ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2021
The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction.
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Abstract
The snap of a finger has been used as a form of communication and music for millennia across human cultures. However, a systematic analysis of the dynamics of this rapid motion has not yet been performed. Using high-speed imaging and force sensors, we analyse the dynamics of the finger snap. We discover that the finger snap achieves peak angular accelerations of 1.6 × 10
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