Gravitational Waves Work Like This Drill on Spandex

I take a classic demonstration of warping spacetime and figure out how to demonstrate gravitational waves with the addition of some wheels and a drill. Discussion video about LIGO and gravitational waves: Tom Scott's video about frame rate:

11 min - Science & Tech - Steve Mould

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