Tuesday, June 17, 2014

There’s a scientific reason your iPhone headphones are always tangled

It turns out Apple's headphones are pretty much designed to tie themselves up in knots. read more

3 comments:

  1. MitchJune 17, 2014 at 4:04 PM

    Crazy, I don't have iPhone headphones but my normal headphones are always tangled, too. My headphones were even tangled before the first iPhone existed.

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  2. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 4:05 PM

    This is so stupid. Scientists have discovered little creatures called tanglinians who creep into pockets and little spaces and entangle earphones. They are currently working on anti-tangilian sprays and stuff. I am so glad for science!

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  3. XiaoJune 17, 2014 at 4:05 PM

    This is actually nothing new. A good statistical thermodynamics textbook should include a derivation of how the Boltzmann entropy leads naturally to this -- indeed, it is part of the "chaos leads to order, and vice versa" set of real world applications of entropy that brings about the aha moment.

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