They happen all around us. Raindrops fall from the sky and collide with the ground. We have all heard of black holes colliding in spacetime. More often than you'd like, random furniture collides with your harmless toes (your furniture might beg to differ). The last one might have left you wanting to cushion your furniture… Continue reading Collisions
Tag: Mechanics
Free fall using an acoustic stopwatch on a smartphone
A freely falling object on Earth is solely under the influence of gravity. This experiment utilizes a mobile application Phyphox that makes use of an acoustic watch to help us calculate the value of acceleration due to gravity 'g'. freefall-using-an-acoustic-stpowatch-on-the-smartphoneDownload
Rolling Motion Measurement Using a Smartphone Gyroscope
Most of the smartphones these days have a gyroscope present in them that is used for navigation, toplay motion sensing games etc. This experiment makes use of this gyroscope to calculate the speed of a rolling paper roll. rolling-motion-measurement-using-a-smartphone-gyroscopeDownload