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11/14/2006

(Video) Walking On Non-Newtonian Fluid

Put simply, walking on non-Newtonian fluid (cornstarch + water) could quite possibly be the next best thing to walking on water. Video after the jump.
When the suspension nears the critical concentration - becoming like single cream in consistency - the so called "shear thickening" property of this non-Newtonian fluid becomes apparent. The application of force - for example by stabbing the surface with a finger, or rapidly inverting the container holding it - leads to the fluid behaving like a solid rather than a liquid. More gentle treatment, such as slowly inserting a spoon, will leave it in its liquid state
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Posted at 11/14/2006 12:01pm by Julio
OMG! I know what I am doing for my next birthday party! Could that be harmful to your health? I can imagine your body would lose a lot of water.
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Posted at 11/14/2006 3:51pm by wtf mate??
wtf are you tallking about julio
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Posted at 11/14/2006 5:24pm by aaron
they should have mixed it with blue dye
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Posted at 11/14/2006 8:30pm by GeeK^^
This is the TV program "El hormiguero" that is emiting now in the 4 channel (cuatro channel) of spain´s television.
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Posted at 11/15/2006 04:19am by xsamx
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[...] One of the things that we feel very strongly that the ultimate strength of our technologies isn’t in doing things for people, it’s in enabling them to do it themselves.  We’ve come up with some pretty cool stuff, in my own (admittedly biased) opinion, however, the best stuff is still out there floating around in the brains of some very smart, creative people on the fringes of the internet.  And it’s the potential for those ideas that really excites us (that, and non-newtonian fluids). [...]
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Posted at 11/16/2006 11:45am by Josh
Julio, it's just cornstarch and water. as long as you don't add a bucket of of salt to the mix, I don't think your going to have a problem.
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Posted at 11/16/2006 5:55pm by Jim
Looks like fun to this old f**t ... where were all these great experiments when I was in alchemy class! :-)
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Posted at 11/17/2006 9:21pm by nerowski
This looks even more fun than walking/running on a pool of custard.
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