Are You Safe on a Bed of Nails?

Would you lie on a bed of nails? In this video, Museum Educators Emily and Jeannine demonstrate the physics behind this thrilling experiment: when you lie across a bed of over 1,000 sharp nails, pressure and force will spread across all of the nails, making it so you barely feel their sharpness. Even if you add more pressure, for example by breaking a cinder block across your chest, the experiment remains safe. This amazing feat demonstrates physics in action!

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[shoyuramenoff]

Jeannine's strained yes when she's asked if she could feel the nails lol

[kathyweagley]

Explaining things such as science is important for all of us to learn. Thank you so much for sharing

[Fuzzydubzzz]

They have a nail bed at a childrens museum in florida!! I laid on it and wa sso scared i would get poked, and i never did 😅

[JeremyEsch]

Over 1000 nails with ends that were clipped to increase the area of contact. What you have is essentially 1000 flathead screwdrivers. The concept is legit, but they cheated a bit.

[Hanuca]

Hey its the exhibition you had in Boston! Is it still there?

[K.M-H-lkcl]

Jeannine wincing as the hammer came down 😳