Great post!

The soundtrack is Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade - one of my favourite pieces of *music!!!

Video added to music channel (music called by gold star member gwaan)

for sure this is a dupe

but i can't find it, must had died from timeout, so shine on you crazy diamond.

I knew that this was on here before: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Time-Fountain-Very-Cool-Strobed-LED-Effect turns out i was the one who deaded it.

I in no way understand that. Insane.

ValiantCoward:

You aren't seeing 1 drop moving, it's several drops, each being illuminated at different points in their path from the tap to the pan.

eg: if the lights flash every time each drop is 1" from the pan, it will look like 1 drop hovering 1" above the pan. You won't see when the drops are above or below 1" because the lights aren't lit and the drops are dark.

Same thing happens when a mechanic does the ignition timing on a car engine with a strobe light.

Sorry 'dupers', saw this at MIT on college tour.

That is probably the cleverest thing I've seen in ages. Wow. That would make a perfect interactive art/science exhibit at a museum. I'd love to see a bigger version or several using materials with different viscosities. Man, I wanna make one at home now.
::storms Radioshack::

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