Dr Hugh Hunt on Fifth Gear

Dr Hugh Hunt on Fifth Gear

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Fifth Gear Stunt Special, 23 May 2009

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bike wheel

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The gyroscopic effect is demonstrated with a bicycle wheel. There is no weight loss as we can see by using a spring balance. For more go to http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/gyroscopes.htm Thanks to Reka Domokos camera-woman

gyroscopic effect

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The gyroscopic effect is demonstrated with a battery-powered gyro. When the gyro is not spinning it is really hard to pick up, but when it is spinning the precession makes it easier to pick up - but there is no weight loss. For more go to http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/gyroscopes.htm Thanks...

The Trinity College Clock, Cambridge

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A look at the Trinity College clock with Hugh Hunt. For more information: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/clock Extra videos from this afternoon filming: http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=172007731726

bike wheel short

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The gyroscopic effect is demonstrated with a bicycle wheel. For more go to http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/gyroscopes.htm Thanks to Reka Domokos camera-woman

Boomerangs, Bouncing Balls and Spinny Things by Dr Hugh Hunt, University of Cambridge

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Spinning things are strange. Why does a spinning top stand up? Why doesn't a rolling wheel fall over? Why is top-spin so effective in tennis? How does a falling cat always manage to land on its feet? How can the Hubble Space Telescope turn around in space? What do ice-skaters do to spin so fast?...

The Original Odhner (Vintage Calculator)

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A demonstration of The Original Odhner - a mechanical calculator widely used in the early twentieth century. Here we use the basic operations of addition and subtraction to do something far more advance and that is to find the square-root of 2.

FifthGear - Top Lawyer

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The British starts lawyer.

Out at Lunch (2010) Trailer

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During their last few days at Cambridge University a tight-knit group of gay friends decide to come Out at Lunch. See www.outatlunch.com for more.

ball in cylinder

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this shows how a ball rolls in a cylinder with implications for a golf ball rolling into a hole. See http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/movies.htm#ballincylinder for more ...

Science Lecture (Part 1) | Improve your lecture skills with Cambridge Academic English

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Why does the ball bounce back? Watch the answer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7paQGsK72gg This video is part of Cambridge Academic English course - find out more at http://www.cambridge.org/elt/academicenglish

Gyro Kinetic apparatus - "Big Geek"

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Hi, Nickname of this project - (Big Geek). I've spent many thousands of pounds over the years playing around with this project and hope it may be of interest. I built this apparatus back in 2005 and have continued it's development on and off for 5 years, it started after I was bought a "Gyro...

Harratts Volvo - CitySpace System Fifth Gear

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Harratts Volvo - Crash System CitySpace as shown on Fifth Gear

Gyroscope Phenomena Laboratory

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Short clips taken from the Dynamics 3C5 laboratory experiment, as taught by Dr Hugh Hunt in the University of Cambridge. Please mind the shuttering and cuts in the phone-recorded video.

The Tea Song

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When Trinity College Tea Society hosted its final Tea Party of term, Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society decided to come and give us a song.

Cambridge University Engineering Lecture- Boomerangs!

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So much for the other 2 smaller boomerangs demos used earlier to explain gyroscopic precession, the super sized boomerang was finally unleashed by our lecturer!

Fifth Gear Loop the Loop

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Replicating the clasic Hot Wheels set, Fifth Gear TV attempts to perform a full 360 degree loop in a full size car.

Fifth Gear - Stunt flying and driving

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In this 5th Gear episode, a stunt pilot takes the wheel of a Porsche Cayman and learns to stunt drive.

Hamish and Andy come to Cambridge

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Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have a cult world-wide following with their Australian Channel Nine comedy show Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. The duo dropped into the Engineering Department to visit our own TV award-winner Dr Hugh Hunt for some very specific advice. Hugh explained: "Hamish and Andy were...

Suzuki straight 500/8 homemade motorcycle

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Homemade Suzuki 500/8 motorcycle using two 250/4 engines. Turn the volume up sounds fantastic This bike lives in Yorkshire England a one off special. There is a new 2011 video of this bike on my Youtube channel gazchat1 This is not my bike it belongs to a friend of mine .

Trinity College Clock EXTRA: Slates

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Extra videos from this afternoon of filming: http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=172007731726

Fifth Gear and Dunlop Loop the Loop

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Dunlop and Fifth Gear break the world record for the highest 'loop the loop' ever performed in a car. http://www.looptheloop.dunlop.eu

Mark McQueen - Director - Car Showreel 2009

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My showreel of car stuff I've done in the last year or so.

Mar 28 2009 VID00038

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Trinity College, Cambridge

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Inside the Trinity College, Cambridge