If you sing at a wine glass at its exact resonant frequency, you can break the glass without the help of a speaker! Learn the physics behind that.
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Mike Boyd Learning to Break a Glass:
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MIT breaking wine glass video
Creator: Dianna Cowern
Animations: Kyle Norby
Editor: Jabril Ashe
Thanks to Kyle Kitzmiller, Dan Walsh and Mike Boyd!
And to my parents and roommates to endured the screeching.
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