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Giant Jell-O measures crowd volume in wobbles

Giant Jell-O measures crowd volume in wobbles

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Sports arenas across  the United States could soon have a new, jiggly way to measure the excitement of a game. Jell-O, the company most known for its physics-defying gelatin dessert, is introducing a device it says can calculate fan intensity in a stadium and then visually represent that data in real time as a jiggling mass of Jell-O. The rowdier the crowd gets, the more the Jell-O jiggles. The company is calling its bizarre invention the JELL-OMETER. It’s already been used at a professional hockey game in New York and is expected to be on its way to other stadiums soon. Anyone who has been to a sporting event has likely seen messages on the jumbotron urging fans to “Get Loud” and cheer. Those systems typically use decibel readers to measure sound. The JELL-OMETER takes a different approach and tries to measure fan energy instead. The company claims the device uses “proprietary plate-sensing” technology to capture sound pressure from the …

CPAC Shocker: Dallas Crowd Cheers For Trump Impeachment Hearings

CPAC Shocker: Dallas Crowd Cheers For Trump Impeachment Hearings

Published by Jenni Sidey

In a moment that captured the growing unease within conservative circles, Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, found himself in an awkward spot at this year’s CPAC in the Dallas area on Friday. While attempting to rally the crowd, Schlapp asked, “How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” The audience erupted in cheers. Visibly caught off guard, he quickly backpedaled: “No… that was the wrong answer.” He tried again – “Let’s try that again, how many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” – only for the crowd to cheer again. Flustered, Schlapp joked about needing coffee for the attendees before pivoting to a safer topic: keeping the House majority. An attempt by @mschlapp to hype up the CPAC crowd goes horribly wrong — “How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” [cheers] “That was the wrong answer…” pic.twitter.com/PQUCThdgV3 — Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 27, 2026 The incident unfolded against the backdrop of heated discussions at the conference about the U.S.-Israeli military actions in Iran. It was …

American Amber Glenn wows Olympic crowd with triple axel

American Amber Glenn wows Olympic crowd with triple axel

Published by Sam Flores

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Team USA falls to Switzerland in women’s curling 00:55 ‘Blade Angels’ discuss their Winter Games experiences 01:29 Team USA dominates on the ice at the Winter Olympics 01:39 U.S. women’s hockey celebrates gold medal win 00:52 U.S. advances to women’s curling semifinals on final shot 00:40 Alysa Liu wins gold in women’s figure skating 00:54 Alysa Liu describes returning and winning ‘her way’ 01:00 U.S. beats Canada to win gold in women’s hockey 01:07 Now Playing American Amber Glenn wows Olympic crowd with triple axel 00:50 UP NEXT Jordan Stolz snatches silver in the 1500M 00:38 Team USA eyes Olympic gold in the women’s hockey final 01:29 U.S. tops Sweden in men’s hockey quarterfinal in overtime 01:09 Laila Edwards’ family talks about her Olympic journey 00:38 Great Britain comes back to beat U.S. in women’s curling 00:24 Team USA win first-ever medal in the men’s team sprint 00:31 Mikaela Shiffrin takes home Olympic gold in the slalom 00:31 Emery Lehman …