Sunday, September 30, 2007

ROFL COPTER :DDDDDD


SO tharr it is.... MAH MINI HELICOPTER! this baby is pretty cool because it weighs next to nothing and can fly around the room. by learning about Newtons laws, specifically his second law, because the acceleration is directly proportional to its net force and inversely proportional to its mass meaning since it weighs so little, the amount of lift the tiny motor needs to create is significantly less compared to a helicopter made out of wet cardboard or something that would weigh down the engine more. but also its lightweight composite makes it very unstable and cannot fly in the slightest wind. not even from a low fan. also in the picture is pandas which has the best orange chicken FTW yummy dinner!!!!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

spec this LAH!


This is my computer...
i built this bad boy and it=sexi!!! u can also see my yo-yo and some li hing apples there at the bottom (best snack EVERRR) so anyways now for the physics. when building this beast of a machine the most crucial part of the computer is the processor. its like the brain of the computer. obviously its pretty important. if you didnt ahve a brain you would be worthless and wouldnt be reading this right now anyways... so you cant see it in this pic but the processor is covered by a MASSIVE heat sink which acts as a thermal conductor and pulls the heat away from the processor. or else it will overheat and BURNINATE everything!! which is a bad thing. in order to help the thermal conduction the heat sink has a copper insert which helps and most people add a thick silver pasty substance made by Arctic Silver which fills the however slight the gap between the processor and the heatsink but also contains 99.9% pure silver which transfers the heat quicker resulting in lower temperatures.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Sunday, September 16, 2007

L2P

We can learn a lot about physics pretty much everywhere, even in video games! in the computer game counter strike: source, while destroying target locations as a terrorist or protecting it as a counter terrorist, physics can be found everywhere you look. In this screen shot, a grenade has been thrown thereby killing a silly counter terrorist and we can watch as his body flies through the air in a physics-related parabolic shape! wow...amazing! look at him go!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

PWND

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!

physics and MEH!


Like the great cartoon character mashimaro...
i too feel a little stressed out. The beginning of this year has been rocky for me, not only in physics, but in most of my classes. I believe that after I get over this first dip the rest of the year will be smooth sailing. the material in physics seems pretty simple, especially because I can relate it to real life situations, unlike biology where we learn about cells which we cant even see... PUHLEEEZ! so this year I feel physics will be a more interactive science as i can tell from the recent labs we have done. The lab double periods help because we can take out time and not ahve to rush class into a 40 minute period. In physics Im looking forward to learning about electricy and electrical currents because wiring always fascinated me... especially computer parts!

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Tokyooooooooo physics

During my recent trip to Japan, we rode the Shinkansen (bullet train) to our many destinations. the shinkansen travels at around 300 Kmph or 188 Mph. Thats crazy fast! the way this train can reach record holding speeds is its unique design. The shinkansen's front and back are shaped similarly for two way travel. The rounded tip shape of the vessel allows for the least amount of air resistance which takes the shinkansen use less consumable power and also allows the shinkansen to have an extremely smooth ride.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

time for physics!

first post of actual physics...




watching the sunrise on the beach during summer. regretably the day was cloudy therefore blocking our sight of the sun HARD! but we were able to see a "fake" sunrise because the light from the sun reflected off the clouds and diffracted which lit up the sky. The clouds acted as the barrier which started the "spreading wave" effect. Prior to the sunrise we were star gazing and out on the beach we could see many shooting stars since there was little or no interference from ecxess light as in town. It was an epic night full of PHYSICS!
 

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