1

Just the other day I kept aside my earphones after listening to music for a long time, only to find it get twisted, well and good!

This happens every time. I feel it is a really strange phenomenon - seems like it happens on its own. How do the wires get tangled up so well? Is there any connection with the property of the material of the wire?

Qmechanic
  • 201,751
Wonder
  • 754
  • This can't be answered w/o a lot more info: do you move or turn around while listening? Are the wires completely "limp" or do they have some built-in coil form? Otherwise, it's just entropy: there's dozens of ways to tangle a wire (knot theory) and only one way to keep it straight. – Carl Witthoft May 19 '15 at 08:41
  • 1
    Possible duplicate: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/1257/2451 – Qmechanic May 19 '15 at 09:39
  • 1
    Probably goes to how the wire has been kept, and many elastic property. Just so you mention, I was experimenting with mine. And in 7/10 random slow throw they have overlapping. Hence, you keep on doing it more tangled it get. One time they actually made a knot , for heavens I have been thinking just how. – Someone May 19 '15 at 12:04

0 Answers0