He ranks at the very top of Brady Haran's guests. It's been at least a year since his last appearance and I hope he comes back soon.
I especially like the one with the acoustic modes of the coffee cup. My only wish is that he had spun the cup and discussed how the tone changes. The nodes move in a way that's not intuitive and that fact can be used to make gyroscopes!
I especially like the one with the acoustic modes of the coffee cup. My only wish is that he had spun the cup and discussed how the tone changes. The nodes move in a way that's not intuitive and that fact can be used to make gyroscopes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfzNJE4CK_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFmOr1vMOT4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherical_resonator_gyrosc...