Some people play football, others ride bikes...My sport is breaking bricks. I would like to see a Time Warp several breaks. The first break with a fist, and the second with a heel stomp. I'm curious to know if all the energy is transferred from the first brick to the rest of the stack, or if it is the implement that continues to drive the stack down.
I would love to see a slow motion break down of the Lichtenberg figure effect, it occurs when high voltage current is passed through acrylic. Seeing as you guys have that type of equipment on hand, you probably could do it and, I think that most people would find it interesting. Here's the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure
Hey Matt, Jeff has loads of posts and you look lonely on here with only 2 posts so I decided to say HI and ask you to check the suggestion I just posted on Jeff's "discussion" about ping pong balls on mousetraps and see what you think of it. Next time I won't even post to Jeff, I'll just post to your discussion. You need friends too. :-)
I would like to see what happens when you shoot armor-piercing bullets at the sharp edge of an axe. Also want to see a balloon popped underwater. please. I watch all the episodes so i'll be waiting.
I'd like Time Warp to warp back to middle school, and reenact a game played all over the country. In middle school, there was always a game of "pencil wars" being played somewhere, where one player would hold his pencil horizontally with both hands, while the other player attempted to break the pencil with his own. If unsuccessful, he would then hold his pencil horizontally and let the other player attempt to break his.
This would be a very inexpensive experiment and would probably yield some very nice ripple shots as the pencil's contact each other. The "attacking" pencil is usually bent very far backwards to enhance the impact...I would like to see how that looks warped as well.
Filming glass breaking from high frequency sound waves would be interesting to see, especially if you can capture the sound waves themselves penetrating the glass, just like the whip breaking the sound barrier.
I was just watching this movie and it made me think, what would it look like if you had an underwater recorder and filmed the engine blades from a boat spinning. I think it would make some sort of spiraling, turbo, jet-like motion. That'd be sweet. lol
I am a machinist, and there is a machine our shop called a SURFACE GRINDER. It has a diamond wheel fastened on it and spins to over 3000 rpm. If theres the tiniest crack in the wheel, the cintripical force will pull the wheel apart and explode. It is a sight to see. Thats what they call "crashing" the wheel.
i got 2 suggestions for you a water balloon NOT busting in high speed,and when you get a styaraphone cup and turn it closed side up and hit it kind of hard in high speed
This is really about trying not to break anything. We've all seen or at least heard of the stunt where a table cloth is yanked off a table leaving the dishes behind undisturbed. Warp that and see what really happens.
Hey Matt, Love the show! We used to do some things in college that would be great Timewarped. Even if you do not use any of these ideas, they are a lot of fun. Here is a short list...
-Put a CD in a Microwave for a few seconds for a light show. Different types of discs react differently to a microwave. Try a regular CD, a CD-RW, a CDR and DVD. I used to grab a whole box of free american online cd's from the bookstore when I lived in the dorms. -Turn the sparking dial on a disposable lighter slowly to grind up the flint without making a spark. Then, I would turn off the lights, have my friends gather close, wait a few seconds for their eyes to adjust, then I would spark the lighter It was almost like looking into a camera flash. You can also shake the lighter over a candle for a little show. -(Another lighter trick)Take apart the lighter and remove the spring and flint. Stretch out the spring and wrap one end around the flint. Heat the flint with a candle or another lighter until the flint turns red hot. Now throw it on the ground and watch sparks fly. -Light the opening of a empty liquor bottle and watch the flame swirl and dance through the bottle. The last few drops of alcohol in the bottom of the bottle provide a good fuel to air ratio. Just keep the lid on until you are ready to light. Different sizes and shapes of bottles are worth trying. If you get brave spray an aerosol into a water cooler jug. -We were given box of couple hundred cans of Axe body spray as a free promotion. Besides duct-taping down the spray nozzle and trowing them into somebody's room, the most entertaining thing to do was a little target practice with a pellet gun. A well placed shot on a full can will make it fly. -I helped start a rush function for my fraternity entitled "Break S**t Night." We would keep anything breakable from an entire year, and then we would take turns throwing things onto concrete from a balcony a few stories up. I've seen everthing from appliances, TV's, toilets, computers, and anything else we could get our hands on. We would pull things out of dumpsters on the way home from class. It is still being done, but now it is twice a year. You can't go wrong with throwing things from a balcony. This concept also makes moving out easier. -Our fraternity house was located on top of a very steep hill. The 30' wide by 100' long slip and slide would be great filmed in high speed. The hill is steep enough to slide down without a sheet of plastic. To keep from sliding into the street we would build a 4' wall at the bottom for a splash pool. The splash when hitting the bottom was big enough to splash cars driving by.
At the pool, when you jump off the diving board to make a splash via a "jackknife" or what I call "the can-opener" if you hold a volleyball in the correct position when hitting the water, the ball can be sent 30+ feet in the air. It would be cool to see in slow motion.
One day i was taking bath and one drop of water flew toward the light bulb and it blew with a bang ... It was so quick that i was not able to determine what had happened.... I would love to see "What happens when a water dropped on the hot light bulb" in the Time Warp
please. I watch all the episodes so i'll be waiting.