I Finally Discovered Perpetual Motion

I show you how to make a ball that seems to roll on its own. Then I show you the egg of Columbus.

[rodchallis]

Being able to successfully hide the external power source is the key to a really good perpetual motion machine.

[blueredbrick]

"Look, Im not adding any energy to it!"
Next shot: shows how he adds energy to it ;).
Love this guy.

[abhishankpaul]

Rules for creating perpetual motion machine:
#1. Always hide the external power source when demonstration is being done
#2. Make the fundamental working principle of your machine subtle while explaining it to others.
#3. Never forget rules 1, 2 and 3.

[NaptownClassic]

The ending to the egg story is that after he cracked the egg, the onlookers said "Well, anyone could do that!" To which Columbus said, "They can now, once someone showed them how."

The story has been attributed to tons of people, many who lived well before Columbus. The point was that something which might seem easy to you, once you've seen someone else do it, might be exceptionally difficult for someone doing it the first time.

[duser]

Leave it to Tesla to decide to one up a historic story by combining two physics principals to create sorcery.

[JamesContos]

You should have saved this for April 1st! That would have made an excellent practical April Fool's joke!! 🤣 🤣

[bridejesus]

It’s not a ball bearing, it’s a magnet…..that explained everything right there! 😅

[grantarmstrong]

I was about to through all my understanding of physics out the window until I realized he just used electromagnetic forces to do it

[dadrumer]

There is also another point to the egg rising itself up in the air: The flat lying egg has a lot more rotational energy because its moment of inertia is way higher, spinning around that axis, than in the upright position. It still needs friction to rise itself in that position, but the reason behind it is a simple minimisation of energy state.

[flamingmonkays]

Reminds me of those magnetic "pills" that I used in chem lab to stir certain liquids. :)

[stonetrouble]

The egg turned upright not because of friction but because any unrestrained spinning object will spin about its principal axis of inertia. This would also happen with no friction if it was spun fast enough that the torque generated was enough to overcome the force of gravity.

[trmlife]

They actually showed us the egg trick in cooking classes in school. That way you could tell if your hard boiled egg was done. If it was still liquid, it wouldn't stand up.

[MrMindBlow]

*Great* explanation! Love the content! 🧠👀

[konoveldorada]

Plot Twist: *Action Lab thought that today is April Fools.*

[paul_warner]

"if you don't give it any friction, it can't rise up" that's what she said

[APOLLO-BC]

Violating the laws of physics will get you arrested.

[Frosty_tha_Snowman]

I accidentally created a perpetual motion machine once. My cousin took a Vyvanse out of a buddy's prescription that he left in my room, thinking it was tylenol because it was blue and white, kind of how tylenol is blue and red.. then he went to the ping pong table that had a wall to bounce it back to yourself, and did that for a few hours.

[fira]

All content on this channel is so satisfying for the dormant physics nerd in us

[infamousschmuck]

it be cool if you could make rings out of magnets, put them around each other and then have them on there and have them spin like that

[arthur]

Minecraft players:

Look what they need to do to have a fraction of our power