Search Results: "Optics"

All Most Recent Most Viewed

33:45
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

37 views / 0 likes - added 2 months ago

The blue LED was supposed to be impossibleuntil a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a
08:40
It took 10 YEARS (But it was worth it) - Amazing Science Gadgets/Toys 4

50 views / 0 likes - added 4 months ago

Hello Everyone Sit back and relax. Enjoy 9 minutes of oddly satisfying scientific curiosities featuring various mind-blowing stuff!If you guys liked this video please follow us on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/physicsfun/And subscribe to our chann
08:06
It took 10 YEARS (But it was worth it) - Amazing Science Gadgets/Toys 6

53 views / 0 likes - added 4 months ago

Hello Everyone Sit back and relax. Enjoy 8 minutes of oddly satisfying scientific curiosities featuring various mind-blowing stuff!If you guys liked this video please follow us on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/physicsfun/And subscribe to our chann
03:20
How Fish Get Away With Being Colorful

84 views / 0 likes - added 6 months ago

Coral reef fish get away with being colorful thanks to a weird quirk of underwater optics. LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Visual resolution: the ability to see fine spatial detailSUPPORT
15:31 Popular
24 AMAZING OPTICAL ILLUSIONS That Will Trick Your Eyes!

765 views / 0 likes - added 1 year ago

Hi Everyone :) Welcome back! Buy physicsfun toys on : https://bit.ly/2MOjFET This video contains many interesting / satisfying /innovative science Illusion / physics Illusion. If you guys liked this video please follow us on Instagram : https://www.instag
21:43
Measuring the speed of light the old fashioned way: Replicating the Fizeau Apparatus

182 views / 0 likes - added 2 years ago

In 1849, the first terrestrial measurement of the seed of light was made by Hippolyte Fizeau using a bright focused lamp, a spinning slotted wheel, and a reflector a few kilometers away. This famous experiment is one that I've spent the better part of the
05:46
Owl Eyes Are Shaped Like Tubes, Here's Why

282 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Owl eyes are specially designed for the dark to spot prey from afar. Here's how they see behind themselves and what makes their eyes so powerful. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comThe bigger the eye
05:55
The Secret to Unbelievably Fast Internet: Twisting Light

249 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

You might finally be able to watch that 4k video without buffering, thanks to quantum mechanics and orbital angular momentum.Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't WalkSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtang
05:47
Seeing Your Breath: Using Science to Choose the Proper Mask

314 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Working with Stanford scientists, we at the Exploratorium modified our Giant Mirror exhibit to allow us to observe small changes in the temperature of moving air. In this video, we use Giant Mirror to collect evidence about which face coverings work best
04:34
Ultrasonic Levitation

213 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Acoustic levitation meets Schlieren optics: By reflecting a sound wave back onto itself, one can secure a standing wave if the distance between the source of the sound and the reflector is equal to an integral number of half wavelengths. In this demonstra
03:49
Coanda Effect

642 views / 2 likes - added 3 years ago

Fluids flowing near a surface tend to follow the shape of the surface. Using Schlieren optics, we can see this behavior. It is known as the Coanda Effect and its explanation depends on viscosity, the frictional forces between the molecules of a fluid (be
04:59
Visualizing Ultrasound with Schlieren Optics Part I

274 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Part 1 of 3. We use a schlieren optics system with a strobing light source to visualize ultrasonic waves emitted by a transducer driven at a frequency of 28 kHz.Images employing schlieren optics are very sensitive to changes in the density of air. Since s
02:57
Visualizing Ultrasound with Schlieren Optics Part II

230 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Part 2 of 3. We use our strobing schlieren system to look at diffraction and standing wave patterns in air created by an ultrasonic transducer (driven at 28 kHz) and a reflecting glass plate.More information about our schlieren optics set-up and how it wo
05:59
Visualizing Ultrasound with Schlieren Optics Part III

239 views / 0 likes - added 3 years ago

Part 3 of 3. We combine the stroboscopic effect with the use of color filters in our schlieren optics setup to visualize the changes in air pressure that occur in a standing wave created by an ultrasonic transducer (driven at 28 kHz) and a reflecting glas
21:40 Popular
Building the Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder

895 views / 2 likes - added 3 years ago

Squirrels were stealing my bird seed so I solved the problem with mechanical engineering :) Get your first month of KiwiCo for FREE!!! https://www.kiwico.com/markrober Here is an explanation of the illusion dish thing!- https://demos.smu.ca/index.php/demo
08:25
Real-Life 'Invisibility Cloak' Explained | WIRED

543 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Videos of a new product being called an invisibility cloak recently surfaced online. WIRED's Louise Matsakis spoke with its inventor and a physicist who studies optics to find out how it works and whether cloaking and invisibility are truly feasible. Stil
08:52
LENSES

526 views / 0 likes - added 4 years ago

Get our favorite science gear delivered to your door: http://www.curiositybox.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/DoOnlineNowGuysInstagram: http://instagr.am/doonlinenowguysVsauce PO Box: PO Box 33168 L.A. CA 90033***Click "SHOW MORE" For Links*** Ray Optics
05:20 Popular
The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini

711 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Explore how fiber optics uses light to transmit data over long distances, and with integrated photonics, expands our virtual world beyond the internet. -- In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data— that’s 10,000 hou
Featured
04:11
Why Twisted Light Holds the Key to Radically Faster Internet

405 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

With this new nanophotonic device, scientists might have just unlocked how to harness the data transfer potential of “twisted light”. How Ferroelectricity Could Change the Way We Store Data- https://youtu.be/IwT_ECJ1TEY Read More: Angular-momentum nanomet
06:50
Inside the Race to See the Edge of the Universe

349 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

We're in the middle of a billion dollar telescope building boom, with new ground based observatories racing to see first light in the 2020s. Why Don't We Have a Photo of a Black Hole Yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFL9oLNJOI&t=2s Read More: Giant M
08:01
Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye

423 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

In 1985, fiber optic cables were just starting to get widely adopted. David Pye shows the principles behind them and how old telephone cables were swapped out for new ones. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lec
16:03 Popular $Lenses, refraction, and optical illusions of light$
Lenses, refraction, and optical illusions of light

1,122 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

Optics, lenses, and optical illusions created by the refraction of light explained with 3D ray diagrams. My Patreon page is at https://www.patreon.com/EugeneK
02:36
Time-Folded Optics

436 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

With the rapid development of faster frame rates and more light-sensitive camera sensors, why aren't camera lenses quickly evolving as well? Researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture group are addressing that question with a new way to utilize tim
04:17
The story behind your glasses - Eva Timothy

376 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-story-behind-your-glasses-eva-timothy What scientific thinkers and achievements have led to vast improvements in optics over the centuries? Discover the fascinating ways that our understanding of light infor
11:27
How Science Can Make You Invisible

656 views / 0 likes - added 5 years ago

We all want the superpower of invisibility. But in reality, science is the only way you might be able to become invisible. Here are ways science can make you invisible! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt htt
02:26
Casting a $20 Million Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

653 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Building a mirror for any giant telescope is no simple feat. The sheer size of the glass, the nanometer precision of its curves, its carefully calculated optics, and the adaptive software required to run it make this a task of herculean proportions. But t
03:03
Is There Poop on the Moon? ft. Smarter Every Day

553 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

What else did we leave on the moon? Smarter Every Day explains: http://bit.ly/JunkOnTheMoon Play with a corner reflector: http://labs.minutelabs.io/Optics/corner-reflector/ US Space and Rocket Center: http://www.spacecamp.com/museumHome MinutePhysics is o
10:56
How to Make a Microscope From Scratch

615 views / 1 likes - added 6 years ago

After learning how to correct my vision by making eyeglasses from scratch, now I want to learn how to use optics to extend my vision to see the invisible world with a microscope. Thank you to foldscope with their assistance in making this possible! Check
13:50 Popular
How to Make a Telescope from Scratch

796 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

Sign up for your free trial to The Great Courses Plus! http://ow.ly/8A0n30acnuX After making Eyeglasses and a Microscope from scratch, next I set my eyes to the skies and want to attempt a telescope from scratch! Thank you to Lewis Dartnell again for his
03:55
Witness the Solar Eclipse without Frying your Eyes or your Camera

555 views / 0 likes - added 6 years ago

America is preparing for a sea-to-shining-sea solar eclipse. Here’s how you can watch the spectacular display, and maybe even snap a photo to commemorate the event, without burning your retinas or damaging your camera’s optics.
02:51 Popular
Why Is the Sky Blue?

822 views / 2 likes - added 6 years ago

Jessi and Squeaks love watching clouds and birds fly way up in the sky! But why is the sky blue? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsew
Featured
10:36 Popular
Optical Instruments: Crash Course Physics #41

941 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

This episode of Crash Course Physics is supported by Prudential. Go to www.raceforretirement.com to learn how, if you start saving today, you can continue to enjoy the things you love tomorrow. How do lenses work? How do they form images? Well, in order t
09:40
Geometric Optics: Crash Course Physics #38

531 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Want more Crash Course in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to http://www.nerdconnerdfighteria.com/ LIGHT! Let's talk about it today. Sunlight, moonlight, torchlight, and flashlight. T
10:18 Popular
How to control light with water

1,033 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

How fast is the internet? How fast can we send data? This easy DIY experiment allows you to control light with water! Drill a hole in the bottom of a 2 liter bottle, fill the bottle with water allowing the water to stream out the hole, and a shine a laser
03:19 Popular
Concave mirror real image demonstration /// Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

1,305 views / 1 likes - added 7 years ago

This video features a device that uses a concave mirror to project the image of a small light bulb into an empty light socket. While it is possible to hide the source of the projected light from the viewers, I have found it better to allow students to eas
03:36
How Scientists Can Manipulate Memories With Light

504 views / 0 likes - added 7 years ago

Scientists have found a way to trick the brain using light and optogenetics. What implications could this have for the future of medicine? How To Turn Bad Memories Into Good Ones - https://youtu.be/Zm5nnJNvcVE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http
04:12
This Is Not A Rainbow

683 views / 4 likes - added 8 years ago

Tweet this ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSchz Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSchzFB Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The ABSOLUTE best place to learn more about atmospheric optics: http://www.atoptics.c
Featured
02:40
Why Can Blu-rays Hold More Than DVDs?

440 views / 1 likes - added 8 years ago

Blu-rays can hold about ten times more than DVDs because Blu-ray players use special blue lasers to read them. But it took a while for scientists to figure out how to make those lasers work. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the
06:37 Popular
DO IT YOURSELF (Easiest Way) - How To Make A 3D Hologram Projector

12.9k views / 13 likes - added 8 years ago

How to turn your smartphone into a Hologram 3D projector. Easy Step by Step Instruction with free printout template . ✈ FREE PRINT OUT Template : https://goo.gl/K6d1I7 ✈ Link to a 3D Hologram video: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y60mfBvXCj8 ------- Hologra
Featured
05:29
Personal Disease Scanner? -- Mind Blow #89

589 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

Mind Blow features the latest news in science, technology and amazing! TWITTER: https://twitter.com/VsauceTwo **** SOURCES AND LINKS *** Quit Smoking While You Sleep (0:00) http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/learn-to-quit-smoking-while-you-sleep/ Exosuit
11:45 Popular
The Moon Terminator Illusion

939 views / 0 likes - added 8 years ago

http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce http://instagram.com/electricpants Sources and sites to learn more below!!! dolly zoom effect: http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/introduction-to-the-dolly-zoom/ visual angle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter htt

>> View Optics web videos