The Impossible Domino

Ғылым және технология

I show you a domino that stands back up after falling over and hitting the domino next to it.
3D printed from this file: www.thingiverse.com/thing:466...
My KZread shorts channel: / @actionlabshorts
Get Your Experiment Box Here: theactionlab.com/
Checkout my experiment book: amzn.to/2Wf07x1
Follow me on Twitter: / theactionlabman
Facebook: / theactionlabofficial
Instagram: / therealactionlab

Пікірлер: 1 900

  • @midobo
    @midobo2 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I've set up dominoes for 23 years now and learned something new today.

  • @ua464

    @ua464

    2 жыл бұрын

    *Brain explosion intensifies*

  • @scavorthespacecowboy2096

    @scavorthespacecowboy2096

    2 жыл бұрын

    holy moly its you! I remember watching your vids when i was way younger

  • @robloxfan5467

    @robloxfan5467

    2 жыл бұрын

    THIRD

  • @tadyoshi3610

    @tadyoshi3610

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow. 23 years worth of dominos. I can’t wait to see that topple. ;)

  • @corso_blu

    @corso_blu

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're really slow at setting up dominoes then. I could probably set up a bunch of dominoes in like 2 hours, tops.

  • @aaronjamt
    @aaronjamt2 жыл бұрын

    Came back just to say that it feels like quite a coincidence that The Action Lab and Mark Rober just uploaded domino-themed videos within the span of a few hours. Coincidence? I think not!

  • @Mink-1402

    @Mink-1402

    2 жыл бұрын

    The dominator haha

  • @depressedpikachu1535

    @depressedpikachu1535

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @Zatticzattic

    @Zatticzattic

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking that!

  • @surcettinr2600

    @surcettinr2600

    2 жыл бұрын

    Action lab has 10k views per hour - very respectable. Meanwhile, Mark Rober has 500k per hour.

  • @lukeskywalker3879

    @lukeskywalker3879

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same i just say it and i was wait are they doing a collab

  • @Hevesh5
    @Hevesh52 жыл бұрын

    it’s cool how when the second domino falls, it turns into a lever with that extra ridge, and can just spring up the first domino again! really interesting concept and great explanation. dominoes that are bottom-heavy indeed are easier to stand up.

  • @robloxfan5467

    @robloxfan5467

    2 жыл бұрын

    FIRST

  • @ruby1one2000

    @ruby1one2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey i know you!

  • @daduckdatgames_7035

    @daduckdatgames_7035

    2 жыл бұрын

    The domino queen is here

  • @daduckdatgames_7035

    @daduckdatgames_7035

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jesus_Is_Lord257 begone bot

  • @daduckdatgames_7035

    @daduckdatgames_7035

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jesus_Is_Lord257 0_0

  • @VideoSage
    @VideoSage2 жыл бұрын

    "Impossible dominos aren't that impossible...." Long as you only have 2.

  • @sairabanokazmi1150

    @sairabanokazmi1150

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can alternate between them. About half the dominos are going to pop back up.

  • @eleSDSU

    @eleSDSU

    2 жыл бұрын

    It seems you could have a domino system which could stand back up by itself (except for the last piece obviously) only using the starting kick energy, it just seems like a ton of very fiddly work and could be achieved by having a moving weight inside the piece so when toppled the CoM changes to be above the balancing notch being able to kick back enough energy to the previous piece while being able to kick over the next one. Although I believe there would be some very strict limitations on how many pieces you could line up due to the amount of energy lost between pieces, also the magnitude of the initial kick should be standardized so you can calculate appropriately how to alter the design of the pieces. As said before not impossible, just really finnicky fiddly work.

  • @karakaaa3371

    @karakaaa3371

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seems like in theory you could have as many as you want, as long as there is always a gradient in potential energy, but it would probably get impractical very quickly based on how hard it was to get just two

  • @highdefinist9697

    @highdefinist9697

    Ай бұрын

    @@eleSDSU Yeah, you would need to "reload" the dominos between uses, but it could work.

  • @christmassnow3465
    @christmassnow34652 жыл бұрын

    Next challenge: How many dominos in a row can make an "impossible" domino?

  • @jasondelong83

    @jasondelong83

    2 жыл бұрын

    And then make them loop in a circle.

  • @GhostMotion7

    @GhostMotion7

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jasondelong83 HARVARD WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

  • @AAYLV

    @AAYLV

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GhostMotion7 haha good one

  • @fsmvda

    @fsmvda

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jasondelong83 a loop wouldn't work because every other one must stay down, this only works when the two dominos are different.

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fsmvda may be a reference to a Möbius strip. Then again, not all loops or squeg patterns are circular.

  • @gandhibapu6198
    @gandhibapu61982 жыл бұрын

    Mom: he must be studying hard for his upcoming exam Me at 3 am: 1:06

  • @Abish_

    @Abish_

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @suriyakumar2376

    @suriyakumar2376

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me at 8.30 pm

  • @dindon6947

    @dindon6947

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think watching this video is pretty much studying.

  • @mohammedwasim5631

    @mohammedwasim5631

    2 жыл бұрын

    Literally it's me 😂😂

  • @memerr_

    @memerr_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro this Domino is like my dad

  • @thom1218
    @thom12182 жыл бұрын

    People want to see a whole row of them doing that... only problem is: those two are different from each other in mass and center of gravity, so they're not even dominos at that point. How about set a bunch of those pairs up in sequence so that every other one will return back up?

  • @dgshivu

    @dgshivu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great idea, That would be so cool to look at!

  • @hunterjoy1871

    @hunterjoy1871

    2 жыл бұрын

    It would only work if the 2nd domino didn't rest on the 3rd so the 4th would be able to pop up the 3rd and so on im supprised that noone has sakd anything about this, however if the 2nd domino was able to stand up from a push too then yeah it would ne feasible

  • @princejangra1231

    @princejangra1231

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I did not read the comment but I imagined the same thing Then make a trial side ways right?

  • @chenningzhou6304

    @chenningzhou6304

    2 жыл бұрын

    It will never happen is impossible in a row so he dint make the impossible yet only can happen with 2 piece but hes lying there cus u must do it with same weight but we see 1 is more gram than the other so nope is impossible yet

  • @Giacr45

    @Giacr45

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, IMHO criteria for the impossible domino would be: * All dominoes are equal * All dominoes get back upright at the end of the process * Must be able to work at any size (theoretically), so given just one model of dominoes i should be and to make this work with 10, 100, 1000 etc pieces. I shouldn't have to modify the model depending on how many must fall

  • @EvanOfTheDarkness
    @EvanOfTheDarkness2 жыл бұрын

    TL DR: The second domino is designed to give some of the kinetic energy is has to the first domino when it hits the ground. The hollow top and bottom is not really important, it just makes the second domino store more potential energy than the first, despite being the same material, so it takes less energy to upright the first domino.

  • @jamesbizs

    @jamesbizs

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is such a smart guy, not able to figure this out. I figured it out from just the few seconds of footage. You can clearly see the second domino kicked the first domino back up. Which is why it’s bottom isn’t flat and straight. It has nothing to do with the first domino

  • @cheeto4493
    @cheeto44932 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking he was just going to stick a bunch of "Weeble Wobbles" in a row.

  • @KlausKlass

    @KlausKlass

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought so too, but I don't think that would work too well. The only potential energy in that system would be the initial push you provide. Each domino resists falling over so a lot of that initial energy would be wasted through friction and there wouldn't be enough left to make the next domino fall over after a couple in a row.

  • @GeekOfAllness

    @GeekOfAllness

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KlausKlass Unless you hit the first domino with a 1000 mph baseball.

  • @tomascontrerasjr

    @tomascontrerasjr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or progressively large dominos

  • @Padarom

    @Padarom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GeekOfAllness Not much of a domino chain if they end up destroyed and all over the place

  • @Baekstrom

    @Baekstrom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Make them hollow. Put a heavy ball on a ledge near the top, making them top heavy. When they get pushed the ball will fall off and roll to the bottom.

  • @Glamerth
    @Glamerth2 жыл бұрын

    My professor on zoom: “Thanks for paying attention everyone” Me:

  • @ph.hunts_rebels2421

    @ph.hunts_rebels2421

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @abeyaaryash9745

    @abeyaaryash9745

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @dreww9011

    @dreww9011

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @Pyrokartoffel

    @Pyrokartoffel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @ELECTRIC_GUITAR

    @ELECTRIC_GUITAR

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @tianamatson
    @tianamatson2 жыл бұрын

    Buuuuut, it is impossible to have a row of dominos pop back up again.

  • @danielyuan9862

    @danielyuan9862

    2 жыл бұрын

    no it's not, but it gets harder for each successive domino you add.

  • @hunterjoy1871

    @hunterjoy1871

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danielyuan9862 sir you are wrong, unless the second domino doesn't rest on The 3rd

  • @SoapMcCallister

    @SoapMcCallister

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danielyuan9862 it consumes energy bcuz of friction

  • @johnjordan3552

    @johnjordan3552

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just put them horizontal from each other with each row being a 2 dominos unit, and connect each getting-up domino to the other one, one way or other.

  • @sinteleon

    @sinteleon

    Ай бұрын

    If we use fractals, it is possible, but each subsequent domino has to be smaller than the previous, infinitely.

  • @artdonovandesign
    @artdonovandesign2 жыл бұрын

    Born in '52, I was raised on Don Herbert for 15 years! Every Saturday morning at noon in NYC. It's was like he was one of the few adults who "got" how much us kids thrilled to science demos and experiments. I hereby (and quite unofficially) bestow upon YOU the critically important mantle of "Mr. Wizard- in the 21st. Century". Please keep up the super work and thank you for your effort, ingenuity and creativity. Best Wishes, Art :)

  • @dannycamacho2905
    @dannycamacho29052 жыл бұрын

    Honestly was expecting a long line of dominos testing this still a good video

  • @R1davies

    @R1davies

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've read you comment before watching the video (thinking it was the description) I will update accordingly. 🤪 Update: hugely disappointed. In my opinion; If you were to stand them end to end, the energy converted from your finger to the first domino would dissipate before the 6th or 7th domino

  • @martinpedersen9046

    @martinpedersen9046

    Жыл бұрын

    me to, doing this with the first is no problem. get both up - and then get 10 up, then you have a trick. :-)

  • @jlwill114

    @jlwill114

    Ай бұрын

    There would have to be a limit to the number you could have in a row, otherwise you could make a loop of them that can go forever, which we know is impossible. I suspect that the second domino having a higher centre of gravity is critical. If it was the same as the first I don't think there would be enough energy for the first to knock over the second.

  • @shadykermit2187
    @shadykermit21872 жыл бұрын

    Dominos cannot tip themselves back up Action Lab: Or can they? *Vsauce theme intensifies*

  • @gallium-gonzollium

    @gallium-gonzollium

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, Vsauce here. Back with another video. This time we have two of these fellas. **shows dominoes**

  • @whenthemowerhits6919

    @whenthemowerhits6919

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actionlab: just copy idea from viralvideolab and act as it was his own idea

  • @platinum-or3y

    @platinum-or3y

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very funny hahhahahhha 😐

  • @randomnotes4258

    @randomnotes4258

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vsuace, action lab here

  • @GDPlainA

    @GDPlainA

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Vsauce, The Action Lab here. Is it actually possible to make a domino fall down and up again?

  • @GamerX-2000
    @GamerX-20002 жыл бұрын

    All I was waiting for was him to realize you just needed weights on the bottom. The problem is like those old toys that were in an egg shape and had a ton of weight on the bottom and the top weighed nothing so that as long as you weren’t holding it and it was set down it would always stand up.

  • @switjive17

    @switjive17

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was thinking the same thing. The problem is that if you used the same concept, the energy transferred to the next domino is severely diminished and wouldn't work for long chains.

  • @prashp143

    @prashp143

    2 жыл бұрын

    He added more weight to stabilize, not to get the domino up.

  • @GamerX-2000

    @GamerX-2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@prashp143 oh. I’m an idiot then. Still reminds me of those bobbly things.

  • @prashp143

    @prashp143

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GamerX-2000 No one, who is curious, is an idiot. When he attached that extra weight, the same came to my mind too😀 Always be curious and never worry about anything while asking questions 👍

  • @colleenforrest7936

    @colleenforrest7936

    2 жыл бұрын

    Weebles

  • @contagiousingenuityagency5273
    @contagiousingenuityagency52732 жыл бұрын

    James, Here's something I noticed at 1:29. The domino with the big hole through it has its long sides acting much like springboards. When it hits the other domino (on the left of the screen) the impact lands around 2/3 down from the top of the long hole (visually), compresses the 'wall' of the domino on the right and springs it backwards. That in my opinion is the momentum which caused it to flip the other way. Hope at least some of this makes any sort of sense :)

  • @eeveelovereve
    @eeveelovereve2 жыл бұрын

    When the dominos were just falling over like normal instead of popping up like he hoped, *I felt that*

  • @joshfrfr

    @joshfrfr

    2 жыл бұрын

    💀

  • @farciarzfunny5326

    @farciarzfunny5326

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshfrfr no

  • @joshfrfr

    @joshfrfr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@farciarzfunny5326 cool

  • @shjkesnc3502

    @shjkesnc3502

    2 жыл бұрын

    How can someone be this unfunny

  • @joshfrfr

    @joshfrfr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shjkesnc3502 just depends your humor bro

  • @eeveelovereve
    @eeveelovereve2 жыл бұрын

    Whoah I've never seen an Action Lab video so fresh

  • @shrivathsprabhu1137

    @shrivathsprabhu1137

    2 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @MYZS
    @MYZS2 жыл бұрын

    I got some real respect for this guy pulling up with the answers and being reliable

  • @mrjazzdog
    @mrjazzdog2 жыл бұрын

    This is why I love Action Lab. The video starts, you think you have a idea about what the video is and where it's going so you build your own hypothesis and outcome and before you know it... You're Googling terms and learning way more than you expected to. Thank you so much, I never get bored of your videos.

  • @Ray2001ify
    @Ray2001ify2 жыл бұрын

    When i show my 7 year old this i will get a lecture about how this doesn't count

  • @scavorthespacecowboy2096

    @scavorthespacecowboy2096

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @splenden2235

    @splenden2235

    2 жыл бұрын

    How the tables have turned

  • @Yora21

    @Yora21

    Жыл бұрын

    And the kid will be right!

  • @EARTHIANGamerz
    @EARTHIANGamerz2 жыл бұрын

    Anyone noticed his tshirt have the portrait of the most talented and underrated scientist.

  • @shahrukhabrar

    @shahrukhabrar

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is Tesla. For those who don't know

  • @SaditRubel

    @SaditRubel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nikola Tesla

  • @chubob73

    @chubob73

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tesla did not sell cars... *...or did he*

  • @SaditRubel

    @SaditRubel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chubob73 conspiracy 👀

  • @koelan

    @koelan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chubob73 he did

  • @newjargon1697
    @newjargon16972 жыл бұрын

    The Action Lab Learning something knew or expanding my knowledge on a subject is something I strive to do every day. You've got a great way of doing this for a lot of people, even if they don't realize it. I think it's important. Thank you for the video.

  • @Corzappy
    @Corzappy2 жыл бұрын

    The issue is that you can’t really chain this together because the domino kicks up the one behind it with a leveling action, which won’t happen if it falls onto another domino. But technically if the last domino had enough potential energy it could kick the one behind it up and cause a chain reaction to the end of the line.

  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B2 жыл бұрын

    In a world where everything that tips over is a "domino"

  • @WolfRose11

    @WolfRose11

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess that makes us human dominos 😹

  • @ghartuckt663

    @ghartuckt663

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean it is called the *"Domino effect"*

  • @laggybro64

    @laggybro64

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am a domino

  • @ThiagoBouzan

    @ThiagoBouzan

    2 жыл бұрын

    he...will make his own rules

  • @anirudhnair6267

    @anirudhnair6267

    2 жыл бұрын

    that's what you get when Domino's become worldwide franchise.

  • @planktonfun1
    @planktonfun12 жыл бұрын

    no not more energy, the second domino transferred its potential energy back to the first one, losing its bounce in return to a knock back

  • @dannywalsh5667

    @dannywalsh5667

    2 жыл бұрын

    So it gained more energy 😂😂

  • @nickryan3417

    @nickryan3417

    2 жыл бұрын

    This *entirely*. The tipping point energy break point is only about knocking the domino down, the setup energy is the energy delivered after going through this point. For the first domino to be put back up the energy imparted in it must exceed the energy difference between the potential energy of it falling over. This was delivered through the kick back of the first energy pivoting on the rib that was on its far side. The description of the physics in this video was right in the description of the falling over and the tipping point, but wrong in the description of the domino being setup again. There was more potential energy in the second domino through the weight position and this when imparted to the first domino provided the energy to right the first. That's it, nothing more. It would be more interesting to see this managed with multiple dominoes rather than just one, however then it the energy loss (inefficiency) of the process would start to become very obvious.

  • @jamesbizs

    @jamesbizs

    2 жыл бұрын

    So someone actually watched the video carefully, and has a brain. Thank you

  • @ProperlyOffensiveSh1t
    @ProperlyOffensiveSh1t2 жыл бұрын

    Plus that small ridge on the 2nd domino allows a lever effect on the 1st domino. Noticed you didn't mention that, but it's crucial to the whole thing working.

  • @samnfg
    @samnfg2 жыл бұрын

    You're amazing, i love watching your older videos. Keep it up man i appreciate what you do.

  • @OldBlixerXx
    @OldBlixerXx2 жыл бұрын

    Dominos cannot go back to its state when its pushed down Action lab: Are you sure about that?

  • @Porkupine69

    @Porkupine69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Science: exists Action lab: are you sure about that

  • @ZwaetschgeRaeuber

    @ZwaetschgeRaeuber

    2 жыл бұрын

    well yes, dominoes cant go back. its just a single domino

  • @vfc1143

    @vfc1143

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actionlab: copy video ideas and design from Viral video lab

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ZwaetschgeRaeuber of course. If you count a string of ‘dominoes’ as a single entity (domino chain) operating on just one ground state alone.....then>...... yes.... one is only observing a fraction of possibility playing out.

  • @Think_Inc

    @Think_Inc

    2 жыл бұрын

    This comment reminds me of another video from a totally different channel.

  • @saikathghosh8733
    @saikathghosh87332 жыл бұрын

    I dont know how he makes such amazing and thoughtful videos!!

  • @Northwood420

    @Northwood420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because he is a giga genius

  • @JETJOOBOY

    @JETJOOBOY

    2 жыл бұрын

    He Thinks and is also Amazingj

  • @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    2 жыл бұрын

    He just steals from "viralvideolab" on youtube

  • @SuperJesseisawsome

    @SuperJesseisawsome

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327 its not stealing if he took an idea from a 58 second video and actually explained it so everyone can get an idea of whats happening

  • @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SuperJesseisawsome 00:21 "so that got me thinking"....the problem is that he acts as he had the initial idea, but he had not. And he even didnt mention the original video. That is not a good style!

  • @47buddhists97
    @47buddhists972 жыл бұрын

    *He says dominos like he thought of 101 Dalmatians mid-sentence.* “Dolminoles”

  • @wolfsesthenighteye499
    @wolfsesthenighteye4992 жыл бұрын

    How can you be disappointed at that trick and not just one of the coolest tricks but a friking exploration afterwards

  • @soul46268
    @soul462682 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why but I love when he says "grams" it's just satisfying 😂

  • @factssoup5056

    @factssoup5056

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @factssoup5056

    @factssoup5056

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Moonblade 12 Pronounciation I guess...🤔

  • @verlax8956

    @verlax8956

    2 жыл бұрын

    cuz weed

  • @eltoronegro
    @eltoronegro2 жыл бұрын

    Was waiting for a string of them to fall and stand back up.

  • @namanmishra1030

    @namanmishra1030

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its hard to please everyone

  • @maariyamulla3679

    @maariyamulla3679

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh c'mon! I think you're expecting too much!

  • @sitearm
    @sitearm2 жыл бұрын

    nicely designed, demonstrated, and explained... ty for posting!

  • @D.B..
    @D.B..2 жыл бұрын

    An additional challenge could be to have a setup of 3 dominoes with the starting domino in the middle. The starter would be used to topple the domino on one side, when it would get flipped back and topple the domino on the opposite side, then possibly have the starter stand back up to its standing position.

  • @ViralVideoLab
    @ViralVideoLab2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for using my 3d printed design "Impossible Domino" in your video! Would have been nice if you mentioned my channel as i invented the design after all.

  • @b.jagathish2172
    @b.jagathish21722 жыл бұрын

    Anything in the world is possible ...this is the one thing I learnt from you

  • @Porkupine69

    @Porkupine69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now I go to moon

  • @ph.hunts_rebels2421

    @ph.hunts_rebels2421

    2 жыл бұрын

    No it's not but most is possible you can say almost anything but not everything

  • @kiransivadas1954

    @kiransivadas1954

    2 жыл бұрын

    2nd law of thermodynamics wants to know your location

  • @fuzzymuffin8273
    @fuzzymuffin82732 жыл бұрын

    Already knew the mechanics of those 3D printouts as soon as I saw how they fell. Could change up a domino enthusiast’s game. A domino that falls both ways.

  • @aayushshah9313
    @aayushshah93132 жыл бұрын

    Having centre of mass below centre of buoyancy (by making base heavy) results in stable equilibrium so it may be the reason for this effect

  • @shrivathsprabhu1137
    @shrivathsprabhu11372 жыл бұрын

    man i hope u reach 10 mil subs as ur yt channel has immense potential

  • @Porkupine69

    @Porkupine69

    2 жыл бұрын

    How to turn it to kinetic?

  • @Jkmthink

    @Jkmthink

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought 3M is huge

  • @DevinBost

    @DevinBost

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or maybe it just has great activation energy

  • @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    @maschendrahtzaunmontieren9327

    2 жыл бұрын

    He just stole it from viralvideolab

  • @whenthemowerhits6919

    @whenthemowerhits6919

    2 жыл бұрын

    The idea and design is just copied from viralvideolab

  • @kgapaneseschoolgirlb
    @kgapaneseschoolgirlb2 жыл бұрын

    I done something like this with those roly-poly toys which always bounce back up without fail after you push them. I set up a line of them and pushed the front one which knocked them all down and then they all bounced back up again. I was really amazed by those toys as a kid!

  • @undernetjack

    @undernetjack

    2 жыл бұрын

    Weebles, wobble, but they don’t fall down... 👍

  • @gamma6965
    @gamma69652 жыл бұрын

    I thing this is possible if the center of gravity is at the bottom like the toys that have a spherical base and heavy bottoms. Now imagine this with miniature versions stacked next to each other like dominos, when the first one is pushed it pushes the other one and so on and each one comes back to its initial position. But the distance must be accurate or else it might topple the one behind it.

  • @KuTheOwl
    @KuTheOwl2 жыл бұрын

    This also works because you dont have to push it all the way straight, as, if the weight passes a point on which it is farther on the side its falling to from the corner its passing, it will always return straight, but if it doesnt pass that point, no matter what you do, it will always go the other way

  • @efeozdemir412
    @efeozdemir4122 жыл бұрын

    This reminded me a toy I used to play called "hacıyatmaz" It is a toy that no matter what position you place it, it always stands back up because of the weight in the bottom of it.

  • @MediumPointBallPoint

    @MediumPointBallPoint

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking about Weebles, in "Weebles wobble but they dont fall down". These were bottom heavy as well. The question is, if you reversed the "domino" into a weeble, then instead of a transition from high to low energy, you would make the lowest energy state vertical and enegy would move in a wave of tilting dominoes.

  • @tunaan80

    @tunaan80

    2 жыл бұрын

    O isim türkçe mi?

  • @andrefasching1332

    @andrefasching1332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tunaan80 just fucking talk english on the open internet/youtube

  • @andrefasching1332

    @andrefasching1332

    2 жыл бұрын

    i had the "same" thing. My grandpa brought me a fake one from serbia when i was a kid. legend memories

  • @tunaan80

    @tunaan80

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrefasching1332 He typed in turkish, so is his name. So I would guess he was turkish too. I wasn't conversing with you. If you're so curious about what I said, go to google translate.

  • @KidMxrch
    @KidMxrch2 жыл бұрын

    I really love these videos I'm always so interested in these type of videos

  • @everlast6128
    @everlast61282 жыл бұрын

    It is actually more about how much energy is transferred to the domino from you initially when you knock it over, the center of mass just guides the domino’s repercussion so that it stays upright.

  • @everlast6128

    @everlast6128

    2 жыл бұрын

    An example would be what if you threw a bouncy ball at the ground as hard as you could, at a surface at the same level as your feet. Because of the additional energy, the ball would go far beyond the starting height. Imagine that conversion with dominoes, it is valid because it refers to the same law that is affecting the dominoes.

  • @MrGsqr
    @MrGsqr2 жыл бұрын

    You are truly dedicated to your work. Nice experiment, congrats!!!

  • @joshrepik
    @joshrepik2 жыл бұрын

    My guy is just lying on the concrete when there’s at least carpet in front of him lmao Edit: holy shit these replies are amazing thanks for the likes 😂

  • @turolretar

    @turolretar

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s the End portal

  • @edattacks

    @edattacks

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@turolretar like how you both have Peter Griffin profile pics

  • @jcs6206

    @jcs6206

    2 жыл бұрын

    Intelligence doesn't always come with common sense.

  • @youdontknowme5969

    @youdontknowme5969

    2 жыл бұрын

    the blacker-than-black fabric

  • @mikewazowski9941

    @mikewazowski9941

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@edattacks theres no such thing as a coincidence

  • @igxniisan6996
    @igxniisan69962 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: it is still impossible to do it for more than 2 Dominos.

  • @CodeKujo

    @CodeKujo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why? Seems like it could work with three

  • @dookie8649

    @dookie8649

    2 жыл бұрын

    well u could put one non hollow domino behind the hollow domino

  • @ElRectalo

    @ElRectalo

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean, I believe it's possible with basically any number of dominos, if you figure out exactly needed form, weight, and center of mass, but there will always be only a finite number of different dominos, and the last one will newer be able to stand up after hitting the first one, so it's not an infinite engine

  • @TheMoonMan.

    @TheMoonMan.

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@CodeKujo because the second domino need to fall completely for the "kickstand" to work. If there's a third domino in font of it then it can't do that.

  • @CodeKujo

    @CodeKujo

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@TheMoonMan. The Kicker domino does have to be last, but there can be more than one preceeding domino. All the dominos would fall, then the last domino would kcikstand all the rest of them back up. I think there would be a practical limit that keeps the length fairly short, but more than 2.

  • @BariumBlue
    @BariumBlue2 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting a ball or weight inside the domino that would fall down when the domino was knocked over, giving enough energy to knock down the next one AND come back up while looking like magic

  • @leiamconway5484
    @leiamconway54842 жыл бұрын

    You should consider making these as a domino set that you could release to the public.. I would recommend starting off the set would two different colors where you would place one color in front of the other color and see what the chain reaction could possibly be would it be possible to make all the Domino's self-align back up so you could knock them down and unlimited amount of times so to speak?

  • @Malakawaka
    @Malakawaka2 жыл бұрын

    You should try to make many and get them all to fall in chain, but stand back up

  • @AmaroqStarwind

    @AmaroqStarwind

    2 жыл бұрын

    Using tension, springs and linkages, you might be able to make a transmission with this.

  • @vfc1143

    @vfc1143

    2 жыл бұрын

    He didnt design it, he just copied it from a youtube channel

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AmaroqStarwind wow that is a monstrosity. Super fun to build but it would still take some more ‘fundamental/advanced’ physics and engineering to achieve the effect. Not impossible though. 😊

  • @AmaroqStarwind

    @AmaroqStarwind

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vfc1143 Proof?

  • @vfc1143

    @vfc1143

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AmaroqStarwind kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2qr1btuibObgNo.html

  • @sumrandumbdude7385
    @sumrandumbdude73852 жыл бұрын

    Hey, I have a question. What happens if you shine a laser in a room of mirrors?

  • @saiprasadchavan3170

    @saiprasadchavan3170

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats a really good question...

  • @hmmmtietmetmosterd

    @hmmmtietmetmosterd

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did that already..it loses lumen every new mirror

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    What kind of laser? What kind of mirror?

  • @traviswilliams3209
    @traviswilliams32092 жыл бұрын

    Since you're making the hit domino asymmetrical, might as well make the side that gets hit square at the bottom so it can transfer more energy back into the first domino, possibly enough to use the geomtetry of the hole alone to get a balance without any added weight

  • @desmond-hawkins
    @desmond-hawkins2 жыл бұрын

    Unbiased product recommendation: I have used the very same scale (2:27) to measure "other things" to milligram precision hundreds of times. It's a great scale, I'd _highly_ recommend it.

  • @AmanSingh-ed9sq
    @AmanSingh-ed9sq2 жыл бұрын

    This video was uploaded before mark Rober's video and mark rober was working on the dominator for 2 years so the conclusion is that, coincidence

  • @Divy.
    @Divy.2 жыл бұрын

    1:04 When you feel super bored

  • @chrisgriffith1573
    @chrisgriffith15732 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but what the trick is... is to sustain a "kick back" reaction for a series of dominoes. Not just one. That is a matter of engineering and balance for each domino. I see a flange at each base which exaggerates the Kick Back reaction (of the domino behind it) and still allows the higher center of gravity to smooth out the tipping point. The flang also provides an arresting point of the kickback reaction, so you can put even more energy into the kick back than needed.

  • @robinbaylor2672
    @robinbaylor2672Ай бұрын

    Weighting the bottom of the first domino actually raises the activation energy for tipping it, making it less likely to tip back the other way. It probably doesn’t do very much to the potential energy, since that was already sufficient to make the other domino kick back.

  • @mikol.douglas
    @mikol.douglas2 жыл бұрын

    I’ll bet if you put a bunch of the “A” style dominos in a row with the “kicker” style domino at the end, it just might kick a few of the “A” style dominos back up.

  • @GeekOfAllness

    @GeekOfAllness

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd be curious if you could do every other domino and get half of them to stand back up.

  • @kissofdeath4449

    @kissofdeath4449

    2 жыл бұрын

    I doubt it. The top heavy Domino acts like a lever to push back the "A" Domino, which is "A" Domino isn't. But I'd like to see what happens. It'd be cool if even the second "A" Domino stands back up.

  • @cwwisk

    @cwwisk

    2 жыл бұрын

    My guess is the second "A" domino would shoot across the room.

  • @vinceemery5943

    @vinceemery5943

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe if you created one of those increasingly large domino chains so that the one with the kicker is the largest and knocks up the others?

  • @TheOpticalFreak

    @TheOpticalFreak

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nope not possible, to much energy loss!

  • @woodellic7357
    @woodellic73572 жыл бұрын

    Anyone thinking of an ever ongoing Dominocircle? Like free-energy-style!

  • @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys

    @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not sure if you can make more than 2 of them, especially not in a circle since each one is heavier or lighter than the next one.

  • @seanbrown2386
    @seanbrown23862 жыл бұрын

    If the weight on the bottom was dense enough(think a lead plate as a base) it could always return to upright because it would take more energy to knock it over than to go back upright. An extra strong push would be required which would lose energy to heat. In theory you could get a handful of these dominos in a row to all bounce back up, but the initial push needed would get higher per domino. Like a strong flick for 2 or 3, approaching like a rubber ball fired out of a cannon for longer chains. It would be interesting to make that. But it would require extreme density on the bottom, with a slightly curved base I think so that the lead plate could never reach metastability. Definitely a cool idea to get like 4 or 5 lead weighted reverse dominos in a row. Might hurt your hand flicking it hard enough to knock the whole row over.

  • @bagelverse
    @bagelverse2 жыл бұрын

    I think you should have also included some discussion that the bottom weighted domino bounces back up because you designed it like a tuning fork, the kinetic energy of the falling Domino gets stored in the lower prong of the domino that as potential energy stored in the spring of the Domino which then pushes it back up as it releases.

  • @happyhippoeaters4261
    @happyhippoeaters42612 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but the momentum will be loss over the course of the line.

  • @zarrel14142
    @zarrel141422 жыл бұрын

    Short answer: no Long answer: you need a custom 3d printed domino and a bit of weight.

  • @zarrel14142

    @zarrel14142

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Seek Vapes lol

  • @paulmurphy3838
    @paulmurphy38382 жыл бұрын

    Oh, you are an amazing man, I am sure you have the potential to change the world of energy production, you are so close, please keep going and please keep sharing your insights. I have to say I dont care how you gather or glean this information what you do is truly revolutionary.

  • @YokoX23
    @YokoX232 жыл бұрын

    Could you set up the second domino to knock over two more like the first? Maybe put a tiny bar on each side to start the next two dominoes. Repeat the pattern and you can get a chain reaction, but not in a straight line

  • @ElliottParkinson
    @ElliottParkinson2 жыл бұрын

    I just spent 15 minutes of my life listening to a guy talk about his struggles getting it up. Science

  • @sleepful1917

    @sleepful1917

    2 жыл бұрын

    you watched it three times ?

  • @cyrilgibaud570
    @cyrilgibaud5702 жыл бұрын

    What if you remove the added weight on the bottom of the "A" style domino (so that it tips over in the other direction like here 1:26) but put a second "kicker" style domino on the other side? It should fall and be kicked a second time, right? By fine-tuning the scale and/or center of mass of the second "kicker" there must be a way to raise it up again clean! That would be awesome to watch!

  • @VoltisArt

    @VoltisArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was the levering motion of the second object (at the end of its fall) that pushed the first object back. The first's own rebound wasn't quite enough to pop it up, so you'd have to time making the third object fall somehow (external force, i.e. a second manual push) to get it to bounce the first sufficiently, basically doing the same thing once per side. Big no-no if you're using the word, "dominoes." This experiment started out so far from dominoes, (as far as the shapes presented in the video) that I think taking it further into more unique shapes doesn't really get closer to either useful physics or game experimentation. It's basically _only_ doing the second half of a Mythbusters experiment: Make it work, no matter how absurd the input needs to be. While the resulting explosions and other silliness were _always_ fun, the interesting _science_ always happened in testing the original idea. Some of the comments about Weeble-like devices might lead to an interesting physics/sound toy, and would at least allow all parts to be the same shape, which is somewhat common with dominoes, which are usually the same basic shape. They would also do what more people expected: All tip back up, not just one.

  • @ColinTimmins
    @ColinTimmins2 жыл бұрын

    This channel really brings me back to the day when I used to watch "Mr Wizzard" on TV as a kid, great stuff. =]

  • @DanielLCarrier
    @DanielLCarrier2 ай бұрын

    They don't necessarily have to have different potential energy. The first domino could bounce off the second, keeping most of its kinetic energy and only needing a smaller push. Or it could hit the second domino while still most of the way upright, where the second domino has to fall all the way over to bring the first one back up.

  • @cherryangel4u
    @cherryangel4u2 жыл бұрын

    Was I the only one waiting for an Impossible domino chain!?

  • @Specter0420
    @Specter04202 жыл бұрын

    A third Domino would block the kickback effect, so this isn't really Dominos IMO.

  • @azkamil

    @azkamil

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. This won't be sustainable unless dominos get bigger with each step.

  • @meribor

    @meribor

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think it would work even then, because the effect in this video requires each domino to land all the way flat, which would be ruined by the dominoes propped up by its neighbor. Further, once the final domino does lay flat on the ground, that kickback effect can only be applied to the 2nd to last domino, which it may not even be able to do due to the domino before it resting on top of it. Cool demonstration and explanation, but were no longer talking about dominoes anymore

  • @clempocap

    @clempocap

    2 жыл бұрын

    Could it work for every second domino by alternating the two dominos he has?

  • @vivimannequin

    @vivimannequin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reverse domino effect

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    exactly... we are not talking about dominos anymore. 😊

  • @Spencer-wc6ew
    @Spencer-wc6ew2 жыл бұрын

    Now I'm curious, if you made many ones with different weight distributions, could you make a chain where knocking over the middle one causes that half to fall, then flip in the other direction. Then the chain oscillates just with one more on each end staying down. The extra one staying down on each side would be releasing the energy to maintain it. I assume every domino would need to be unique and placed in a very specific order to work.

  • @AnanyaGupta
    @AnanyaGupta2 жыл бұрын

    It is kind of intuitive but what a clear and concise way to explain what is happening with so much context. I wish you had done more film shots at even faster speeds of the domino effect at 1:27

  • @zaytaz9331
    @zaytaz93312 жыл бұрын

    In my physics class we are learning about these energies!

  • @zaytaz9331

    @zaytaz9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@abrahambrandon4284 thank you :D

  • @thetruthexperiment

    @thetruthexperiment

    2 жыл бұрын

    Embrace it while you can. “Theory” is coming and it it denies all objective reality accept white male oppression. Get ready for that to be the only thing they teach in school. Sounds silly, but it’s actually real. They’re already teaching it to children.

  • @zaytaz9331

    @zaytaz9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thetruthexperiment wha-? what's 'Theory'?

  • @RoyCruse
    @RoyCruse2 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't count unless you get a chain of dominos to all stand back up

  • @banditosdetiempo

    @banditosdetiempo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Got to use both your legs and arms to do that. 😊

  • @jamesbizs

    @jamesbizs

    2 жыл бұрын

    If he used even a string of 3, this would not have worked, because the second domino is kicking the first one back up

  • @MAMoonboy
    @MAMoonboy2 жыл бұрын

    In theory could you keep changing the mass and center of gravity slightly to keep knocking over and setting up the domino behind it? Like a self setting domino line?

  • @pandazzle
    @pandazzle2 жыл бұрын

    You could use the bounce back of the first domino to start pushing dominoes on the other side also, like a pendulum swinging from side to side

  • @elemento489
    @elemento4892 жыл бұрын

    Almost Every Principal : "We Need Him In Our School"

  • @bobby_greene
    @bobby_greene2 жыл бұрын

    4:48 doesn't the second domino have kinetic energy at this point?

  • @ingcarmine

    @ingcarmine

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, all the potencial energy is converted in kinetic energy right in that point, and that kinetic energy is enough to push back up the lighter domino, since it needs less energy to get straight again.

  • @TAREQSBELAL
    @TAREQSBELAL2 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed your experiment Thank you brother 😊

  • @btfilther
    @btfilther2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe my attention switched at some point, but I didn't hear an explanation about that ridge on the solid domino. It makes a class one lever and maybe that is why it transfers so much energy back in the form of a kick.

  • @mohammadfaakhir1908
    @mohammadfaakhir19082 жыл бұрын

    The Impossible Domino is getting a pizza from Domino's that doesnt has less toppings

  • @swaggychicken.
    @swaggychicken.2 жыл бұрын

    not spreading hate or anything but wasn't it obvious that if you would increase the weight at the bottom it will come back, you know like those dolls which have a rounded and heavy bottom. just round the domino bottom a little and add some weight to it,

  • @the-lonely-cone

    @the-lonely-cone

    Ай бұрын

    It may seem obvious to you but it can be nice to have an in depth explanation for a lot of people (such as myself)

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement2 жыл бұрын

    Really cool concept! I wonder how perfect it'd have to be to have a line of dominoes that does that. The two you use are different weights, but the one that pops back up weighs more, which means I think it'd be possible to have a line of them that weight the perfect weight.

  • @imanuelc143

    @imanuelc143

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm, you

  • @enquiryplay
    @enquiryplay2 жыл бұрын

    In principle you can make a chain of these, provided the total initial potential energy of the dominos that doesn't get up again is larger than the total inital energy of those that do.

  • @radicalxedward8047
    @radicalxedward80472 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I’m always disappointed when things fall and don’t magically go back to their starting point… WTF?!

  • @clothinghanger6978
    @clothinghanger69782 жыл бұрын

    "no matter what, it can never get back to the height it started from" What if you pick it back up? Obviously this is supposed to be a joke but I decided to put this here because honestly this is not a very good joke

  • @Porkupine69

    @Porkupine69

    2 жыл бұрын

    😶

  • @Vivungisport

    @Vivungisport

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only energy from dominos count 😉

  • @rittzbyitch3682
    @rittzbyitch36822 жыл бұрын

    Seems to me the first domino being knocked down has more to so with it's shape than where the weights is at, meaning if you have the right 'shape' of the domino to kick up the following domino regardless of the weight of the first one or the positioning of the weight. TRY IT. You can see it in the video the shape of the first one is what helps kick the other one more so than the weight positioning itself, hence questioning if you need the weights there to begin with.

  • @malootua2739
    @malootua27392 жыл бұрын

    You're a creative genius, great content!

  • @RushinTruckin
    @RushinTruckin2 жыл бұрын

    Theory: thin out one side of the long hollow one to increase its CoI (coefficient of restitution... think golf club or tennis racquet) Also add one of those lips to every tile. May need to be placed lower on the tile to compensate for the lower cog 🤔

  • @devanshgarg31
    @devanshgarg312 жыл бұрын

    Wow! This explains the bead ball dealing chain effect or so called mould effect

  • @ScooBdont
    @ScooBdont2 жыл бұрын

    You should put a solid domino on each side of hollow one and see if you can get the middle one to knock down one side, pop back up and hit the other side and stop sitting up in its original position.

  • @shslgh4511
    @shslgh45112 жыл бұрын

    That's a really amazing thing to see that pop back up I've an idea that you can create a domino chain that pop backs up. Based on your concepts you can make individual pieces such that their centre of mass gets to more height successively and with the right centre of mass and weight you can make them such that every individual piece has sufficient energy to drop the front piece it every piece which falls have sufficient energy to pop the previous piece back up. You might use different materials to print different pieces if any problem arise I don't know if its exactly possible or not but it would be fun to research that. It would surely need very much calculation and experiments to see if it actually works out or not. I would also love to do this experiment but I don't have the required instruments such as a 3d printer. So my only hope is you now 🥺

  • @Q_20
    @Q_202 жыл бұрын

    Movable weight inside the dominoes with guided paths enables them to get back up fixed amount of times.

  • @presto709
    @presto7092 жыл бұрын

    You could put another domino on the other side. Push the middle one to the left and falls left then is kicked back up with just enough energy to make it stand up and fall to the right and then kicked up straight again. Would require a lot of finesse but should work. Right?

  • @carldombrowski8719
    @carldombrowski87192 жыл бұрын

    Now you should make a whole bunch of them with both weights and lever-notches to see how many you can push and self-right until the extra energy from the pushing is used up. Good luck!

  • @nakoda1610
    @nakoda16102 жыл бұрын

    id say bcs it only needs to have the cen ter of mass in between the parts tthat tought the floor, so it actually needs a bit less energy

Келесі