Tag: pendulum

The .Gif Friday Post No. 672 – Tossing Rice, Pendulum Boy & A Pitbull Ups the Ante

[Found here, here and here. The top one is Alyssa of
Fried Rice Art. Cool video here.]

Pendulum Wave – Complete Cycle

Simple Pendulum wave animation. You can see the wave go from travelling waves, to standing waves, to a (briefly) beating pulse, and then chaotic motion, and back to travelling. Perhaps its just me, but this is clearer on the real thing.

“This animation may be subject to floating-point errors.”

But it’s beautiful. | credit to Jeff Irwin

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Chaotic Angular Motion, Annelid Cannibalism, Urban Venus Flytrap & Tom Petty

How ’bout some chaotic motion? [h/t Octopus]

Not sure what this is all about. [Found here.]

[Giant Venus Flytrap found here.]

RIP Tom Petty (1950-2017).

The .Gif Friday Post No. 129 – Compound Pendulum, Nematode, Catslide

[Found here, here and here.]

[Update: Greetings Mentalfloss, Miss Cellanea and Nodwick readers!]