If superpowers were real: Super strength - Joy Lin

Če bi nadnaravne moči obstajale: Nadnaravna moč - Joy Lin

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

If you wake up one morning

Če bi se nekega jutra zbudili

with 1,000 times the strength you had the night before,

tisočkrat močnejši,

how will you handle delicate day-to-day tasks?

kako bi opravljali drobne vsakodnevne naloge?

Everything must seem so fragile to you

Vse bi se zdelo tako krhko,

since the scale of your strength

saj bi se obseg vaše moči

has expanded one thousand times.

tisočkrat povečal.

You'd have to be very careful

Morali bi biti zelo previdni,

when you're shaking someone's hand

ko bi nekomu segli v roko,

so you don't end up breaking their bones

da jim ne bi zdrobili kosti

ali zmečkali vsakega, ki bi ga objeli.

or crushing everyone you hug.

And using a fork to pick up a piece of broccoli

Na vilico nabosti brokoli

from a Styrofoam plate

na stiropornem krožniku

without driving the fork through the plate

ne da bi vilice potisnili skozenj,

is going to be as difficult as brain surgery.

bi bilo zahtevno kot operacija možganov.

Say the day comes

Kaj če se zgodi,

and you get the chance to save a damsel in distress

da dobite priložnost rešiti damo v težavah,

falling from a helicopter.

ki je padla iz helikopterja.

So, you hold out your arms,

Iztegnete roke,

hoping to catch her.

da bi jo ujeli.

Seconds later, you will find yourself

Čez nekaj sekund

holding her lifeless body.

držite njeno truplo.

What happened?

Kaj se je zgodilo?

Well, pressure is force divided by area.

Tlak je sila deljena s površino.

The smaller the area,

Manjša ko je površina,

the bigger the pressure.

večji bo tlak.

This is why we can lift heavy objects

Zato lahko dvigamo težke predmete,

without breaking our skin,

ne da bi si raztrgali kožo,

but a tiny needle can make us bleed

a že majhna igla povzroči krvavitev

with just a little poke.

s čisto majhnim pikom.

The pressure that will be exerted on her body

Tlak, ki bo deloval na telo dame,

izračunamo, če silo

can be calculated by force

divided by the area on the top of your arms

delimo s površino rok,

that comes in contact with her.

ki pride v stik z dekletom.

It doesn't matter if your arms are strong enough

Ni važno, ali so roke dovolj močne,

to catch her body without breaking your bones.

da bi jo ujele, ne da se vam kosti zlomijo.

Her spine is not strong enough

Njena hrbtenica je prešibka,

to be caught by you without being damaged.

da bi jo ujeli brez poškodb.

Even if you rip off the nearest door

Tudi če s tečajev snamete vrata,

to provide a bigger area to catch her with,

da bi jo ujeli na večji površini,

you still wouldn't be able to save her anyway.

je ne boste mogli rešiti.

Remember, it's not the fall that kills her,

Ne bo je ubil padec,

but the sudden stop at the bottom.

temveč nenadna ustavitev na tleh.

Let's say she's falling from a 32 story building,

Če pade z 32-nadstropne stavbe,

about 300 feet,

okoli 90 metrov,

and you are 6 feet tall,

vi ste visoki 1.80 metra,

maybe 10 feet on your tippy-toes,

morda dva metra, če ste na prstih,

with your arms above your head

z rokami nad seboj,

holding a door,

držite vrata,

in hopes of distributing the pressure

da bi tlak razdelili

na večjo površino,

across a larger surface area,

but all you're doing is essentially moving

vam je še vedno uspelo le to,

the ground up by 10 feet.

da ste tla dvignili za dva metra.

So, she's now falling from 290 feet,

Torej bo padla z 88 metrov,

instead of 300 feet,

namesto 90,

reaching the speed of 173 feet per second

s hitrostjo 52 m/s

just before impact,

tik pred udarcem v tla,

not counting air resistance.

če ne upoštevamo zračnega upora.

It's the equivalent of crashing at 94 miles per hour

To je enako, kot če bi se s hitrostjo 150 km/h

into a wall with a door in front of it.

zaleteli v zid z vrati pred njim.

The only thing that could save her is flying.

Samo letenje jo lahko reši.

But that power comes with its own host of scientific issues.

A ta moč ima svoje znanstvene težave.

If you could fly,

Če bi lahko leteli,

what you must do is fly up to her,

bi morali odleteti k njej,

start flying down at the speed she is falling,

začeti leteti navzdol s hitrostjo njenega padanja,

hold on to her,

jo prijeti,

then gradually slow down

potem pa upočasniti letenje,

until you come to a complete stop.

dokler se ne bi ustavili.

This process requires a lot of cushion space

To zahteva veliko prostora

between the point she starts falling and the ground.

med začetkom padanja in tlemi.

Every second you waste

Vsaka sekunda,

on changing into your superhero costume

ki jo porabite za skok v kostum super heroja

and flying up to her height,

in za let k njej,

her head is getting that much closer to the pavement!

pomeni, da je njena glava toliko bliže pločniku.

If she's falling from a high place,

Če pada z velike višine

and you can't get to her

in jo dosežete šele,

until she's only a few feet above the ground,

ko je komaj kak meter nad tlemi,

there's really nothing you can do

ne morete storiti ničesar,

other than magically turn the pavement

razen začarati pločnik,

into marshmellow

da postane pena,

to allow her enough time to slowly come to a stop.

da se bo lahko počasi ustavila.

Then, break out the chocolate and graham crackers

Dodajte še čokolado in graham krekerje,

and you've got s'mores.

pa dobite odličen piškot.

Mmmm, delicious!

Mmmm, okusno!

Now, which superpower physics lesson

Katero nadnaravno moč

will you explore next?

boste raziskali zdaj?

Shifting body size and content,

Spreminjanje velikosti in sestave telesa,

super speed,

super hitrost,

flight,

letenje,

super strength,

nadnaravno moč,

immortality,

nesmrtnost

and

in

invisibility.

nevidnost.