Now in Google Earth: 13-Year Old Students and Sketchup Cars

[Mr S]

Hi,

Thats really cool.
I wonder if you speeded things up and added the Wacky Races theme music to it whether a whole new feel could be created. 13 year olds should love that.
I am assuming that you will know that Wacky Races was a very popular cartoon in the 1970's. (Oh dear, giving my age away!)
If you don't know what I am talking about, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTlL53KGRs

Dick Dastardly and Muttley were very popular.
Actually, these are 2 cartoon characters SOLO should recreate!

Regards
Mr S

[guzman tierno]

Thanks Dylan.

@mr s said:

Thats really cool.
I wonder if you speeded things up and added the Wacky Races theme music to it whether a whole new feel could be created. 13 year olds should love that.

I think those are two good ideas (yes, I know wacky races).
When I finished the animation I didnt thought about speeding it up, maybe I'll do another version.

Some students did want to learn Sketchyphysics and are now producing their versions ...

Thanks,

[caddict]

great models and physics and video!

when i was a kid one of the best parts of building a car was crashing it afterwards

(i hope that wasn't just me)

[guzman tierno]

@caddict said:

great models and physics and video!
when i was a kid one of the best parts of building a car was crashing it afterwards
(i hope that wasn't just me)

Thanks,

Only after making the video I recalled the many afternoons I spent when I was a kid
building ramps and watching my big collection of cars going down, hoping for my favorite to win ...

[JHuman]

Great Job! Pretty good with the video production as well.

[Huggkruka]

If my math teachers were ever that imaginative... I love the video, and the car design is also lovely. It's a bit choppy but that's a minor issue. Well done!

[guzman tierno]

JHuman and Huggkruka,
thanks for your comments.
I'll be soon uploading a new sped up version, as suggested in various comments.
I've already sped it up and it is actually much better
(For some reason I didnt thought about it immediately).

About imagination:
I just started by thinking that Sketchup is easy, fun and 3D and that therefore
it was a good tool for studying and visualizing solids in school.
Then the students loved it and the ideas grew up.

[guzman tierno]

This is the new version: sped up as suggested in the comments
I think it is actually much better, thanks.

[flash=510,412:112x0jli]http://www.youtube.com/v/Ni6TDPpKqw4&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:112x0jli]

(You may watch it in HD on youtube).

[ely862me]

Speed*s film producers should ve seen this before they made the jumping bus on that broken highway

[Anssi]

Sketchyphysics + Chianti

Cheers

Anssi

[guzman tierno]

@anssi said:

:roflmao: Sketchyphysics + Chianti

It took me a litle while to understand it ...

[guzman tierno]

Not strictly related to the video above but, I used sketchyphysics
to add a motor and a working steering system to the blue convertible:

[flash=510,412:70u7boel]http://www.youtube.com/v/aDznlx7bufs&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:70u7boel]

Model available here.

[guzman tierno]

I coudln't resist and I made the students' cars work inside Google Earth.
I did not write the code (it was written by someone at Google),
I only changed it to make it work with the students cars.

Accept to install the plugin if required, it's great fun ...

Drive your car in Google Earth

hope you like it.