A simple demo of order and chaos (and order again) - Home made Pendulum Wave with 15 billiard balls

I think this is the best real-life pendulum wave I have seen.

Only chaos here was the music

And that is how you hypnotize someone for 3 minutes 😵👍👍👍

Ive always said, "Life is perfect chaos, but it is perfect nonetheless". This shows harmony exists in its own time. Thanks for making this video. 😗

Whenever I feel sad or lonely I come back to this video, the music and the motion of the balls makes me feel so happy. It makes me remember to not take life as seriously and to enjoy myself

We tried making one years ago but used smaller snooker balls and it rarely stayed in sync. for long once adjusted - this one is by far the best I have seen!

It was NEVER chaos. You only percieve it to be.

The best GIFT from the Universe I have had. I'm a naturephile and I always look for my spiritual grounding from all things natural on my Path. This pendulum speaks to me. It gives me peace. Thank you for sharing.

My whole class just watched this video and we all loved it!

I didn't realize that the subject that kicked my ass in high school could be so beautiful. Physics.

Came for the balls, stayed for zeppelin

Each time I stare at this, I see new patterns emerge. No chaos. Just our perception amidst constantly changing sensory stimuli. So beautiful.

If you blur your eyes and focus on a point on the wall behind the pendulum, you soon see that there is never any chaos to the system at all. At the times when it looks like all the balls are out of order, you'll see a pattern appear that looks like a triple (and double and quadruple!) helix rotating.

This is my life, going smooth for a while, then a total mess, then it starts over

There is something about this demo that just seems so true. I was moved to tears by it. It seems to model being itself.

Omg I started watching this video 45 minutes ago and I just woke up, really relaxing.

i saw a 1 minute version of this exact same video and i came here to see when it would settle and stop swinging but i still have no clue how long it can go, plz, i want to see it all the way to the end

I'm in love and need this in my living room

For those wondering how it works-- each of the balls are attached to different length strings (obviously), which causes their swinging pattern to become different as time goes on. At first it transforms into a sine wave due to this simple fact-- each ball is going through its own oscillation, but is synchronized with the next due to the length. The reason why the balls separate into 2 then 3 different formations is again due to this difference in length. However, this was also intentional as the balls which separate into these groups should have a string length relative in length to one another.

The natural sound would have added another very cool dimensional experience and learning to this. Thank you for building it and sharing this video! 🙏😁 Would also love to see it through to it returned to how it started. Thank you, again