Bucket Posted July 4, 2004 Anyone who's seen this can attest to just how cool it is. http://www.cse.psu.edu/~migdal/cornstarch.wmv 0 Share this post Link to post
Goliath Posted July 4, 2004 wtf can someone please explain to me in a more advanced way how that actually works or what causes it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted July 4, 2004 Goliath said:wtf can someone please explain to me in a more advanced way how that actually works or what causes it. What they do is take a mixture of cornstarch and water, than vibrate it at certain frequencies. That is, not just moving back and forth quickly but in a specific wave pattern. The gelatinous substance takes on the properties you see here. 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted July 4, 2004 It doesn't inspire much confidence when they misspell "cornstarch" in the title card of their video. 0 Share this post Link to post
Endureth Posted July 4, 2004 Cool. Does it have to be cornstarch or can I make my mashed potatoes do that during Thankgiving dinner? 0 Share this post Link to post
doomaddict Posted July 4, 2004 i think making a flamethrower out of your own house parts is way cooler, but also way more dangerous and risky. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted July 4, 2004 Linguica said:It doesn't inspire much confidence when they misspell "cornstarch" in the title card of their video. Right. They've lost all credibility due to the lack of a spell-checker. And you should also discredit psychologists because of their awful handwriting. And you shouldn't trust mechanics because of their bad hygiene. And you should be skeptical about surgeons because they work 32-hour days. And I'm not that good of an artist/musician because I bite my toenails. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lord FlatHead Posted July 4, 2004 Coolness. The fingers thing looks pretty goddamn creepy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted July 4, 2004 Yeah, cornstarch is weird. That was the first thing we worked with in Materials Science. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mogul Posted July 4, 2004 That was pretty awesome... even somewhat gross. I like it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Goliath Posted July 5, 2004 I went to the lab and tried that shit today and i got it. I found the freq. at a website. 0 Share this post Link to post
chilvence Posted July 5, 2004 Numbermind said:And I'm not that good of an artist/musician because I bite my toenails. YOU TOO? 0 Share this post Link to post
Goliath Posted July 5, 2004 mje said:I think it has the freq. in the video.. no? yea but it didn't really work, they must have done something else. 0 Share this post Link to post