Monday, May 31, 2010

Squash and Stretch

A golf ball seems to be a solid object, incapable of flexing. But if you whack it hard enough, and film it with a fast enough camera, what appears rigid squishes and stretches like a water balloon.

15 comments:

  1. Fascinating!!!

    I'm sending this to my golfing friend. He'll love it.

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  2. My mind has been shattered...unlike that golf ball

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  3. That is amazing! I must show my students this!

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  4. Unbelievable, you almost think that the ball must have an internal memory. when you do this with a tomato of a Mellon they have no idea how the look like when they hit the steel plate, but the golfbal is sooo stubborn, ... he knows!

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  5. ehh... i call shenanigans on that. how do we know thats real?

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  6. It's a pancake with dimples! Gotta love physics, amazing!

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  7. O-O Holy cow...I was expecting to see even just a bit of squash on that impact...but what an eye opener! Awesome of you to plug a bit of animation reference...it's important to know when and where to exaggerate things like this...since all art - from illustrating to animating - is merely an illusion of life!

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  8. Actually, it appears that this is not the impact from a normal golf club swing, nor is it arguably a standard golf ball. The dialogue underneath the YouTube video is instructive.

    Compare with
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y57pw_iWlk&feature=related and

    Here's a more expected impact:

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  9. Pull the other one... I can imagine a golf ball denting or cracking or shattering, but not turning into a fried egg and the reforming itself!

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  10. I could not comprehend what i jstu swa..!..:;.;......

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  11. Thanks, Les: I guess the jury is out on whether it's real or not. That video you linked to of the driver seems more like what one would expect.

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  12. These French guys try to see if it's a fake... You might/shall/will be surprised by their results.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280J1N_9OBA

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  13. These French guys set up an experiment to see if the clip is a fake or if it is real...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280J1N_9OBA

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