A3_9 How fast can a pen write?

This article finds out the maximum speed in which someone could write on a paper using a ballpoint pen and how this is affected by temperature; where we take two different regions in the world as an example. It is found that this speed is around 153.40 m/s in room temperature

A3_5 Investigating the feasibility of Solar Energy in UK

The total amount of electrical energy that could be produced by a photovoltaic solar panel array the size of London with solar tracking has been calculated at 417 GWh per year. This is 0.103% of the total energy demand of the UK and a long way from the target of 15% renewable energy production by 2020

A3_6 The blind spot of the Human eye

In this paper we demonstrate that the blind spot of the human eye can block out small objects from our visual field. We use baseball as an example and it was found that at a certain angle the ball could not be seen for some distance. We then showed that the batter does not have enough time to react and hit the ball when it reappears in the visual field

A3_3 Did the Solar System’s Ice Giants drift outwards?

 This article investigates whether it was possible for Uranus and Neptune to have migrated outwards from an orbit much closer than that where they currently are. There is a strong chance it could have occurred providing the surface density of planetesimals in the disk was continuous and sufficiently high

A3_4 Playing Pool

In this article we investigate whether large angle shots in cue ball games, like Pool or Snooker, have an effect on accuracy. It was concluded that 0° to 40° shots introduce smallest uncertainty, and that shots over 70° have asymptotically large uncertainty.Â

A3_8 Two mirrors and infinity. II

We extend the work presented in “A3_7 Two mirrors and infinity†to analyse the potential of the system to cause detectable time delay, caused by the finite speed of light. It was found that with the setup, considered in the aforementioned paper, it is impossible for a human eye to perceive such a difference. In turn, it was found that a commercially available high speed video camera could theoretically detect such image changes

A3_10 “Hang on a Minute Lads, I’ve Got a Great Idea…â€

This paper analyses one of the stunts completed in the 1969 film The Italian Job and discusses the effect of the mass of the stolen gold on the ability to complete this stunt. It was found that only $2,290,000 (out of$4 million) worth of gold could be stolen in order for an unmodified Mini Cooper to complete the getaway