Butterfly Takeoff at 2,000 Frames per Second - Smarter Every Day 79

less than 1m read

·Nov 3, 2024

[Music] Hey, it's me, DTin. Welcome back to Smarter Every Day! The cat is disturbing homework time, so we're going to take a break and make an intro.

Every time I've observed a butterfly flying across a field, he looks like he's a very poor flyer. He looks like he's bouncing along, and because of the really large surface area on the wing and low mass, it looks like the wind's just making him flutter back and forth. He doesn't really have control over what he's doing.

But it wasn't until I recorded this next video with a Miro at 2,000 frames per second in the Amazon that I realized that I've probably been wrong this entire time.

All right, see if we can high-speed—what is this called? This butterfly? Uh, I believe it is [Music] Metha. Yep, I got it. Is it gone? [Music] Oh, oh, oh! [Music] It stayed in focus! Oh my [Music] God, dude, that was amazing!

All right, let's take this opportunity to change the battery since this one's low. Sure, that nuts J. You want some water? Fine, fine, of course you are. You don't need water, do you?

Gyroscopic Precession

Changing Glaciers of Iceland | Explorers in the Field

View All

Markets and property rights | APⓇ Microeconomics | Khan Academy

In other videos, we have touched on the idea of property rights, but in this video, we’re going to go a little bit deeper and think about how property rights connect to the notion of a market. So first of all, think about what a market means to you. You …

Writing proportional equations | Rates & proportional relationships | 7th grade | Khan Academy

We’re told that Justin runs at a constant rate, traveling 17 kilometers in two hours. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the distance he runs, ( d ), in kilometers and the time he spends running, ( h ), in hours. So pause this video and…

LearnStorm at Pine Hill Middle School

[Music] Here at Pine Hill Middle, we have a diverse group of students focused on sixth through eighth grade. Raise your hand if you have at least three lessons passed. Good job! When it comes to Miss Grubbs, she is so creative. One of the resources she h…

Tax The Rich

What’s up, Taxes? It’s Graham here. So normally, I don’t talk about topics that could get politicized or taken out of context, but I gotta say there is so much confusion and misinformation surrounding some of the new proposals aimed at taxing the rich th…

Why Vulnerability is Power | Priceless Benefits of Being Vulnerable

After his brother renounced the throne, Bertie unexpectedly became king. He faced the difficult task of ruling a country on the verge of World War II. Due to his crippling stammer, which caused him much personal discomfort and embarrassment, Bertie mainta…

Seth Klarman: The Investing Opportunity of a Generation (First Interview in 12 YEARS)

Do you think that opportunity that you had in 1979 still exists in 2023? Seth Clarman is a legendary investor who just broke his 12-year silence to reveal the secrets to outperforming the market and the investment opportunity he would dedicate his life t…

Butterfly Takeoff at 2,000 Frames per Second - Smarter Every Day 79

More Articles