When is a coin like a frisbee? Answer: When you flip it

    Oct. 21, 2009
    Here is a new use for a super-high-speed video camera: Studying coin flip biases. It turns out that the mechanics of flipping a coin with your thumb introduces a frisbee-like action that makes the facing-up side of the coin more likely to come up when ...

    Here is a new use for a super-high-speed video camera: Studying coin flip biases. It turns out that the mechanics of flipping a coin with your thumb introduces a frisbee-like action that makes the facing-up side of the coin more likely to come up when the coin stops. The results have implications in NFL overtime decisions as well as any other issue decided with a coin flip. Physorg.com has an item that goes into the details:

    http://www.physorg.com/news175267656.html

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    Leland was Editor-in-Chief of Machine Design. He has 34 years of Service and holds a B.S. Engineering from the University of Michigan, a B.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan;, and a MBA from Cleveland State University. Prior to joining Penton, Lee worked as a Communications design engineer for the U.S. Government.

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