http://io9.com/5947112/watch-32-disc...ter-of-minutes
32 metronomes set off at odd times, manage total synchrony with 2 and a bit minutes !!
Hypnotic !
http://io9.com/5947112/watch-32-disc...ter-of-minutes
32 metronomes set off at odd times, manage total synchrony with 2 and a bit minutes !!
Hypnotic !
They're all set to the same frequency I presume?
It's cool. Was expecting Ligeti.
Pretty cool, I like it
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Metronomes are used to provide a stable beat or "pulse". This proves that they are unreliable as to reach syncronisation, some or all must either increase or decrease the time between pulses.
Incredible results though, just shows nature strives towards harmony.
They're stable in the absence of exterior forces. This experiment demonstrates what happens if you allow exterior forces (the back and forth motion of metronomes) to affect surrounding metronomes.
No it doesn'tIncredible results though, just shows nature strives towards harmony.
I think this is similar to the effect originally encountered after the Millennium footbridge was opened; the movement of people walking over the bridge became 'syncronised' and caused the already flexible bridge to wobble excessively. Something to do with its 'resonant frequency', if I remember correctly? An amazing effect though
Love it, and it reminds me of the pendulum wave thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_AiV12XBbI
g8ina (12-09-2013)
It's a similar, although not identical, phenomenon. As humans actively adjust their stride patterns to fit with existing movement you get a positive feedback loop - people walking on the bridge makes it resonate, the resonance makes people adjust their stride to match the resonant frequency, and when people start walking at the resonant frequency the bridge resonates more, increasing the effect (until worst case scenario you get to the point where the resonance destroys the bridge - see Tacoma Narrows).
With the metronomes you don't get the positive feedback - instead each metronome forces its neighbours to swing at a frequency which is most likely not it's resonant frequency - there'll only be a couple of metronomes being forced at their resonant frequency, which is what drives all the rest. Kind of
I was really hoping that last pink one would hold out, it made a real go of it
I may wrong, but surely the only thing causing these metronomes to become synchronised is the movement of the suspended surface they are on...
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My OCD nearly exploded towards the end, bottom right would have been shot if I were running the experiment
Zak33 (16-09-2013)
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