maybe it happened because of a subtle movement of the table? A modern, well maintained bridge wouldn't fall from marching over it, but old bridges built centuries ago could. Also, any bridge suffering from war damage could fall. (Imagine that -- soldiers marching across a bridge during a war.) I've felt the High Falls pedestrian bridge vibrate form just one person jogging across it, and that bridge was built over a century ago. Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 28-Sep-12, 07:04:14 PM OK...needing to let my geek out... :nerd:
http://youtu.be/Aaxw4zbULMs (http://youtu.be/Aaxw4zbULMs) Five metronomes are set to 176 bpm and placed on a Foam Core board. When empty cans are placed underneath, the board is free to move from side to side and the metronomes are able to influence each other into synchronization. When the cans are removed the metronomes are no longer physically coupled and some of them begin to fall out of step. Our demonstration is a copy of one that Bryan Daniels (Ohio Wesleyan University) made for his student research work: http://go.owu.edu/~physics/StudentResearch/2005/BryanDaniels/index.html (http://go.owu.edu/~physics/StudentResearch/2005/BryanDaniels/index.html) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.math.pitt.edu/~bard/classes/mth3380/syncpapers/metronome.pdf (http://www.math.pitt.edu/~bard/classes/mth3380/syncpapers/metronome.pdf) Synchronization of metronomes James Pantaleone Department of Physics, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska 99508 (Received 1 April 2002; accepted 24 June 2002) Synchronization is a common phenomenon in physical and biological systems. We examine the synchronization of two (and more) metronomes placed on a freely moving base. The small motion of the base couples the pendulums causing synchronization. The synchronization is generally in-phase, with antiphase synchronization occurring only under special conditions. The metronome system provides a mechanical realization of the popular Kuramoto model for synchronization of biological oscillators, and is excellent for classroom demonstrations and an undergraduate physics lab. © 2002 American Association of Physics Teachers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK...I feel better now! Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: Donna on 28-Sep-12, 08:10:35 PM Far-out Ei!! :clap: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: MAK on 28-Sep-12, 08:50:33 PM Fascinating! :nerd:
Title: Re: 32 out-of-sync metronomes synchronize with each other by themselves Post by: dale on 29-Sep-12, 10:25:14 AM OK, thanks, Ei!!
That's what I was wondering - if some fuzzy initial majority created a movement of the table that in turn encouraged more metronomes to be timed as it was, which in turn increased the movement of the table. very cool... |