The Caliper
A Publication for users of Vernier Software Products
Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 1999


Innovative Uses


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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