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This is a video digest documenting the experience offered by the program "Park Lab EXPT.05 Can people adapt to irrational laws of physics?" held at Sony Park Mini.

Zoom in on the exterior of Sony Park Mini, with lettering for the words "Park Lab EXPT.05 Can people adapt to irrational laws of physics?" printed to the glass.

The Sony Park Mini signboard illuminated in orange.

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Park Lab EXPT.05 is an experiment to expand on people's sensory perceptions through the creation of new experiences that stretch beyond the conventional laws of physics.

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Inside Sony Park Mini, there are five interactive displays on wooden platforms.

Beneath the words "Which were you able to adapt to?" printed on the wall, from left to right, are displays for "sticking/releasing," "bony/squishy," and "clinging/slipping."

Facing them head on, displays for "hard/soft" and "tight/loose" are arranged from left to right.

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"Sticking/releasing" magnetic interaction

Rotating a cylindrical object clockwise while pressing it against a vertical wall makes it stick to the wall, while rotating it counter-clockwise releases it from the wall.

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Friction and adhesion are controlled by varying the strength of electromagnets according to the angle of rotation.

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"Bony/squishy" endoskeleton interface
When someone grips a cylindrical sensor, which resembles a wrist wrapped in silicone, and rotates it to the left, the tube inside the silicone rotates to the right. When rotated to the right, the inner tube rotates in the opposite direction to the left.

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A gyro sensor and servomotor control the endoskeleton so that its axis always remains in the same position.

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"Clinging/slipping" frictional force interaction
The word "cling" is written in pencil on a white paper. When someone tries to erase the word with a pink eraser without holding the paper down, the paper moves, and they cannot erase it well.
When they switch to a green eraser and try to erase it, the paper does not move, and they are able to erase it.

Two black circles are diagonally offset from each other. Someone uses their finger to slide the circle in the background forward and backward. When it aligns with the circle in the foreground, the two circles are secured in place.

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The device controls the static electricity on the sheets of paper, turning the static on and off, by sensing the shape and color of objects captured on camera.

The question "Q. Which were you able to adapt to?" is posted on the wall of the venue.

Below this are the answers "Sticking/releasing," "Bony/squishy," and "Clinging/slipping."

Several circular orange stickers have been stuck on the wall, encircling each answer. The largest number of stickers were placed around "Clinging/slipping."

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