{"id":1030,"date":"2019-05-13T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T00:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2019-05-13T12:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T00:54:28","slug":"the-bed-of-nails-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2019\/05\/13\/the-bed-of-nails-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The bed of nails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always fun to see this demonstrated. Here&#8217;s Haggis Henderson, at the recent NZ Institute of Physics conference in Christchurch, not only lying on a bed of nails but having a teenager stand on him too. He survived the experience, though I can&#8217;t vouch for what his back looked like afterwards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1033\" style=\"width: 2592px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1033\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190415_1628301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exif_JPEG_420<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bed of nails doesn&#8217;t hurt if you lie on it gently. (I know, I&#8217;ve had a go before.) Although each nail is sharp, there are a great many in contact with you and so your weight is spread out over many nails. The pressure each nail exerts on the body is not enough to cut through the skin. (I wouldn&#8217;t recommend wearing an expensive shirt, however.) 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