PERPETUAL MACHINE | MARBLE FEEDER | Malayalam
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2016-04-10

This is not a perpetual motion machine – but a beautiful machine nonetheless. In this machine we provide the potential energy by placing marbles on top. The machine swivels – picks up a marble from the top and discharges it at the base in a circular tray. The white tube is where the marbles exit – the tube opens on striking the T wooden shape and discharges a marble. The green tube at the top opens and feeds a marble into the giant machine. So these two tubes are crucial to the machine. There are two large hinged arms moving in this machine. They are beautifully and critically balanced. So that the transfer of just one marble from the top tilts the machine and the marble is deposited in the tray. This dynamic machine is made from cardboard, glue, paper, needles and other odd materials. Its working is absolutely fascinating. In the end you can see its inventor Mr. Ashok Sonalkar explaining its principles to some young students. 

This work is supported by IUCAA (www.iucaa.in) and TATA Trust (www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index/Tata-trusts)

Credits:,Ashok Rupner, Manish Jain, Pradnya Pujari, Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta, Vidula Mhaiskar

Dubbed in Malayalam by CK Biju, SNV Sanskrit HSS, Kochi TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org