This has fuck-all to do with ferrofluid.

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I love ferrofluid. but then, I´m a *geek...

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This one is also quite nice. It shows more effects that can be achieved with the ferrofluid
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ferrofluid-Sculptures

You might like this too
http://www.videosift.com/video/Sachiko-Kodama-When-I-Met-This-Material
It's about the artist who created the ferrofluid sculptures.

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This is absolutely amazingly awesome.
*promote!

This ferrofluid was brought to you by *science!

Ermintrude -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid

Looks nice, but I think this ferrofluid art piece looks much better
http://www.videosift.com/video/Morpho-Towers-Two-Standing-Spirals

I've seen much more impressive Ferrofluid videos before but I like this one. I thought it must be way more complicated then it looks here. Thanks for revealing a little about what's actually going on with its relationship to the magnet.

Nope it's ferrofluid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid
There's also some pretty cool ferrofluid videos on Google Video...

or you can just buy your own ferrofluid here: https://www.teachersource.com/catalog/page/Electricity_Magnetism_Engines/Ferrofluids/

i'm sure there's others as well, but it was the first i found via google.

I think this is about what it would feel like to buy one of those tiny bottles of ferrofluid online after seeing huge vats of the stuff create towering spirals and spiky orbs. And I kind of want to buy one of those tiny bottles, so I posted this video.

So incredibly cool. Ferrofluid would appear to be the medium of choice for artists of the future.

I can't wait to see 20' tall fountains of ferrofluid! Bring on the future.

From YouTube page:


SnOil" (short for Snake + Oil) is a tactile display that uses Ferrofluid (magnetically reactive liquid) and an array of electromagnets to control 144 individual "bumps" and integrated motion sensors that allows for the game of "Snake" to be played when the user tilts the tactile display back and forth.

yeah, this is really cool. That spiral is an electromagnet being controlled by a device in the base, which is modifying the current going through and the electric field strength created around the spiral. The fluid the spiral is sitting in has very small magnetic particles in a solution, and will flow up and down the spiral and 'reach out' with the magnetic field lines (and create those spikes due to the fluid's desire to glob together). At least, thats the story I'm going with.

Would be intense to see with no gravity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorheological_fluid