A unicycler's guide to physics

Watch this video and you'll better understand both some of the basics of Newtonian physics and how to ride a unicycle successfully.

It's part of a new series of videos made by MIT and Khan Academy. The videos are meant to be for K-12 students, but let's be honest. After a few years, most of us adults have forgotten this stuff and need to re-learn it, too.

Via Open Culture and Patricia Hswe

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Competence².
jeligula

The Kahn Academy sure is getting a lot of national attention. They really must be doing something right.
Ipo

I never made it past 5th grade, but I can still unicycle better than that kid.
AWD, very helpful in all that snow.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ray-Perkins/1314630060 Ray Perkins

First thing they taught us to ride a motorcycle: to turn right, you push on the right handlebar. Counter-steering is counter-intuitive, but it works.