Good Thing 16 March — Time Warp
Today’s good thing was watching a new TV show that my students suggested to me, Time Warp. The basic premise of this show is that these two guys take high speed (which means high frame rate so you can watch it back in slow motion) video of various science type events. While some times slow motion is overdone, according to Entertainment Weekly online, this may be the only acceptable use of slow mo. The episode I watch tonight involved watching various objects being blended including seven butane lighters (which did eventually combust), juggling chainsaws, and a old bar trick with a beer bottle which really a great example of the power of vacuums. (Not the cleaning kind, but the lack of anything.)
The one criticism my students had, I would agree, is that sometimes they reshow the slow motion clips too many times. After a while you start to feel like we get the point and they are just dragging it out.
Here is a clip of a famous drummer Mike Mangini on Time Warp with a high speed drum solo. This guy can drum at 20.1 beat/second. PER SECOND! Holy crap!
Here is the general trailer for the show.
You can find more video on the Time Warp site, http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-warp-mind-bending-motion.html, and on YouTube:
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Tags: Good Thing, juggling chainsaws, slow motion, Television, Time Warp
