This pendulum wave demonstration with 16 bowling balls is really impressive VIDEO

So cool

I really like this, but I've realized how short my attention span is. I'm watching an episode of futurama in the background, and I couldn't even sit through the whole thing :(

me at start-can't....stop....watching..SO MAGICAL.... in the middle-oh no..please....go...on in the end-THERE'S NO POINT LIVING IN THIS PLANET ANIMORE

What are the physics behind this? The wave pattern, the chaos then back to control and back to chaos...

The reason, like said in the video is because of longer strings and heavier bowling balls. When all released at the same time the balls all take a longer time to swing as the get heavier. All of it should be considered chaos, but it's due to the brains need to find patterns. Only at the parts where it looks like chaos is when the brain can't find a patern in the bowling balls. Near the end of the video, the bowling balls are suppose to look like a line again, but doesnt really look like it. Most of that was due to the little price of metal located at the bottom of each bowling ball. It slightly decreased each of the force of the balls making it look a little bit more seperate every time it hit the metal.