Updates~~ (+extra)

After lots of complications, I finally have an internship! I am going to have the first meeting on Wednesday. However, plans have changed, I am no longer working with Dr. Cramer but Matt at Siena College. It is going to be about physics, computing, or cosmology (which sounds eerily fun)!

Since my internship is going to be about physics, I am going to share some things that I learned during Thanksgiving break.

YVONNE's NOTEPAD PHYSICS
In a film that I watched, I learned that a tiny metal bead can sink a ship and the mechanism behind it. (evil smile)

In AP physics class, I learned that momentum (mass*velocity) has to be conserved, therefore, the last bead has to have the same velocity as the first bead after impact. 

However, if we place a magnet between the first bead, the magnet will attract the bead and accelerate it toward the magnet. This time, bead #2 will have the velocity of the first bead when it is at the highest velocity (just before it hit the magnet). The bead will cause greater destruction as  it gains a higher velocity. 

 

 Using this concept, if we have a magnet with super strong magnetic force and canon ball, we can use a tiny metal bead to trigger the same response, giving the canon ball a really high velocity. This way we an destroy things such as a building or a ship without having to get a real canon or bomb. Whahahahahahaha. XD