Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Automatic Sphere


Bubble solutions stretched across a hand-sized frame of straws and string. It's held flat, like a table. A quarter-sized loop of kite string is placed on the film. When the bubble solution in the loop of string is popped, the tension force of the soap around the loops pulls in a balanced way all around it . At the same time,the string pulls back toward its center. The result is an "automatic circle."



Friday, January 17, 2014

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic