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Gauss Gun (magnetic accelerator) by RobotSwarmControl
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Laser-cut design components for a Newton's cradle/Gauss gun
See assembling instructions at https://youtu.be/IWAIx6-hRZI
For an overview of Gauss guns (and a video of them shattering 3 glass light bulbs) see https://youtu.be/nWyTd7dF0ys
Project designed to help young students learn about energy and its role in creating motion. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but it can be transferred between objects and from one form to another. In this case the Newton's cradle and the Gauss gun are the devices used to show how gravity and magnetism (potential energy) help things move (kinetic energy), and how energy, and thus motion, is transferred between objects when they come in contact.
Designed by ECE undergraduate Javier Garcia, advised by Aaron T. Becker at the University of Houston.
See assembling instructions at https://youtu.be/IWAIx6-hRZI
For an overview of Gauss guns (and a video of them shattering 3 glass light bulbs) see https://youtu.be/nWyTd7dF0ys
Project designed to help young students learn about energy and its role in creating motion. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but it can be transferred between objects and from one form to another. In this case the Newton's cradle and the Gauss gun are the devices used to show how gravity and magnetism (potential energy) help things move (kinetic energy), and how energy, and thus motion, is transferred between objects when they come in contact.
Designed by ECE undergraduate Javier Garcia, advised by Aaron T. Becker at the University of Houston.