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Slapshots In Slow Motion

Slapshots In Slow Motion

 
The physics behind a successful slapshot and why hockey sticks snap.

The slapshot is the fastest shot in hockey. One satisfying thwack and the puck goes flying at incredible speeds. Except it’s not really one thwack, it’s two, and our buddy Destin at Smarter Every Day has both the science know-how and the super high-speed slow-motion cameras to show you exactly how it works.

Turns out that as the stick hits the ice first it bends back a little, storing potential energy. Then, as it is lifted, it springs forward off the ice, giving the puck a powerful flick that’s actually faster than the hockey player’s follow-through would otherwise be. The wide-angle lens and 3200 frames per second frame rate do a perfect job of illustrating it.

Also, covered in this video: How the flex on hockey sticks is rated, and what happens when you crush a hockey puck with 80,000 pounds worth of force (spoiler: awesomeness). The whole video is a must watch for any hockey fan. It’s one thing to know the rules of the sport you love; it’s another to know the rules of physics it follows.

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Rare Historical Photos In Color

A collection of some really nice rare historical photos from the past come to life in this great video.

Enjoy!

Most of the photos I took from Life magazine, Library of Congress, Shorpy and National Geographic.

The text of the song entitled ‘Kilkelly Ireland’, penned by American song writer Peter Jones, whose great, great grandfather was John Hunt, from the general Kilkelly area. Back in the late 1970s or early 1980s, Peter found a box of old letters in the attic of his parents home in America. These were a series of letters written between 1860 – 1890, to John Hunt by his parents from their home in Kilkelly in Ireland. The letters chronicled family news of births, deaths, marriages and were written on behalf of the parents by local schoolmaster Pat McNamara. It shows the difficulties many families and our ancestors experienced when they immigrated to the U.S. I would suggest you watch it on full screen, if you don’t want to miss out some details.

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Grizzly Eats GoPro

Grizzly Eats GoPro

Grizzly Eats GoPro

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get eaten by a Grizzly Bear? This should give you an idea.

From Alaska Bears & Wolves

Here is an amazing clip that I filmed with a GoPro camera that I strapped to a rock with a rubber band! The first bear to appear is an older mother, and the second is her 3-year-old cub. The bear only gently mouthed the camera, and didn’t even put a dent in it! Obviously the card was fine, and I actually used the camera many more times. I filmed this clip while I guiding a Natural Habitat Trip, but the BBC used it in the show. Anyway, check it out!!!

When using a GoPro to capture unusually close footage of grizzly bears for the Great Bear Stakeout for BBC, I had a young bear actually chew on the camera. Amazingly there was no damage to the camera! Some of this clip appears in the film Great Bear Stakeoout on BBC and Discovery Channel. Video copyright Brad Josephs.

 

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Birds On The Wires

Birds On The Wires

Birds On The Wires

Jarbas Agnelli spotted a picture of the birds in a newspaper, perched on some telephone wires, and noticed they were arranged like notes on a musical score.

He cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes.

Check out the video below to hear the music created by a photo of birds on the wires.
 


Birds on the Wires

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.

I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the very same newspaper.

Here I’ve posted a short video made with the photo, the music and the score (composed by the birds).

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