This is a simple demonstration that can be used to impress your friends using a variety of materials. It also can make a nice investigation for a science fair project or a classroom demonstration. Students can test variables and determine the conditions for the best results. The use of small lights and a camera can help capture the beauty in the movement of the small weight as it arrests the movement of the larger weight as it falls. Or, one other use can be for amusement purposes by turning the demonstration into a game. Any guesses who the wooden action figure is?

this video is a reposting of a previous video that accidentally included copyrighted music. It has been removed from this version