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  2. Drop tube - Wikipedia

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    In physics and materials science, a drop tower or drop tube is a structure used to produce a controlled period of weightlessness for an object under study. Air bags, polystyrene pellets, and magnetic or mechanical brakes are sometimes used to arrest the fall of the experimental payload. In other cases, high-speed impact with a substrate at the ...

  3. Dianna Cowern - Wikipedia

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    She started making science videos while working as a mobile app developer at General Electric. [11] She started her channel Physics Girl on October 21, 2011. [12] In an interview with Grant Sanderson, she said that some of the earlier videos were later deleted from the channel. [9] Cowern has also participated in various events as a speaker.

  4. List of experiments in physics - Wikipedia

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    Pictet's experiment: Marc-Auguste Pictet: Demonstration Thermal radiation: 1797 Cavendish experiment: Henry Cavendish: Measurement Gravitational constant: 1799 Voltaic pile: Alessandro Volta: Demonstration First electric battery: 1803 Young's interference experiment: Thomas Young: Confirmation Wave theory of light: 1819 Arago spot experiment ...

  5. Airbag - Wikipedia

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    The driver and passenger front airbag modules, after having been deployed, in a Peugeot 306. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. [1] It consists of an airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor.

  6. MinutePhysics - Wikipedia

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    MinutePhysics is an educational YouTube channel created by Henry Reich in 2011. The channel's videos use whiteboard animation to explain physics-related topics. Early videos on the channel were approximately one minute long. [2] As of February 2025, the channel has over 5.8 million subscribers.

  7. Light-gas gun - Wikipedia

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    The light-gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments. It is a highly specialized gun designed to generate extremely high velocities. It is a highly specialized gun designed to generate extremely high velocities.

  8. Frito-Lay employee reveals why bags of chips have so much air ...

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    Frito-Lay employee reveals why bags of chips have so much air in them. A Frito-Lay employee explained why potato chip bags are full of air. TikToker Selena Aragon works in merchandising at Frito-Lay.

  9. Crash test dummy - Wikipedia

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    Very little attention has been paid to obesity and car crash studies, and it is hard to obtain an obese dummy for the experiment. Instead, human cadavers were used. Body weight is a vital factor when it comes to automobile accidents, and body mass is distributed differently in an obese person versus a non-obese person. [13]