WILDS / INKLING / ABSORBER
Where impact goes.
Same ball. Same height. Steel, rubber and absorber compared.
The absorber returns almost nothing. It keeps the impact as heat.
100 g balls · Kelvin–Voigt spring + damper · near-critical damping (z=0.95).Orange is amplified thermal false color (+0.03 K full scale). Energy is conserved: rebound + heat = drop energy. A cold perfect absorber is impossible.