Visualizing sound with fire

Science

Wow, rad physics experiment in which FIRE is used to visualize sound. Don’t try it at home, unless you’re a physics teacher, in which case please show this to your students. [Thanks, Tyler!]

6 thoughts on “Visualizing sound with fire

  1. Chad says:

    seems like make posted this a long time back or was it hack a day — still a cool project and video!!!

  2. borgie says:

    “Don’t try it at home, unless you’re a physics teacher…”. Wut? This is MAKE, not “That’s Incredible”.

  3. Volkemon says:

    @Chad- Good memory. It was 10/2006, and PT posted this same video.

    Still cool, however.

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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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