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Investigating Angular Velocity

Posted by michael on from the young's-modulus dept.

mbreitba writes "Sam Barros is at it again, Some may know him for his Railgun research, and some may know him for his homemade cannons. But now he's found a use for all those old CD's you don't need anymore. Personally, I couldn't think of a better use for them."

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  1. This picture is priceless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This picture is great. The guy is sitting on the floor looking at a 35000 RPM CD which is most certainly going to explode, and wearing nothing but a pair of (what looks to be) sunglasses! He looks like a little kid whose found his first book of matches and is mesmerized by fire! I can't view the video (./'d) so I can't comment of his actual procedure, but from the looks of things he could have been in for a world of hurt. At 35000 RPM, that plastic might as well be concrete, or glass.