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How to control light with water

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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 on the other side so it comes out the hole and follows the stream of water! Just like fiber optics, the laser beam gets bounced around, but stays within the stream. Controlling light in this way gives up the ability to send information MUCH faster, as opposed to sending a postcard via snail mail! Infinite Series:    / @pbsinfiniteseries   Check out Physics Girl's exploding soda can video:    • Exploding soda cans with electromagnets in...   Subscribe to Physics Girl for more fun physics! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Creator/Writer: Dianna Cowern Animator: Kyle Norby Writer/Researcher: Sophia Chen Editor: Jabril Ashe Fun new Fiber Optics video from Nat and Lo on Fiber Optics ca …...more
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How to control light with water
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2016Dec 22
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 on the other side so it comes out the hole and follows the stream of water! Just like fiber optics, the laser beam gets bounced around, but stays within the stream. Controlling light in this way gives up the ability to send information MUCH faster, as opposed to sending a postcard via snail mail! Infinite Series:    / @pbsinfiniteseries   Check out Physics Girl's exploding soda can video:    • Exploding soda cans with electromagnets in...   Subscribe to Physics Girl for more fun physics! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Creator/Writer: Dianna Cowern Animator: Kyle Norby Writer/Researcher: Sophia Chen Editor: Jabril Ashe Fun new Fiber Optics video from Nat and Lo on Fiber Optics called, "Journey to the Bottom of the Internet"    • A Journey To The Bottom Of The Internet   Also found this great video by engineer guy who set up the experiment much better than we did:    • Fiber optic cables: How they work   http://physicsgirl.org/   / thephysicsgirl     / thephysicsgirl     / thephysicsgirl   Map of underwater cables and landing sites: TeleGeography http://www.submarinecablemap.com Stock Images: pixabay.com and clker.com Music: APM and YouTube.

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