Posts by: Sean Koyama

Rockets in Horse Poop

December 10, 2011 at 8:36 pm

Have you ever spent the time to look closely at horse poop? Yeah, me either. It would be best to steer clear of those beautiful pieces of nature, not just because of its smell – but also because there are colonies of creatures that shoot projectiles all over the place. Yes, you guessed it. I’m […]

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Application of Hummingbird Physics

November 12, 2011 at 7:59 pm

In a previous post from the last quarter, Grace Ingalls talked about the physics of how hummingbirds fly.  The hummingbird was described to fly more like an insect rather than a bird since it was able to hover in every direction as opposed to conventional birds who flew only in a forward direction. Impressed by […]

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