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Dancing Fluids

Thursday, 17. July 2008, 10:06:07



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kirsten 17. July 2008, 14:45

That's amazing! I was trying to figure out how it was being done in the first one, I thought they were blowing a hairdryer on it from above, but that didn't make sense as it wouldn't go up in the air like that!

Then it says that it's done by only a 'subwoofer' speaker!? (I take it that is the thing that makes it sound extra deep and 'boom boom boom'? The thing I always turn off when I play music!) Wow though! They must have had it on very very loud to make it do that!

What sort of liquid do you think it is anyway? It looks thick like porridge, when it's moving about.

GrantTLC 17. July 2008, 15:44

You won't believe it: the liquid is actually a mix of cornflour starch and water. That's it. No special materials, no fancy gimmicks. apparently it has some very weird properties which has given it the pseudo-scientific name "Non-newtonian liquid". I don't care what it's called, though, it just looks like it's alive! :eek:

Yeah, that's a subwoofer. It produces Bass sounds, the deep rumbly ones. I like to turn mine up loud when I want to annoy my upstairs neighbours. :D

The other one IS a special solution. Ferro-magnetic fluid of some kind suspended in various oils. The cones funnel magnetic fields of varying strengths into the liquid, producing the amazing dance and patterns.

kirsten 17. July 2008, 16:44

ah I see, so that's what that one is! I couldn't figure that one out at all! It's beautiful :smile:

Vacancy 18. July 2008, 05:41

:irked: I came back to rewatch this and found that the video has been removed. awww

GrantTLC 18. July 2008, 08:35

:irked: Bad men. There, fixed it for you. :wink:

daxonmacs 21. July 2008, 18:16

Nice video's GrantTLC, the effects on the second one are amazing.
I wonder who keeps themselves busy investigating that sort of things :lol:
But it is beautiful.