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Remote experiments as virtual labs? Examples with pendulum

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2020

Abstract

The contribution presents the technology and examples of real remote and virtual experiments that contain pendulum. We describe our new real remote experiment that offers opportunity for an experimental study of several dependencies like period versus deflection or period versus length, with a goal to determine the experimental value of local gravity acceleration g.

Our real remote labs may be accessed with common web browsers, they feature live video of the experimental setup and a possibility to record and download own experimental data for further processing with dedicated software. First outcomes of the WorldPendulum (WP@ELAB) Project are discussed.

The project aims to create and publish 20 identical online pendulum remote experiments worldwide in order to study the dependence of the gravity value g on latitude.