Farewell class of 2010

I've enjoyed our time together and wish all the graduates the very best. I've placed pictures on my site from the year including the class ones we took the last week. Picture gallery is linked to the side or click here...

For those who keep asking about the rube goldberg video... well it's done and posted on my website under class assignments or the video library (use school password). Or just click here but be warned it's an 800 MB file ...

Take care and I hope you think of physics throughout your life or at least the next time you use hand sanitizer!

Rube Goldberg Time!

Ahhh, it's the Vanden Physics rite of passage - Rube Goldberg. Put your physics concept know-how to work and construct a device that'll dispense some hand sanitizer. There are lots of examples of Rube Goldberg out there - just search YouTube or look at past years projects linked on my Class Assignments web page. Here's a popular one on the net these past few months...



If only you guys had a crew of 50 and a warehouse. They have mentioned in an interview that they purposily placed the most difficult steps in the first 30 secounds, so that when it failed they didn't have to reset the entire machine. Hmm? Worth thinking about. To learn more about the production of this video, check out their How it was Made segment on YouTube.

The Colbert Report just did a simple parody of this one the other night...

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Intro - Rube Goldberg Machine
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