[MacDV] Re: Fwd: Honda Accord commercial

[Stan Glass]

When I was in college, we demonstrated how two connected cones could 
appear to roll uphill and defy gravity. It was done thusly: The large 
ends of two cones were glued together and a wooden slat was cut in half 
along the long diagonal; then the lower ends were glued together at 
about a 30º angle. The connected cones were then placed near the lower 
end of the wooden ramp, and without any help the connected cones would 
roll upwards, toward the higher ends.

Naturally the connected cones were not defying gravity. What was 
happening was that the center of gravity of the connected cones was 
always lower than the ramp, so, from the connected cone's perspective, 
it was rolling downhill.

Although I have not seen the commercial under discussion, I suspect 
this is the underlying principle causing the car's apparent uphill 
movement.

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Stan Glass <mailto:stanlio at earthlink.net>