Advance read of script!
Added 2020-03-31 21:00:03 +0000 UTCEdit: Thanks for your feedback, and taking a look, y'all! I hope you enjoyed the small teaser of the footage. Those are the two clips I was most excited about. I'm going to turn off commenting on the doc for now. PS - Thanks to Brian and Margaux, I may officially have to change the spelling to "happy fizzixing." :)
Hi Noethers, Curies and Rides! I'm in the process of working on a Ping Pong Cannon video. This video has taken a roller coaster of paths... we originally picked the topic because we had the opportunity to film at 18,000 fps and for years, I've been curious what this particular demo would look like at that speed.
But just the demo wasn't enough. Then it got me thinking about momentum, car crashes, the space station getting a hole, and what it would feel like to get hit with one of these ping pong balls. (Still haven't tried it myself. Too scared. I mean too smart.)
I decided to share the script because I'd love feedback, to hear your desires for info that's you want to know or you feel is missing, and for y'all to see the writing process if they're curious!
Comments
Just saw the other video from Gizmoslip. I bet if you lined up the ppb closer to C/G you could have gotten closer to hitting the wall. It put spin on the phone so the energy didn't transfer to the phone right. Also, it was tilted back. you may have lost energy. As it pushes the phone back it pushes it into the table, reducing the spin it puts on it from hitting below CG. Hate to say i told you so. But.... I told you so. ;)
Brian O'Connell
2020-04-11 14:44:54 +0000 UTCI see you took in some of the input. It maybe was a good idea to not try to surge us from the ping pong cannon to the ISS, though ^Brandon phrased it good, as the inverse of a spaceship. What I think of now is you could put a stripe of tape on a balloon and puncture it there, it'll then neither explode nor deflate very quickly. The pressure difference is not as high, though.
Olaf Doschke
2020-04-11 11:36:41 +0000 UTCI appreciate your concern Brian. The 2015 crash really messed up my hair, and a few other things ... . In some ways I'm still recovering. You have an impressive 3-dimensional frame of thinking. I wonder if Dianna's familiarity with online media and science education might earn her some income by consulting/helping principals/teachers reach out to kids stuck at home? A radio show on my local public station recently interviewed some teachers/parents who were stumbling along with their efforts to employ remote media, trying to teach students, while addressing that not all kids have access to a computer/technology, as well as how to effectively reach groups who do have access. Vermont's State House is spinning up laws to help individuals, businesses, and I imagine programs for educational schemes to deal with the current challenges. Maybe she could offer her services/talents to help these teachers learn how to make videos and/or create educational content. I wouldn't know where to start, possibly calling a teacher, administrator or principal, there is no template to follow, people are being forced to change their methods and tools.
Jeremy Baker
2020-04-02 00:32:55 +0000 UTCRe: your crash. I'm happy you're OK! I hope this wasn't recent and you're well now. Accidents are a fickle thing. There are loads of factors that come into play that decide the outcome of a crash. Occupant positioning (i.e... gangsta lean? Hand position on wheel, leg positions, hip position), if you were belted, age/condition of car, speed of both vehicles, trajectory, offset of impact, etc. In most cases, imparting spin on the vehicle tends to make the occupants head miss the bag (depending on the vehicle and airbag). They do test for that. They call it the 40% offset. here's an overhead video of that test in a convertible so you can see the occupant better. https://youtu.be/6Nv5Qzia0-0 I can't say for 100% certainty that the spin helped you. There's a lot involved in the real world and i'm not a crash investigator. Sometimes it all boils down to just pure luck. What's important is you walked away. What's important is you keep yourself belted, and keep yourself seated / positioned properly. Be mindful of your surroundings in and out of the car. If you have junk in the rear passenger seats, probably best to put that junk in the trunk. It will fly forward in a crash. There's a whole lot of crazy out there and i just want you to be healthy and happy.
Brian O'Connell
2020-04-01 22:42:17 +0000 UTCInteresting reading, especially what happens in the space station if there is a small breach in the hull. Regarding how to survive a car accident, I often wonder if the spin of my car had something to do with the crash not being even worse, not that my injuries weren't bad, but I survived a head-on collision with a pickup truck while driving a smaller car (Saturn). My state (Vermont) has shut down the entire school system for the rest of the year, so kids/teens are stuck at home with their parents trying to figure out how to continue their education. This is an opportunity for people, like Dianna, who have experience making virtual media with educational content, to help the thousands of unprepared parents who are seeking help, as noted in a recent public radio show that discussed how to best serve kids stuck at home. Aside, sneezing isn't apparently one of the COVID-19 symptoms, and today's public radio brief covered that some tests speculate the virus can survive up to three hours in the air suspended in water droplets. A prior post by James Paige made issue with the lack of alarm within the content presented here, but I would argue that, with recent events, the educational disruption, for the education of tens of thousands of students, would be a higher priority to remedy.
Jeremy Baker
2020-04-01 20:58:50 +0000 UTCRe: your edit... I'm glad to help you with fizzixing the script. :)
Brian O'Connell
2020-04-01 18:43:32 +0000 UTCI concur w/ olaf. I'm not sure there's anything else I can contribute other than jokes at this point. (I left a few in there). You need anything else, I'm happy to help.
Brian O'Connell
2020-04-01 15:29:47 +0000 UTCIt got crowded and I'm not even sure the main passages (green) you wanted to rewrite are all addressed. Still, it's time to take the lead back, Dianna, accept or reject and get to the next stage to continue from - with or without us.
Olaf Doschke
2020-04-01 15:14:22 +0000 UTCWhen I was a kid, my cousin would cut the ends out of 5 steel soda cans and tape them together to made a tennis ball cannon. The bottom can would retain its steel bottom with a small hole to inject and light the flammable gas, usually lighter fluid. I knew someone who tried oxy-acetalyne, but that's crazy. Just thoughts on a tennis ball cannon if you wanted to try something bigger than a pingpong ball. π¬
Chris Wyma
2020-04-01 02:13:25 +0000 UTCThanks for the peek behind the scenes of your creative process. I especially liked the stage directions in the script. I didn't realize until now how much work it takes to create each of your videos.
Vic Habersmith
2020-04-01 01:51:53 +0000 UTCTransition from ping pong to ISS? Easy... https://youtu.be/TLbhrMCM4_0?t=39
Olaf Doschke
2020-03-31 22:43:29 +0000 UTCWell that was quick. Lmao
Brian O'Connell
2020-03-31 21:02:06 +0000 UTC
