{"id":6357,"date":"2018-06-13T19:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:10:37","slug":"dropper-popper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2018\/06\/dropper-popper\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropper Popper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6356 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"1207171400\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-772x434.jpg 772w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171400-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6355 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"1207171359\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-772x434.jpg 772w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/1207171359.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Dropper Popper&#8221; bounces about 2 meters high, no matter what height it is released from.<\/li>\n<li>The rubber half-sphere (as seen on left, in above image), can be turned inside out (as seen on right). Stored energy is instantly released when popper turns right-side-out; and, if resting on a flat surface, will launch about 2 meters high. To trigger this, popper must be dropped, flat, onto a hard surface.<\/li>\n<li>Hold and release popper as shown in top image, away from body.<\/li>\n<li>If having difficulty dropping it perfectly flat, spin it like a frisbee while releasing.<\/li>\n<li>Located in L02, section B4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Dropper Popper&#8221; bounces about 2 meters high, no matter what height it is released from. The rubber half-sphere (as seen on left, in above image), can be turned inside out (as seen on right). Stored energy is instantly released when popper turns right-side-out; and, if resting on a flat surface, will launch about 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2018\/06\/dropper-popper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dropper Popper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556,6,67],"tags":[560,718,222,719],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6359,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions\/6359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}