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The Caliper
A Publication for users of Vernier Software Products |
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Volume 16, Number 1 | Spring 1999 |
Innovative Uses |
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Barbara Pecori (Bologna University)
and Giacomo Torzo (Padova University) wrote the article "The Maxwell Wheel
Investigated with MBL" for the September, 1998 issue of The Physics
Teacher. A Maxwell wheel is similar to a yo-yo. The authors used our
ULI and a Motion Detector to study the motion and the complex energy changes
of the wheel or a yo-yo. They conclude the article with a study of the
bounces of a ping-pong ball. The graph is a classic and we could not resist
including it here.
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