Interesting...

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:47 am

Whoever thought a simple mix of cornstarch and water would lead to this?

http://www.punchbaby.com/media/gitfakt/ ... starch.wmv

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:25 am

wow ....

Where did you find this? It would be nice if there was an explanation or at least a theory as to why this happens.

Very cool. Thanks!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:29 am

neeto

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:47 am

could be made into a really funky new-wave lava-lamp-style thing-a-ma-bob...

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:14 am

Man, I thought somthin was gonna blow up

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:38 am

All I get is code.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:35 am

right click, "save as"

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:46 am

Thanks Merlin. That is some odd chiz. So does this come under fluid dynamics or some sort of liquid plasma theory?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:14 am

Cool!

Ympakt · Post by **Ympakt** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:48 pm

That sh!z is amazing! The stuff looks alive! But I gotta know, who the heck was sitting around and thougt that it would be neat to pour a cornstarch and water mixture in a pan and shake it at high frequencies? What, a couple of drunk nerds going, "yeeaaah man, that'd be kewl!"

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:01 pm

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that has a lot to do with constructive and destructive interference?

Ympakt wrote:That sh!z is amazing! The stuff looks alive! But I gotta know, who the heck was sitting around and thougt that it would be neat to pour a cornstarch and water mixture in a pan and shake it at high frequencies? What, a couple of drunk nerds going, "yeeaaah man, that'd be kewl!"

The same nerds that said, "hey, let's see what happens when we run electricity through strings of metal in a vacuum"?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:51 pm

Have you ever played with cornstarch and water? It is definitely weird shiz! When you push it it goes solid, but you can pour it as a liquid.

Am I right in thinking it is the opposite of Bentonite Mud?

http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Di ... =bentonite

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:51 pm

I wonder if the same dynamics apply to plasma on some scale.

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:45 pm

rheology and wave propagation in fluid dynamics. i think the last bit is called `reptation` cornflower and water is used for models cos its easier to show it instead of using polymers ( but i think they were being lazy and raided the kitchen instead).