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The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thank-god-that-is-solved dept.

sciencehabit writes "Modern physics can get complicated. Sure, researchers know exactly what forces act on a ball rolling down an incline — an experiment that helped Galileo develop universal laws for movement and acceleration. But what happens when a deformable shape like a rubber band rolls around? A new study reveals that the faster it goes, the more squashed it gets (video included)."

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  1. Brakes, please. Please? by Kupfernigk · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm sorry but this is such a common mis-spelling on Slashdot that it's getting to me. Cars have brakes. "Car breaks" means it stops working because of mechanical or electrical failure. Spellcheckers can't fix homophones.

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  2. Direct link to the .FLV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those of us where the player won't launch when you click "play video" in the article, here's a direct link to the flash video:

    http://sciencevideo.aaas.org/sciencenow/snow_ribbon_250.flv (320x240, 17 seconds, 1.1MB)