Slow-Motion Video: Playing Racquetball With a Hard-Boiled Egg

The Moment of Impact Paul Adams What happens when you hit a hard-boiled egg with a racquetball racquet? The tireless minds at PopSci set out to investigate, with a Phantom super-slow-motion HD camera and the intrepid (and, we found out, remarkably graceful) Stan Horaczek.

(You may remember seeing Stan get punched in the face. All in good fun, right, Stan?)

The Phantom series of cameras, capable of even more dramatic feats than this one, continue to wow us. The new v1610, easily capable of shooting 16,000 frames per second, won a Best Of What's New award this year. Stay tuned for more delightful clips.

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He totally missed the sweet-spot on the raquet. Man... I could go for an egg salad sandwich right about now.

Link to this comment menoc 12/06/11 at 2:21 pm

That was cool but the Phantom Flex is capable of speeds as high as 2570 fps. At those speeds you could have shown this at even slower motion and i would have liked to have seen this at really close up range to see the impact/effect of the strings on the egg . . . LOL

Link to this comment Vagabond7 12/06/11 at 2:27 pm

Besides the fun factor of the slow mo here, this video has some interesting science in it i thought (beyond the obvious egg bits as expected).

The egg swatter (Stan) goes through several psychological states in a very short amount of time. From amused to concentration to contortion? to glee. All within the second or two of time. Its amazing how fast and often people can change mental or emotional states in such short amounts of time.

Link to this comment rg-5 12/06/11 at 2:31 pm

Were's the Mayonaise? :D

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