The dripping faucet experiment is reexamined. High-speed video sequenc
es reveal interesting dynamics, and expose the limitations of the trad
itional emitter-detector analysis technique. Refinements to the tradit
ional technique are suggested, based on the video data. A novel data v
isualization and reduction technique for use with high-speed video is
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