AlphaPhoenix

723K subscribers

I'm Brian Haidet - PhD in Materials Science, but I'd also describe myself as artist, maker, and Hawaiian shirt enthusiast. On this channel, You'll find my side projects and favorite physics demos - I hope you enjoy!

37:51

Sound so loud you can SEE it

AlphaPhoenix · 956K views · 2 months ago

29:22

A laser pointer at 2 billion fps makes the speed of light look... kinda weird

AlphaPhoenix · 5.9M views · 11 months ago

39:28

An intuitive approach for understanding electricity

AlphaPhoenix · 2.2M views · 3 years ago

27:40

A laser powered by tiny molecular springs (2^16)

AlphaPhoenix · 436K views · 3 years ago

27:39

I DROPPED my slomo camera to explain how gravity works

AlphaPhoenix · 612K views · 7 months ago

11:25

Why does smoke from a soldering iron ALWAYS go towards your face???

AlphaPhoenix · 363K views · 6 years ago

22:49

I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate

AlphaPhoenix · 3.7M views · 4 years ago

5:28

Introducing the Magneto-Turboencabulator

AlphaPhoenix · 176K views · 4 years ago

17:05

How to Win Snake: The UNKILLABLE Snake AI

AlphaPhoenix · 2.3M views · 6 years ago

29:08

I built a 1,000,000,000 fps video camera to watch light move

AlphaPhoenix · 1.4M views · 1 year ago

12:36

What is polycrystalline water?

AlphaPhoenix · 261K views · 5 years ago

11:55

Air-tight vs. Vacuum-tight

AlphaPhoenix · 1.8M views · 6 years ago

7:28

Impressions: Every exploit to “break the algorithm” targets this baffling metric

AlphaPhoenix · 134K views · 5 years ago

28:15

You can mix 10 marbles until they sort themselves. Why not 100?

AlphaPhoenix · 794K views · 2 years ago

26:29

Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per second

AlphaPhoenix · 3M views · 2 years ago

13:50

Why are metals so stretchy? (2^13 sub special)

AlphaPhoenix · 964K views · 6 years ago

35:29

I weighed an airplane... while it was flying!

AlphaPhoenix · 1.3M views · 1 year ago

21:43

Measuring the speed of light the old fashioned way: Replicating the Fizeau Apparatus

AlphaPhoenix · 328K views · 8 years ago

21:29

Are solid objects really “solid”?

AlphaPhoenix · 6.5M views · 4 years ago

22:45

How does electricity find the "Path of Least Resistance"?

AlphaPhoenix · 1.8M views · 3 years ago

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