२० डिसेंबर, २०१२

"Morpho Towers — Two Standing Spirals."



"[I]t's ferrofluid, which is oil laced with bits of iron oxide. When the magnets are turned on, the little bits of iron (and the oil with them) are pulled by a magnetic field into columns and shapes that produce the 'tree.'"

१२ टिप्पण्या:

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

That little trick makes me wonder again about the cell phone at our heads and the ocean of digital waves we all swim in inside Metro areas. That is all new since about 2000AD.

jimspice म्हणाले...

Odo!

edutcher म्हणाले...

Very cool.

OK, serious question.

Is this more of a guy thing, because I've noticed over the years guys will get all wound up over the techie aspect of it more than women will ooh and ahh over the beauty of it?

अनामित म्हणाले...

For some reason I want to watch an episode of Game of Thrones now.

Rusty म्हणाले...

BMW or Mercedes is using this stiff in their shock absorbers for ride variability.
I could see using this for a clutch mechanism.

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

Okay, now make a Santa Clause.

Unknown म्हणाले...

Ha! I can't say I thought of exactly what Chip Ahoy did. (Who could) But, I did think, "so what else have you got"

Wince म्हणाले...

Looks like they have the making of an "historic dildo" there?

CWJ म्हणाले...

An historic dildo indeed. A wonderful post Ann, thanks for sharing.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...


Skynet is using this for their newer model terminators.

gloogle म्हणाले...

Happy No Oil!

Methadras म्हणाले...

edutcher said...

Very cool.

OK, serious question.

Is this more of a guy thing, because I've noticed over the years guys will get all wound up over the techie aspect of it more than women will ooh and ahh over the beauty of it?


Yup, clearly a guy thing. I would be a kid in a candy store with a toy like that, but my wife would just yawn and dream of buying shoes or going shopping.