complex waveforms and heterotic tubes

YouTube offers another classic physics demo, the Rubens Tube

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I built one of these a couple of months ago. It is a hit with just about everyone I show it to. I made mine with 2 1/4 PVC pipe, fireproofed with aluminum duct sealing tape. I can run it for several minutes before it seems to soften past the point I am comfortable with. I plan on making one out of steel exhaust tubing and making it a permanent part of my living room decoration.

By Eric Juve (not verified) on 22 Nov 2006 #permalink

Robert Keolian over at PSU/ARL has one of those in his lab ... they had it hooked up to music too as a demo for school kids.

By Ambitwistor (not verified) on 23 Nov 2006 #permalink

Could someone explain the connection between the Rubens' Tube and complex waveforms or or heterotic tubes?

it is the title that springs to mind after thinking about gravitational radiation waveform analysis from LISA detection of EMRIs, while reading Smolin's latest, and running a YouTube video in the background