Saturday, June 27, 2009

The beauty of a vibrator

Standing waves, created by matching the dimensions of a vibrating medium with the frequency of the vibration, are one of the easiest ways to demonstrate the connection between understanding science and creating beauty or art. They're the fundamental mechanism of any melodious musical instrument.

Once you grasp the concept, you can do other cool things as well, like creating a flaming music visualizer called a Rubens' tube.

It allows you to understand the mesmerizing patterns you can create just by shaking a steel plate with some powder on it.

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