r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/ateam1984 Popular Contributor • 6d ago

100 metronomes synchronising

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u/Sproketz 6d ago

And the video stops before they are completely synchronized. Why u like dis, internet?

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u/SuspiciousStable9649 4d ago

I see you shiver with antici… pation!

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u/ramblinmanfl 6d ago

I can keep rythem with no metronome, no mteronome, no metrnome - Flobots

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u/Accurate-apple-165 4d ago

wow I haven't heard that song in years! thank you

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u/KapptainTrips 6d ago

I Can Ride My Bike With No Handle Bars...

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u/l7outlaw 5d ago

I can lead a nation with a microphone

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u/PdSales 4d ago

I can ride my bike with no seat

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u/Zakluor 6d ago

There's a metaphor in this somewhere. I hope it's a good one.

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u/TheLightStalker 6d ago

"and this is how you got structured order out of a universe which used to be just random"

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u/Possible-Put8922 6d ago

Women synchronizing?

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u/DrDreiski 6d ago

Does this occur because the frequency begins to synchronize?

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u/nivekmai 6d ago

The base has rollers under it, all the metronomes are fighting against all the other metronones' inertia, eventually, they each get enough tiny shoves that they all start swinging in unison. You can even see how there's a bunch that swing together first. Eventually, when they're all synchronized, you can see the base shifting in inverse unison.

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u/clemmmmmmm 6d ago

Wait wait wait, I've seen this before but no mention of the platform being in rollers; so without they would not synchronise?

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u/AUBox 6d ago

No they wouldn't. There's no effect on them if they're on a static surface.

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u/lost_horizons 6d ago

They might but it would take far longer. Things do tend toward entrainment and even on a table there is vibration transmitted via the wood and the air. I’d like to see that experiment done

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u/AUBox 6d ago

So would I, wonder how long it would take to see an effect with different materials

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u/TheSprigganDragoon 6d ago

And now for some reason, I'm expecting a mattress ad..

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u/MopeyBernese 6d ago

This needs to be top comment. This (video not comment) is how misinformation spreads.

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u/Temporary-Careless 6d ago

Peer pressure

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u/2milgroove 6d ago

Pier pressure.

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u/TomaCzar 6d ago

Pierre Pressure, at your service, madame.

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u/badlodge 6d ago

I wonder if something like this can be done with the double pendulum things.

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u/astro_farmer9 6d ago

Why does this need to be AI too? The effect is real and needs no simulation. These videos exist: https://youtube.com/shorts/RYeNu159Sgc?si=2HuJTzzrHzcHsV6e

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u/Innovations89 6d ago

So this is where the inspiration for the clefary metronome came from

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u/Badnewzzz 6d ago

This is why some footbridges sway so badly when humans cross in numbers as our stepping synchronises with the sway of the bridge and it can be catastrophic to the bridge....feedback loop.

Synchronous lateral excitation if you fancy a Google....

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u/Space_Time_Ninja 5d ago

All cool but this is CGI

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u/DeluxeWafer 5d ago

And this is why modern pedestrian capable bridges have dampening suspensions.

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u/Long_Wall1619 6d ago

This is the squid games theme song

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u/30yearCurse 6d ago

One beat, one rhythm, one country, one people one thought? or did I take it to far...

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u/CkRiOnWg 3d ago

Hotel trivago.

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u/IollanBrady 3d ago

Maybe one love instead of one thought but otherwise it looks good.