Posts Tagged ‘sound’

There was this story about charging a cell phone with sound – how feasible is that? Physics included.

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 23:53 | 2 comments
Categories: physics

If fans in a football stadium try to yell a cheer together, you will notice it is out of sync. This is because sound travels at a finite speed. Can the out of sync time difference be used to estimate the size of the stadium?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 13:22 | 1 comment
Categories: physics
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