Making Really Slow Waves That Are Actually Fast

In this video I show you how to make slow motion waves in real time by moving the wave media the same speed as the wave propagation.

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*Any experiment you try is at YOUR OWN RISK. The Action Lab assumes no responsibility for any injury if you attempt anything you see in this video or on The Action Lab channel.

[TheSecondVersion]

"Is this a slow wave?"

Well yes, but actually no.

[svampebob]

"You'll never be able to catch a light beam"
- Einstein, Action Lab, My Cat

Me a big brain man: points a light beam at the palm of my hand
Science is hard if you're a scrub.

[nothingmuch]

“You’ll never catch light”



Me:

*Eats a star to become a black hole*

[ayushrajarya]

Great explanation, I tried to understand why the speed of light is constant in all frames but couldn't understand properly every time there were doubts. You just cleared a part of it very easily. Thank you.

[maisa_]

this guy explains science better than any teacher i've ever met in my entire life.
i think watching this channel is better than watching your online classes.

[isaiahsthoughts]

“So you’ll never be able to catch a light beam”
Black Holes: bruh

[Craimbow]

“It’s impossible to catch a beam of light”. Cats watching this video: *impossible*

[jc_boy]

i really want him than most of my teachers

[aeroant]

Probably the BEST explanation (also read as most understandable for me) for the speed limit of the universe I have ever seen

[laurelei]

"...so you'll never be able to catch a light beam."

Action Lab, killing life goals one vid at a time. Lol

Jk, I love you, man. ❤ Thank you for bringing cool science into my world on the regular.

[Gribbo]

Really nice demo of a standing wave. Thanks! A video on standing waves in water and hydraulic jumps would be interesting.

[justsomeguywithasmolmustac]

Yay, James removed his moustache.. he really looks cool

[mjames]

3:25
_"You can also do this with rope as well"_
*Now do it with licorice.*

[paulkocyla]

How can you come up with so much high quality content in so short intervals? Very very cool!

[awaitingconfirmation]

"nothing can go faster than the speed of light"
Expansion of the universe: Hold my dark energy

[seasong]

Very interesting demonstration of what would happen when we build the lofstrom loop

[jannesvanquaillie]

That was so interesting, especially the last part.

[largbunny]

There are actually toys like this, I remember getting one at Disney years ago

[sssunnyocean]

Big fan of you, greetings from Illinois 😁😁😁

[DaBlondDude]

Well put, I hadn't thought of it that way. If space-time warps around me my whole perception of distance warps along with any measurement of speed. Since an observer has their own 'warp' so would theirs.