MetaFilter posts tagged with Pendulum

728 ton pendulum

homunculus — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:58:04 -0800

728 ton pendulum in action: Taipei 101's tuned mass damper during the Sichuan earthquake. [Via The Long Now Blog]

How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths. . .

Unregistered User — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:27:45 -0800

Foucault’s Pendulum Art Inspired by Umberto Eco’s novel, entitled: Foucault’s Pendulum the artist Lukas Arciniegas has created a series of beautiful illustrations. Also of note: The Holy War: Mac VS Dos [Do check out the sidebar] "Faith in Fakes"? Also see: an actual pendulum. And Dan Brown? Bleh...

Pendulumania

squidlarkin — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:16:05 -0800

Thursday non-flash fun: Pendulumania! (Direct link here.) Swing the ball around to hit the targets, but don't let your line break. (more inside)

lagado — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:22:15 -0800

The Earthquake as Artist
"A shop in Port Townsend, Washington had a sand pendulum going when last week's earthquake struck. One usually thinks of earthquakes as resulting in a net increase in entropy, but in this instance the outcome was something akin to fine art". via TBTF