Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Physics of Cheating at Baseball; SPITBALL SCIENCE

Scuffballs, spitballs, and corked bats.Some baseball players are accused of cheating, Jim Kaat reveals the cheats that were used. I never knew baseball players could cheat so well and be such great physists, but they forgot one thing for cheating. The gloves. The baseball players forgot to modify the gloves. They can make their gloves more wider so the glove can easily catch the ball. The players probably can think of a way to fix their glove to catch the ball better, if they can make spitballs and corked bats. I think somebody in one of the baseball teams will probably modify their glove one day. After realizing that some sports players cheat, I looked at this from a different point of view. What if tennis players cheated too? They might change the balls to make their serves harder to hit or change their tennis rackets to make the ball do weird actions.. A long time ago I read an article about a tennis player who technically cheated because he wore green clothes. Since the ball is green and he wore the same color, the opponent might get confused and not see where the ball is coming. That's one possible cheat out of the many others out ther. I think that there is a possibility tennis pkayers might also be great physists.

Friday, July 6, 2012

The Man Who Mailed Himself

Willie Reginald Bray seems a lot like me. Challenging rules and stretching out boundaries, keeping a foot or a finger over the boundary line. But he is different in one way, he is more couraegous than I am
. In 1898, Willie Reginald Bray , age 19, got the book of the Post Office rules, Bray read the rules, but saw them as challenges instead. He stretched out the rule's boundaries and found some loopholes in the rules. Then he began a test that lasted for 10 years. He started sending strange things through the mail, but the Post Office couldn't complain, because they were the ones who created the rules. Willie Reginald Bray was still following the rules. Bray sent onions and even rabbit skulls. He even mailed himself. But I think these acts are couraegous, because a lot of people might find the loopholes, but not a lot of people will exactly try to test them. I might find some loopholes, but I am not brave enought to test them. I would get worried about getting in toruble and other things, but Bray just tested them and was not afraid. In fact, he didn't really care. He was techinically following the rules, so he was not afraid to test the workers of the Post Office. Although what he did wasn't exactly a good thing, I think Willie Reginald Bray is a brave man.

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Creating The ULTIMATE TOY

Six inventors each have their own creative ideas for the ULTIMATE TOY! But they can only make these in their dreams. The first ULTIMATE TOY was the Print-a-Pet. This is a mini pet creator. You can choose the characteristics and personalities. You can even make mythical creatures. Next, there is Projecting Fantasy. You can say, "Spaceship" and then the walls of your room will be the walls of a spaceship. Pretty cool? Then there is 2D to 3D. This is one of my favorites. You can take a photo or draw something, then make it a 3D object in front of you. If you draw a machine. The bigger version would have the same working parts. You choose the size. My favorite is the Living Blocks. If you create an animal out of lego, it becomes a real living object, but in the squarish shape.
When you take the blocks apart it returns to its normal state. Now I will show you my ULTIMATE TOY. My creation would be The Wand Creator. First you choose your wand. Or should I say, the wand chooses you. You get your wand from a little tank and it tells you what kind of wand it is. Then you learn real spells and use them. (I got the idea from HarryPotter) Then you won't have to be a muggle. You can be a real wizard. You could duel your friends and do anything you want with your ULTIMATE TOY.