Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: In Sync

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 26, 2012 8:00PM

If you're not hypnotized by this video, you'll notice the table underneath is moving slightly - that's the momentum from the metronomes being transferred to the table, which in turn transfers that energy back to the metronomes. This transfer back and forth keeps going until there is balance, that is, until all of the metronomes are in sync together. Had this experiment been performed on something more stable, like a concrete patio, for example, the metronomes wouldn't have synced.