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Swimming in a pool of 25 million water orbs

submitted by blacklotus90

8 years 4 months 1 week ago

"Kevin (aka The Backyard Scientist) and I filled a pool with 25 million waterballs (aka Orbeez) so I could settle an argument about how far you sink if you jump in."

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Experiments in a Pool full of 25 Million Orbeez has been added as a related post - related requested by Mordhaus.

Is it easy to extract the water they just wasted?

Now do it again, but without the water in the pool...

So what would you have done if (despite physics laws) you jumped in and sunk straight to the bottom and had been unable to climb or swim to the surface? It seemed like there was a lot more water than air between the balls, so I guess you probably would have drowned. Did you have somebody standing by with a rope or something the first time? I saw several shots where some of the kids jumped in head first but it always cut away before it showed how easy or hard it was to get back upright and above water. I see this being a little more dangerous that how lighthearted it was presented. But it still looks fun.

transmorpher says...

Had it been done with say, grains, then they would have died

So what would you have done if (despite physics laws) you jumped in and sunk straight to the bottom and had been unable to climb or swim to the surface? It seemed like there was a lot more water than air between the balls, so I guess you probably would have drowned. Did you have somebody standing by with a rope or something the first time? I saw several shots where some of the kids jumped in head first but it always cut away before it showed how easy or hard it was to get back upright and above water. I see this being a little more dangerous that how lighthearted it was presented. But it still looks fun.

How are they going to dispose of those things after they are done? Can they be just flushed down?

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