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15,000 Dominoes in a Triple-Spiral Chain Reaction You Have to See!

Watch as pro domino artist, Hevesh5, lays out and tumbles this massive triple-spiral dominoes construct.

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How-To: Valentine’s Day Dominos

How-To: Valentine’s Day Dominos

Make your own sweet heart-themed activity with this Valentine’s Day domino game project!

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Math Monday: Make Your Own Pentominoes!

Math Monday: Make Your Own Pentominoes!

A pentomino is like a domino, but with five connected squares instead of two. A set of all twelve can easily be cut from scraps of plywood.

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Wireless dominoes topple without touching

Wireless dominoes topple without touching

Wireless technology has transformed many aspects of our world, but it wasn’t until now that it has had an impact on falling dominoes. In this project by Jarashi Suki and the IAMAS Ubiquitous Interaction Research Group, each electronic domino is assigned a number and after it topples, it will wirelessly trigger the next numbered domino […]

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Successor to domino toppling needs better name

A so-called “stick bomb,” “frame bomb,” or (worst of all) “xyloexplosive device” (Wikipedia) is an arrangement of flat flexible beams, like popsicle sticks or tongue depressors, that are woven together under tension such that they can be “set off” at one point and sort of explosively disassemble starting at that point, with the reaction propagating away along the structure. Like domino toppling, but flashier.

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