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Screenshot of iopscience.iop.org: Using Theme park rides and smartphones for demonstrating Newtonian mechanics

Using Theme park rides and smartphones for demonstrating Newtonian mechanics (iopscience.iop.org)

12 points by bryanrasmussen 23 days ago | 4 comments

Open-access European Journal of Physics paper on reconstructing 3D theme park ride trajectories with smartphone odometry to demonstrate Newtonian mechanics.

physics-education newtonian-mechanics smartphone-sensors odometry

Screenshot of wordglyph.xyz: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978 (wordglyph.xyz)

549 points by wordglyph 8 months ago | 194 comments

Personal essay by Kevin Glikmann recounting how, at age 10 in 1978, he pitched an upside-down looping roller coaster idea to Disneyland.

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#theme-parks on Hacker News

Using Theme park rides and smartphones for demonstrating Newtonian mechanics(iopscience.iop.org)

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978(wordglyph.xyz)

Using Theme park rides and smartphones for demonstrating Newtonian mechanics (iopscience.iop.org)

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978 (wordglyph.xyz)