Hacker News·2 min read·medium
Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?
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dmitrybrant✦AI Summary
A new interactive web project allows users to experience relativistic physics by simulating a world where the speed of light is only 5 km/h. The simulation demonstrates phenomena such as time dilation, length contraction, and the Doppler effect in a human-scale environment.
Why it matters
This tool serves as an effective educational resource for visualizing complex physics concepts that are usually impossible to observe in daily life.
Arrows / W A S D: accelerate Mouse: look Space: stop L G C B: toggle effects R: reset
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