This Weird Shape Rolls Uphill Instead of Down

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  • čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
  • In this video I show you some objects the roll uphill instead of down. Then I talk about how it is possible and how it is still falling down.
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  • @thomaskast7842
    @thomaskast7842 Před 3 lety +6349

    -Bro where are you?
    -Up here on the tree
    -How did you get up there?
    -I fell.

    • @ChandanTalukdar99
      @ChandanTalukdar99 Před 3 lety +41

      😂

    • @tukangbobo
      @tukangbobo Před 3 lety +19

      well said

    • @alesthra
      @alesthra Před 3 lety +60

      It's easy to fall into top of the tree. All you need is some flying device like helicopter, plane or whatever and jump or accidentally fall through open door or something.

    • @guywithbigwhitecock709
      @guywithbigwhitecock709 Před 3 lety +9

      Where's that reference from

    • @klauzwayne4215
      @klauzwayne4215 Před 3 lety +4

      @@guywithbigwhitecock709 little britain: czcams.com/video/rV-0PCIhaF0/video.html

  • @Zenith_682
    @Zenith_682 Před 3 lety +5134

    Did you roll up hill?
    Cone: yesn’t

  • @PC-ds6zk
    @PC-ds6zk Před rokem +1122

    Theres this place in the UK called 'the crooked house', its a pub, which slants to one side. Weirdly this experiment works there too. People use a coin there and it rolls up instead of down

    • @SomeRandomIdiot888
      @SomeRandomIdiot888 Před rokem +49

      It's probably an illusion or something.

    • @xiaospersonaltoelicker2026
      @xiaospersonaltoelicker2026 Před rokem +16

      We have that here in the US at Landrums

    • @noahcrawford2693
      @noahcrawford2693 Před rokem +11

      One in the US in the upper peninsula of Michigan

    • @kitkat47chrysalis95
      @kitkat47chrysalis95 Před rokem +1

      @@noahcrawford2693 surely this cant be real

    • @AutPen38
      @AutPen38 Před rokem +74

      I just googled the Crooked House pub (in Himley near Dudley) and there's a wiki page about it. It looks even more slanted than the leaning tower of Pisa but isn't as famous unfortunately. Due to careful placement of objects like tables and the angled windows and brickwork (due to subsidence) a number of optical illusions occur. e.g. a marble will *appear* to roll uphill. It's the not the same thing as this video, which shows a "trick" object (with a weight in it) that actually does roll uphill.

  • @certiPHIer
    @certiPHIer Před rokem +90

    If the sides of your ramp were parallel instead of converging to the downhill point, both shapes would roll downhill. The object shaped like two cones put together rolls in the direction that has its center of mass descending on the converging ramp, so its center of gravity is "rolling downhill".

    • @Rockancrime
      @Rockancrime Před 3 měsíci +7

      There’s a great version of this experiment that has a shape that’s inverted to this - the narrowest point in the middle. If you angle the ramp so that the thin end is higher, it will similarly “fall up”. Your comment reminded me of that version from the science center I went to as a kid. And now work at. I should dig around in the basement and go find it… 🙃

    • @RandomRants525
      @RandomRants525 Před měsícem

      You took the words right out of my mouth mate. Smart guy.

    • @lewisharden1715
      @lewisharden1715 Před 17 dny +1

      You can do the same with a pool ball and two cues,
      No mystery here.

    • @spydrmnd
      @spydrmnd Před 11 dny

      The foam wheel and the wooden thing are two different things. One uses leverage the other is basically an illusion

    • @blaze1148
      @blaze1148 Před 4 dny

      @@spydrmnd Yup - the foam one is cheating as he unsuspectedly offset the weight of the object.

  • @priyadugar6944
    @priyadugar6944 Před 3 lety +3699

    When life starts going down, be this cone not the cylinder.

  • @BC-wj8fx
    @BC-wj8fx Před 3 lety +2898

    "Gravity HATES this shape. See how it gets 54 inches of uphill per week using this one simple trick"

  • @Incepter.
    @Incepter. Před rokem +187

    That object that rolls up on a slanted hill has rejected the offer of the laws of physics while The Action Lab is testing with him.

    • @josephmorin8941
      @josephmorin8941 Před 3 měsíci +2

      You know its an optical illusion, right? That wooden pin isn't really falling uphill.

  • @tomzuriel9480
    @tomzuriel9480 Před rokem +59

    Now I understand Lil Wayne when he said I fell from the streets, I landed in the sky. 💆

    • @Aero.planes72
      @Aero.planes72 Před rokem +1

      nice one

    • @barahng
      @barahng Před 8 dny

      That or maybe he had just watched that movie Upside Down, the one with two planets connected by a giant tower. The gravity reverses halfway up the tower.

  • @marzbroz420
    @marzbroz420 Před 3 lety +13290

    This glitch will be fixed on the next update ..
    If you find any more glitches..
    Just report or update your simulation..
    Thank you.

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam Před 3 lety +26464

    _"Oh no! I've fallen, and I can't get down!"_

  • @kevincarson9201
    @kevincarson9201 Před rokem +7

    that triangular shaped base along with the slanted shape of the rolling object is why it rolls up. Physics won't let those two shapes interact in a way that lets it roll the other directions

    • @Novaflare187
      @Novaflare187 Před rokem

      Well yes and no, it is not that the shape won't let it roll downwards. Around 1:44 we can see that the entire object does roll downwards (towards the less elevated side) after the ramp was elevated enough. But the shape does create different paths of varying resistances (and amount of energy needed). So depending on the angle/elevation the ramp, the object's center of mass will move towards the path of least resistance regardless is that is upwards, downwards or staying at rest.

  • @rxotmfrxotmf8208
    @rxotmfrxotmf8208 Před 7 měsíci +5

    The explanation should have mentioned that the widening of the two inclined sides let the CG of the cone sink as it rolls up the incline, due to the V shape of the cone's middle. Nonetheless, it was a really good and entertaining video as usual from The Action Lab.

    • @khongminh5168
      @khongminh5168 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Could this be turned into a perpetual motion machine if it drops into parallel sides at the top and gets guided back and connected to the v shape again?

    • @Sakscratch
      @Sakscratch Před měsícem +1

      @rxot: Precisely! That's the crux of the physics behind the entire video and it isn't even mentioned! I was reading the comments wondering why in the hell no one mentioned that!? WTF?

  • @joey9385
    @joey9385 Před 3 lety +1492

    0:51 *“now watch both of theses at the same time now”*
    My eyes: 👁 👃 👁

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 Před 3 lety +3630

    Schrodinger's Cone: Falls up and down at the same time lol

    • @gadahadmohan
      @gadahadmohan Před 3 lety +71

      But in parallel universe
      This is important 😂

    • @bluesillybeard
      @bluesillybeard Před 3 lety +13

      lol good one

    • @eggeggington606
      @eggeggington606 Před 3 lety +24

      Wouldn’t it just stay in place?

    • @swayam4941
      @swayam4941 Před 3 lety +6

      That means it will be at the same place

    • @swetea6908
      @swetea6908 Před 3 lety +21

      @@gadahadmohan parallel universes may have different laws of physic

  • @ragavanbalaji7257
    @ragavanbalaji7257 Před rokem +11

    this is the first one i actually understood before getting it explained to me

  • @timdavis7845
    @timdavis7845 Před 8 měsíci

    Interesting video! I understand how it works. Thanks for sharing this with us 😀

  • @OllyORB_
    @OllyORB_ Před 3 lety +24375

    _Your free trial of gravity has ended._

  • @hunnathegunna5616
    @hunnathegunna5616 Před 3 lety +3727

    Me: I just want her to fall for me
    Her:

  • @thomaspetrucka9173
    @thomaspetrucka9173 Před rokem +5

    0:43 If you look at the center cylinder, you’ll notice it actually descends as it rolls up the ramp.

  • @vivek3638
    @vivek3638 Před rokem

    Thanks a lot from the bottom of my heart for this knowledge and awareness bro

  • @prestondrew7846
    @prestondrew7846 Před 3 lety +1490

    task manager: unfortunately, gravity has stopped working

    • @joepaxton3154
      @joepaxton3154 Před 3 lety +20

      Ironic thing is, is that this is exactly gravity working as its pushing the back to back cone down which means that in turn it causes the shape to roll uphill as to get lower down it needs to move to the part where the pieces of wood ar further apart

    • @klashnacovak47
      @klashnacovak47 Před 3 lety +3

      Can I get that printed on a T-Shirt?

    • @thefirebeanie5481
      @thefirebeanie5481 Před 3 lety +2

      Just parts of the code

    • @muhammedshamil2443
      @muhammedshamil2443 Před 3 lety +3

      Task failed succesfully

    • @pgre
      @pgre Před 3 lety +1

      @@joepaxton3154 you don't need to nerd it out

  • @shoking9825
    @shoking9825 Před 2 lety +2677

    Disclaimer: no laws of physics were harmed in the making of this video

  • @hydrocharis1
    @hydrocharis1 Před rokem

    As kids we made marble runs with horizontal wooden blocks wicb diverge as the marble runs downwards. This was easier in construction generally, although you did have to support the sides enough to prevent the marble from pushing the blocks outward.

  • @planetarean
    @planetarean Před měsícem

    Stayed for the explanation!! Loved it 🤗 thank you!!

  • @varundeshpandevd
    @varundeshpandevd Před 2 lety +7062

    Although it rolls upwards, its effective center of gravity is going down. The shape sinks into the ramp due to its V shape.

    • @baronvonhypnosis
      @baronvonhypnosis Před 2 lety +557

      Thank you. in 6minutes and 20 seconds he spent 20 seconds talking about the wooden thing, and never explained it. You summed it up in a single sentence.

    • @mapmakerger3118
      @mapmakerger3118 Před 2 lety +43

      Thanks i Was going to say this too

    • @vara202
      @vara202 Před 2 lety +75

      This is also why it had a limit to the slope it would roll up.

    • @jonathanbaxter4611
      @jonathanbaxter4611 Před 2 lety +49

      Didn't he say that?

    • @nickoloes
      @nickoloes Před 2 lety +37

      Can people not see thats whats happening?

  • @GTron13
    @GTron13 Před 3 lety +1600

    Me: He’s probably got the table slanted
    The Action Lab: To show you that the table isn’t slanted..

    • @Accidental_Raider
      @Accidental_Raider Před 3 lety +15

      Haha...out of context don't know it don't comment

    • @kenzieandrewsarm4849
      @kenzieandrewsarm4849 Před 3 lety +4

      I feel like because the ramp and the shape both are the same material, then they must be made together and to me, I think that it's magnetic

    • @kenzieandrewsarm4849
      @kenzieandrewsarm4849 Před 3 lety +3

      kinda just a thought, I'm not going against this person

    • @BMalding53
      @BMalding53 Před 3 lety +6

      @@kenzieandrewsarm4849 so, magnetic wood?

    • @BMalding53
      @BMalding53 Před 3 lety +4

      @@kenzieandrewsarm4849 that exists?

  • @Kounomura
    @Kounomura Před 6 měsíci

    Despite appearances, the cunningly shaped rotating body still goes downhill, you just have to pay close attention. A playful method, it also sheds light on the essential background of physics. Super.

  • @RyanSellers
    @RyanSellers Před rokem +42

    What in the world of magic is this! This is real magic!

    • @Alex_Z95
      @Alex_Z95 Před rokem +7

      This is physics 😁😆

    • @amesky4589
      @amesky4589 Před rokem +7

      Eh, Magic is just science we don't quite understand.

  • @respawningg7319
    @respawningg7319 Před 2 lety +1591

    "why are you crying?" "sniffle i fell up the stairs"

  • @Detholize
    @Detholize Před 2 lety +1168

    “What if I switch them?”
    *creates black hole*

  • @robinbanks1418
    @robinbanks1418 Před rokem +2

    Helium balloon in vacuum chamber: Let me do it for you

  • @anildeshkar906
    @anildeshkar906 Před rokem

    Very well explained. Good demo.

  • @theronjohnson6840
    @theronjohnson6840 Před 3 lety +1867

    There's got to be a hamster in there

  • @KieranTully
    @KieranTully Před 3 lety +890

    It took me a while to notice that the rails move apart, which is what allows the conical mass to fall right, as it rolls on narrower and narrower parts of the cone (which sit lower on the wider parts of the rail). Whereas the cylinder has constant circumference and can only roll down to the left.

    • @hananezumi
      @hananezumi Před 3 lety +56

      Thank you for your explanation because I was still so confused about why it was going up after watching over the video. I don't know why he talked about everything besides what should be the most relevant part...

    • @fikriirshade1132
      @fikriirshade1132 Před 3 lety +14

      thanks the video didnt really explain why this particular set of object behave that way

    • @Mr.Jarfish
      @Mr.Jarfish Před 3 lety +3

      isnt is more like the thing that rolls 'upward' has weight at the top when he places it so the momentum of the weight falling down is seemingly making it roll upward? just like with the stirofoam circle. still quite genius design the wooden thing must have in the balance of weight

    • @KieranTully
      @KieranTully Před 3 lety +12

      No, I think the cone has uniform density, unlike the styrofoam disc which is weighed down on one edge.
      The cone rolls right not because it's heavier on one side, but because the rails move apart, allowing the cone's centre of gravity to fall down as the diverging rails touch the narrower and thus "higher" extremities of the cone.
      This view might make it more obvious: czcams.com/video/o4xTbyfQgps/video.html
      The slope of the cone against the rails is more than the slope of the rails against the ground.
      At some point the cone stops narrowing (i.e. stops lowering the CoG against the diverging rails), and that's why there's a notch in the rails, for the cylindrical ends of the cone to fall into.

    • @SD-G
      @SD-G Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly... Figured it out in a few seconds

  • @MysteriousDream3021
    @MysteriousDream3021 Před rokem

    I'm very great full for your videos and explanation 🙏🏻

  • @MuhammadAfzal-vz2xr
    @MuhammadAfzal-vz2xr Před 9 měsíci

    Well explained 😊

  • @prest01
    @prest01 Před 3 lety +1955

    science class: *has a test tomorrow i havent studied for*
    me, an intellectual: *watches the action lab to study*

  • @l.riggins1857
    @l.riggins1857 Před 3 lety +1139

    I'm surprised he didn't follow through with a cursory explanation as to how the center of gravity is dropping due to the shape of the object and the widening rail path caused by the rail angle on the ramp. I noticed this immediately, however many, including younger viewers might not fully get it without explanation.

    • @SamiDoustdar
      @SamiDoustdar Před 3 lety +28

      Exactly

    • @Ginrummy33
      @Ginrummy33 Před 3 lety +174

      Yes, if those two rails had been parallel, then it would have rolled down like normal, It's the spreading angle that makes the big center part of the "ball" thingy get lower and do so faster than the steepness of the incline. He really didn't explain his current objects well.

    • @cedrick25
      @cedrick25 Před 3 lety +40

      Thank you guys for the explanation! Much appreciated.

    • @manusinhrahevar7527
      @manusinhrahevar7527 Před 3 lety +33

      Yeah i was thinking why was he going off topic rather tham explain the angle between rails.

    • @dariusdarkwing4998
      @dariusdarkwing4998 Před 3 lety +9

      Well you made it easy to understand in few words so...

  • @DEW-fk7ij
    @DEW-fk7ij Před 7 měsíci

    If you check the center of the object it is going downhill. The spread of the runners allows it to fall and appears to go uphill but the object is going down.

  • @XCATX25
    @XCATX25 Před rokem

    I want a video collage of all the times he said something like "why is this happening" and similar, I think it would be great reaction material

  • @matiasbliznac2141
    @matiasbliznac2141 Před 3 lety +1666

    He didn't explain it fully I think so for anyone interested here's a more complete explanation: basically, the reason the cone falls upward is that it actually falls downward. The reason for that is that it actually starts at a higher position because of the shape of the slope. It has a hole in the middle which becomes narrower at the base of the slope, and when he places the cone at the base, because of the shape of the cone the center of mass ends up higher, and as it rolls, it ends up falling into the hole of the slope and the center of mass moves down. Basically, this trick wouldn't work were he to place the cone onto two parallel sticks which he leaned against something because the cone wouldn't be falling into a hole at the same time as it rolls upwards.

    • @starfish444
      @starfish444 Před 3 lety +22

      What bout the styrofoam?

    • @petergambier
      @petergambier Před 3 lety +4

      Good point Matias.

    • @juli9683
      @juli9683 Před 3 lety +67

      @@starfish444 it was heavier on one side, so the side was pushed down by gravity, which made it role to the right side

    • @gamelord_bharat
      @gamelord_bharat Před 3 lety +25

      Yeah due to widening of rail the massive portion of the double cone is sinking so actually its centre of mass is getting down but our eye the judge the level of edge of cone

    • @lucyhellbroke
      @lucyhellbroke Před 3 lety +7

      EDIT: - OHHHHHHH NEVERMIND I GET IT.... but yeah, STILL witchcraft, LOL. -
      Wait so if there wasn’t a divot for the thing to roll up into, would this still work? I’m so confused. Y’all are witches. Lol

  • @godisholyholyholy1506
    @godisholyholyholy1506 Před 3 lety +698

    “In order to fall up, it had to fall down”. Guy who hit the blunt one time: (hits the floor)

    • @DoyleFM
      @DoyleFM Před 3 lety +7

      I hear he was quoted having said, "I smoked it & then I felt something cold on my shoulder. I looked up & it was the floor."
      - Paraphrasing the late Jay Hickman
      😁
      🇺🇸

    • @hiltonchapman4844
      @hiltonchapman4844 Před 3 lety +3

      @Odd Octave: Re your "In order fall up it had to fall down..."
      I think that's an oblique reference to a guy battling senility running up the stairway to Air Force Once Upon A Time.
      (C'mon, man! How hep can you get?)
      HC-JAIPUR (22/03/2021)

    • @akshatrajsingh1894
      @akshatrajsingh1894 Před 3 lety +1

      "The path to paradise passes through hell. "

    • @alexgrisch3004
      @alexgrisch3004 Před 3 lety +2

      “I can’t find the ‘return' button”

    • @juzukiizxu4861
      @juzukiizxu4861 Před 3 lety +2

      Albert

  • @mattmilford8106
    @mattmilford8106 Před rokem

    I wish I could be so fascinated by such simple and mundane things. It looks like he's having fun.

  • @GalaxyNote10Plus
    @GalaxyNote10Plus Před 7 měsíci

    Sir, if you mind to answer my simple question I WILL BE GRATEFUL.
    What was your "course" when you're in college to study those things you've learned?
    Engineering? What kind? Mechanical?
    Scientists?
    I like to study as you did if I will have a chance.
    Glad you explained it, it's amazing content, thank you so much!

  • @KAYBE_CO
    @KAYBE_CO Před 3 lety +2124

    For those who don’t understand:
    The wedge shape is supplementary to the pin rolling upward. Notice that the wedge gets wider as the pin rolls upward. This causes the pin’s center of gravity to follow the side it chooses thanks to its shape. As the v gets wider. The grooves accommodate the shape of the pin. Think of a marble rolling in a slit that is shaped like a V. When the slit gets too narrow, the marble will stop. When the slit gets too wide, the marble will fall out. Which one is related to gravity? Yes, the fall. That is why the pin rolls upward. Excuse my lack of vocab

    • @Bankable2790
      @Bankable2790 Před 3 lety +54

      Same with the styrofoam. It has a thicker side uphill whose mass imparts a great force via gravity toward the “uphill” side than the light side toward to the downhill side.

    • @Yonatan-jv8mv
      @Yonatan-jv8mv Před 3 lety +26

      Thanks for the simple explanation

    • @jamesloll4601
      @jamesloll4601 Před 3 lety +27

      No, it's still falling down. cones edge versus it following the groove actually causes it to sink, even though the slant is up.

    • @KAYBE_CO
      @KAYBE_CO Před 3 lety +6

      @@jamesloll4601 yup

    • @Ami-oh2zy
      @Ami-oh2zy Před 3 lety +42

      *i dont understand but I'll act like i do*

  • @samlange6937
    @samlange6937 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the inspiration

  • @ianholderness5773
    @ianholderness5773 Před 9 dny

    The cone shape is important, but the weight of the item is also a key to this working and the triangular shape of the track.

  • @chiggen_wings5703
    @chiggen_wings5703 Před 3 lety +504

    Alex: "You made me proud that day."
    David: "I- I- I fell."
    Alex: "Yeah. But you got back up."
    *end credits roll with the main theme playing*

  • @okplay9446
    @okplay9446 Před 2 lety +3532

    It's center of mass is still technically moving downwards, so the energy for the movement yet again comes from the objects gravitational potential energy.

    • @hikarumatsuyama6749
      @hikarumatsuyama6749 Před 2 lety +18

      Wow science :)

    • @hankatten1421
      @hankatten1421 Před 2 lety +76

      Everybody just saying the stuff he said in the video

    • @gibblets17
      @gibblets17 Před 2 lety +47

      @@hankatten1421 but what we are saying is the video says it moves uphill in the title and it doesn't actually roll uphill. It's an illusion.

    • @hankatten1421
      @hankatten1421 Před 2 lety +38

      @@gibblets17 yeah but he said that in the video

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin Před 2 lety +7

      Science is Like magic but Real.

  • @roseheart270
    @roseheart270 Před rokem +6

    Would be interesting to see this applied in Roman times over long distances. Carry it to position, fill the hollowed interior center, roll.

  • @Moshuun
    @Moshuun Před 3 lety +5375

    This is what weed smokers mean when they say *Roll Up*

    • @machineunit
      @machineunit Před 3 lety +101

      Just tryin to get higher 😎

    • @hanseldsilva2393
      @hanseldsilva2393 Před 3 lety +13

      @@machineunit heh noice

    • @Vize_Iron
      @Vize_Iron Před 3 lety +18

      Lowkey rolling a blunt knowing ur bout to smoke and chill to music is 1 of the most relaxing things no Cap. I dont get that high anymore because I smoke everyday but ye it's still feels great

    • @leventbasaran3075
      @leventbasaran3075 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Vize_Iron Just do a regulary Tolerance break

    • @timedubs
      @timedubs Před 3 lety +2

      And I thought that going fast enough to go backwards in time was cool

  • @korishan
    @korishan Před 3 lety +434

    2:11 "..roll uphill, or basically fall up" I just watch my cousin trying to go up the stairs. She does a 'very' good job falling up the stairs 🤣

  • @jabricks
    @jabricks Před 6 měsíci

    Same principle used in CVT pulley for matic motorbike.

  • @carlosalbertoandradesilva9442

    very smart explanation! congratulations!

  • @thedeamonmeteor69420
    @thedeamonmeteor69420 Před 3 lety +2006

    Plot Twist: That weird shape is from Australia

    • @emperornero5178
      @emperornero5178 Před 3 lety +38

      I really wanna like your comment but I can't, I hope you understand

    • @kadaso29
      @kadaso29 Před 3 lety +17

      He understood

    • @emperornero5178
      @emperornero5178 Před 3 lety +14

      Adaso Ronald god dammit now it's at 74 😭

    • @chrisw4997
      @chrisw4997 Před 3 lety +4

      @@emperornero5178 81 now

    • @aemkei8920
      @aemkei8920 Před 3 lety

      @@emperornero5178 271

  • @rkkastarshina3989
    @rkkastarshina3989 Před 2 lety +1142

    the ramp: "Never gonna let you dooown!"

    • @ricktam2841
      @ricktam2841 Před 2 lety +32

      Damm this was funny
      But the rickroll hurt

    • @mattynek2
      @mattynek2 Před 2 lety +21

      @@ricktam2841 never gonna run around

    • @fool6070
      @fool6070 Před 2 lety +19

      @@mattynek2 and desert you

    • @Build_Boal
      @Build_Boal Před 2 lety +18

      @@ricktam2841 Never gonna MAKE YOU CRY

    • @exp_life7808
      @exp_life7808 Před 2 lety +15

      @@ricktam2841 NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE

  • @davidgilbertson7750
    @davidgilbertson7750 Před rokem

    Reminds me of the game I played in my youth called "Hit the Spot." I think of the hundreds of times I played, I finally got my muscle memory to where I could win one out of 10 times. Tough game!

  • @steffenleo5997
    @steffenleo5997 Před rokem

    Great stuff...thank you Sir...👍👍

  • @farmtomeme6265
    @farmtomeme6265 Před 3 lety +178

    "Hey everybody, today we're going to be clipping out of bounds and into the backrooms."

    • @xernotec
      @xernotec Před 3 lety +9

      God. Not the backrooms, please

  • @boxbunny1344
    @boxbunny1344 Před 3 lety +457

    Don't worry guys Schrondinger's Cone is just having a rebellious phase

    • @j.hawkins8779
      @j.hawkins8779 Před 3 lety +4

      Lol

    • @carmph-may23rdtwenty24
      @carmph-may23rdtwenty24 Před 3 lety +1

      @@j.hawkins8779 hmm yes there is indeed a like button and 73 other people has used it to say they laughed and i indeed need to reply with "Lol" because the like button isn't good enough and i need to start clogging the replies, *p E r F e C t*

    • @j.hawkins8779
      @j.hawkins8779 Před 3 lety +11

      @@carmph-may23rdtwenty24 * inhales * *reaches out * **grabs shotgun**

    • @dinglequandale8574
      @dinglequandale8574 Před 3 lety +1

      These comments make me hungry

    • @boxbunny1344
      @boxbunny1344 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dinglequandale8574 u like cones without ice cream?

  • @Rockancrime
    @Rockancrime Před 3 měsíci

    Great video. Love the explanation!

  • @ZackXD_100
    @ZackXD_100 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This video reminds me of the Oregon vortex where everything just rolls uphill and gravity is just broken😂

  • @SickndSoul
    @SickndSoul Před 3 lety +461

    Now I'm trying to think of ways to implement this into my work environment lol. (pipe yard)

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 3 lety

      HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear nru

    • @madisonbrown8851
      @madisonbrown8851 Před 3 lety +22

      @@AxxLAfriku wut...

    • @ruggedrebel5727
      @ruggedrebel5727 Před 3 lety +35

      @@AxxLAfriku Just Turn Off your internet then.

    • @PixyMontoya
      @PixyMontoya Před 3 lety +18

      @@AxxLAfriku stfu

    • @sofa-lofa4241
      @sofa-lofa4241 Před 3 lety +6

      @brutally_honest How about a weight attached to the inside of a pipe, then you could make it roll uphill like the foam ring, but only for half a turn of course,
      You could really freak people out by making a motorised weight so it runs continuously, you could use the motor and battery as the weight, a remote controlled version so you could start it rolling as your colleagues walk past would be the icing on the cake 🤣
      Happy building!

  • @chaewonstan90000
    @chaewonstan90000 Před 3 lety +311

    Further Explanation: The shape of the ramp (like

    • @rogg0224
      @rogg0224 Před 2 lety

      I know

    • @mayankpallewal
      @mayankpallewal Před 2 lety +3

      I was thinking the same

    • @hieutruong7456
      @hieutruong7456 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, you can see that overall, the rod of the rolling object is moving downwards

    • @Scrungge
      @Scrungge Před 2 lety +5

      It wouldn't keep rolling forever right? It's only a trick that works for a tiny distance right?

    • @chaewonstan90000
      @chaewonstan90000 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Scrungge If the middle part was infinitely big, and so was the trail, but long, it will.. but the trail will have to be really resistant.

  • @Alex_Z95
    @Alex_Z95 Před rokem +1

    The center of mass is changing because of the contact point of the triangle that the cone is above to. It is not explained very well. As the triangle opens,because of the shape,the cone goes deeper and deeper traveling upwards.

  • @potatoheadhaoy
    @potatoheadhaoy Před rokem +1

    So, the incline is not sufficient to counteract the rate at which the two guides widen, therefore the positional energy moves it up the incline. Cool stuff

  • @MrPAULONEAL
    @MrPAULONEAL Před 3 lety +435

    That wooden object sinks into the opening therefore making it actually roll down instead of up.

    • @martinoamello3017
      @martinoamello3017 Před 3 lety +52

      There you go. I read through a bunch of comments to get to this one.. You win...
      An upward falling cookie!

    • @HazzyHazeI
      @HazzyHazeI Před 3 lety +4

      exactly what I was thinking

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 Před 3 lety +34

      True if you look at the centermass of the wooden object from the side then its actually going down because the diameter gets smaller and some otherstuff thats hard to explain but you get the point

    • @nanamom7240
      @nanamom7240 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stonksrgud7645 You is grammar no sense

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 Před 3 lety +5

      @@nanamom7240 you no understand?

  • @J.L81
    @J.L81 Před 3 lety +262

    Me: so does it fall down?
    The Action Lab: *WELL, YES BUT ACTUALLY NO*

    • @C-OCEAN
      @C-OCEAN Před 3 lety +8

      Well yes,but actually no,but actually yes.

    • @shaneharding7399
      @shaneharding7399 Před 3 lety +1

      But actually no?? **science bending the laws of physics**

    • @krawleffect3789
      @krawleffect3789 Před 3 lety +1

      Its falls up so that it can fall down

  • @_synne
    @_synne Před rokem

    Initially, my first thought was wondering if this could be used for perpetual motion.

  • @waterninjaish4476
    @waterninjaish4476 Před rokem

    The shape that you used (the segment that ends at 1:42) is a cone, meaning it will widen before moving down the ramp.

  • @chaosryans
    @chaosryans Před rokem +1180

    It widens faster than it slopes, and the wedge shaped object rolls into the gap. Its a cool effect and makes you think. A lot of demonstrations use a similar ramp, but this time it makes all the difference.

    • @Lootsizimanition
      @Lootsizimanition Před rokem +6

      Yes. That's joke from 500 year B.C. and also just centre of mass is high

    • @josephbolt6203
      @josephbolt6203 Před rokem +9

      ​@@coleh46 the centre of mass going lower essentially means that the object used its gravitational potential energy for motion. Similar how a ball rolls down hill. But in this case the object is able to use its gravitational potential energy to move seemingly up the slope even though its actually getting pulled lower by gravity, but thr shape of the slope and the object creates rotation to the right. Its definitely a pretty weird one. And it all has to do with the shape of the object and the shape of the track. IF THE TRACK was parallel it would not move upwards.

    • @jamespyacek2691
      @jamespyacek2691 Před rokem +1

      @@coleh46 / The dude doesn't even talk about that.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast Před rokem +4

      Centre of mass is still moving down, and thus potential energy decreases, as the slope on the cone and distance between the tracks is greater per unit length than the longitudinal slope on the tracks. He didn't explain this properly. Switching to the balloons was not helpful.

    • @RonaldoXmadridEditz
      @RonaldoXmadridEditz Před 10 měsíci

      _L + Ratio_

  • @infalogger9697
    @infalogger9697 Před 2 lety +508

    When I read the title I said in my head : “I need this shape on my bike!”

    • @jamesortega8681
      @jamesortega8681 Před 2 lety +17

      IT ALSO MEANS YOULL PEDAL HARDER ON CERTAIN DOWNHILL SLOPES LMAO

    • @mrsprite399
      @mrsprite399 Před 2 lety +6

      No use, you'll have harder time getting downhill though.

    • @xrete
      @xrete Před 2 lety +1

      oooooh

    • @thedudethatjustexists
      @thedudethatjustexists Před 2 lety

      Sorry, but you will have to petal so hard that you will *die*

    • @thedudethatjustexists
      @thedudethatjustexists Před 2 lety +1

      Or maybe, just remove the shape before going downhill, who thought of that?

  • @stephen7774
    @stephen7774 Před rokem

    The cut of the rolling object gives an upward trending roll because of the differential of the rolling pin's slope which is much steeper than the triangular wooden slanted platform's slope. Thus, the true gravitational perspective of the combined slopes favours the steepest slope of the pin rather than the shallow slope of the triangular platform. If you graphed the points of contact with the platform to the pin you would see a gradual down slope.

  • @alexghous
    @alexghous Před 6 měsíci

    this would make a very interesting perpetual motion machine. perhaps even with useful aspects.

  • @beckywillis9507
    @beckywillis9507 Před 2 lety +1034

    “Dr bright is no longer allowed to make 3D physical shapes that defy known laws of physics”

  • @kirbyquartz5609
    @kirbyquartz5609 Před 3 lety +543

    The physics teacher: The test isn’t that hard.
    The test:

    • @thereaper5353
      @thereaper5353 Před 3 lety +17

      It's not that hard tho

    • @yochillll2672
      @yochillll2672 Před 3 lety +11

      Unless your a 2nd grader it aint that hard

    • @GHanBax
      @GHanBax Před 3 lety +16

      @@yochillll2672 you're*

    • @aname9350
      @aname9350 Před 3 lety +1

      These replies did not pass the vibe check

    • @thereaper5353
      @thereaper5353 Před 3 lety +3

      @@aname9350 You're just small minded

  • @kalanmorneau5437
    @kalanmorneau5437 Před rokem

    These videos always amaze me

  • @Rollypolly1064
    @Rollypolly1064 Před 8 měsíci

    I automatically knew what it was, but it’s still really cool to look at

  • @KitsuneFyora
    @KitsuneFyora Před 3 lety +81

    Gravity: "I need to make this thing fall to the ground...... *Notices an angled, upward slope* ......Perfect."

  • @koggy__
    @koggy__ Před 3 lety +197

    Universe: gravity
    This cone: let’s pretend I didn’t see that

    • @kirkmobley9687
      @kirkmobley9687 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha

    • @onetiretom8640
      @onetiretom8640 Před 3 lety

      Yes. I feel like this video is physics for dumbies.

    • @AryanSharma-di3fb
      @AryanSharma-di3fb Před 3 lety

      @@onetiretom8640 stfu

    • @onetiretom8640
      @onetiretom8640 Před 3 lety

      @@AryanSharma-di3fb calm down. No need to get your panties in a bunch.

    • @Laser-Creator
      @Laser-Creator Před 3 lety

      @@AryanSharma-di3fb That's Toxic. Very Toxic! Where did ya get all the Toxicity from? Was it from a Nuclear Reactor? Or was it cause You are the Nuclear waste? Who knows... But kiddo Chill out. You're too hot Nuclear waste ain't supposed to be -2368°C. So, Will ya chill out?

  • @caspermaster-com
    @caspermaster-com Před rokem

    Almost feels like you could create a perpetual motion machine out of this. Like build a contraption under that it falls down upon, and then falls like normal all the way down and slings up to the starting position again

    • @GregEnsom
      @GregEnsom Před rokem +2

      This is not possible because you have to remember that the center of gravity is never getting higher so it would slowly losing height overtime to continue movement.

  • @MG007.
    @MG007. Před 7 měsíci +1

    The Vampire from Blade needed that under his shoes.
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @yata3826
    @yata3826 Před 3 lety +191

    3:15 _The vacuum chamber made my anxiety chamber expand aswell_

    • @ri2882
      @ri2882 Před 3 lety +3

      fr my globophobia went 📈📈📈

    • @SCP--un2jo
      @SCP--un2jo Před 2 lety +1

      Lol,I read this while the vacuum chamber scene happened

    • @elisabethsun7059
      @elisabethsun7059 Před 2 lety

      @@SCP--un2jo I read this right as it ended

  • @dilkahewage1901
    @dilkahewage1901 Před 2 lety +722

    Newton: discovers gravity
    Wierd shape: ...and I took that personally

    • @chavaspada
      @chavaspada Před 2 lety +9

      It still goes down, it's just that the shape conceals the center of mass

    • @YplanAnimator
      @YplanAnimator Před 2 lety +8

      @@chavaspada woooosh moment

    • @Error-ps3si
      @Error-ps3si Před 2 lety +8

      @@YplanAnimator Look! We found the unfunny Redditor using something that's well overused!

    • @YplanAnimator
      @YplanAnimator Před 2 lety +3

      @@Error-ps3si for you who think its cringe remember that most of the memes are from reddit

    • @weareafteryou3975
      @weareafteryou3975 Před 2 lety +1

      @Easy Gamer so… you? 😉

  • @nubsynub
    @nubsynub Před rokem

    i learn more from this channel than i do from school

  • @mixodorians12
    @mixodorians12 Před rokem

    The wooden thing is shaped in a way that it's weight gives it forward momentum in between two pieces of wood set at an angle. It is going down and dropping, and that energy or force, is propelling it forward.

  • @SkinnerNoah
    @SkinnerNoah Před 3 lety +239

    Instructions not clear enough: broke my legs falling up seven flights of stairs

    • @rangerdanger822
      @rangerdanger822 Před 3 lety +1

      I wanna like your comment but its on 69 so have a comment instead

    • @WorlWyrm
      @WorlWyrm Před 3 lety +1

      @@rangerdanger822 not anymore

    • @deshmitter5717
      @deshmitter5717 Před 3 lety

      Sir this not a sufficient explanation. So it requires more reasoning in detail to unnderdtand.

  • @satanxavier777
    @satanxavier777 Před 3 lety +183

    Other shapes to Cone:
    "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

  • @p4tchPL
    @p4tchPL Před rokem

    this guy is just crazy. im learning too much

  • @lostbuffalo196
    @lostbuffalo196 Před 4 měsíci +1

    WOW. This is great. I think I'll try to make one and use it in a session of youth service at church and incorporate it with a Bible story. THANK YOU

  • @bme6907
    @bme6907 Před 2 lety +494

    rolling that glass beaker gave me anxiety.

    • @binodtharu4549
      @binodtharu4549 Před 2 lety +4

      Underrated comment. Take my like

    • @lemonybiscuits4824
      @lemonybiscuits4824 Před 2 lety +2

      I hope you have recovered by now. 😁

    • @lick28
      @lick28 Před 2 lety +12

      It's a cyclinder. Beakers are wider and look like pitchers.

    • @bme6907
      @bme6907 Před 2 lety +3

      @@lemonybiscuits4824 No, I have not. The cringe stays with me.

    • @lick28
      @lick28 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bme6907 that's mostly ornamental, we're in the context of functionality and science. It's not a beaker.

  • @skle-ton7858
    @skle-ton7858 Před 2 lety +437

    " *Watchu know about rolling down in the deep* "
    Weird shape roll: *No*

  • @calebpoemoceah3087
    @calebpoemoceah3087 Před rokem

    I like the copper iron grounding rod at an incline angle and a weak magnetic ball , as you spin the grounding rod the magnetic ball generates electricity and goes up the incline .

  • @pedrojuan5550
    @pedrojuan5550 Před rokem

    Indeed you are a Physic-cian. Happy to watch your clips.

  • @petermainwaringsx
    @petermainwaringsx Před 3 lety +239

    When I was in school, about fifty years ago, I saw this demonstration and it was explained that the centre of gravity was getting lower. CZcams have finally caught up. 😆

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel Před 3 lety +9

      Actually this isn’t even about the center of gravity, it’s the whole thing that actually goes downward. Basically this is just a trick that works by selecting the contact point in such a way that it goes downward in the opposite direction of the slope. Just replace the wedge by a groove with the same angle, and you’ll see that is actually goes down in the other direction.

    • @whi2gan
      @whi2gan Před 2 lety +3

      @@TheVoitel I get what you’re saying, but a MASSIVE portion of both of the experiments IS still actually to do with ‘centre of gravity’, because none of the experiments would work if ‘centre of gravity’ was not in the equations.

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel Před 2 lety

      @@whi2gan Well, argumenting using potential, yes. But my point is that the center of mass argument is unnescessarily obscure. Basically this video is claiming that this is happening because the center of mass is falling for inexplicable reasons. And I’m saying that there is a very clear principle why that happens. Maybe I worded that badly, I’m sorry. English is not my first language, so sometimes I use the language in ways that do not work.

    • @Kokobunney
      @Kokobunney Před 2 lety +1

      Okay guys but this guy just said FIFTY years ago

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel Před 2 lety

      @@Kokobunney Hate to break it to you, but they DID already have school fifty years ago.

  • @kuldeepsingh-lq2zc
    @kuldeepsingh-lq2zc Před 3 lety +58

    Using the glass as the downward cylinder gave me massive anxiety 😂😂😂

  • @eugenec7130
    @eugenec7130 Před 8 měsíci

    This is a trick of illusion. The triangular frame which looks ramping upward creates an illusion that the roller (which is shaped like 2 cones) is rolling upward. But in fact the roller drops lower because the frame gets wider. The effective height = center of roller to frame + frame height, gets lower as roller rolls toward the wider end of frame. Any object will move to a lower height if it is free to do so due to gravity. Thus the roller rolls toward the wider end of frame. The total effect is like a cylinder rolls down a descending ramp, with the ascending ramp here acting as an illusion.

  • @jerryrobinson7856
    @jerryrobinson7856 Před 7 měsíci

    😮😮😮Question. If you took this wedge roller and at the fat end of the wedge track, the wedge roller drops into another wedge track at it narrow point and will it continue on? I.E. The inertia trusts the wedge roller onto the next track. 🎉?

  • @finalfantasyenjoyer
    @finalfantasyenjoyer Před 3 lety +740

    "hello everyone this is YOUR daily dose of internet"

    • @Emeraldpig52
      @Emeraldpig52 Před 3 lety +5

      LOL

    • @zeallust8542
      @zeallust8542 Před 3 lety +16

      Glad im not the only one who thinks they sound similar sometimes. I dont even watch either of these guys often either lol

    • @kianarambulo6588
      @kianarambulo6588 Před 3 lety +3

      OUR

    • @kratosmilos1204
      @kratosmilos1204 Před 3 lety +6

      @@kianarambulo6588 communist spotted !

    • @kalilal1824
      @kalilal1824 Před 3 lety

      I really do not like his voice. lol Or at least his tone of voice. That should have stopped long ago or at least improved.

  • @user-wr2uy9pj4m
    @user-wr2uy9pj4m Před 3 lety +63

    At the place where I worked we had this in a big version made out of metal, we had a lot of cool (interactive) science exhibits and we would teach people about them and guide them through (that was the job)