Non-Newtonian Liquid Fun. With Videos.
Filed under: Japan, Other, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 11:09 pm
Everyone knows that the Japanese love weird, freaky stuff. That is a fact. Cue a video over at TV In Japan about someone putting a strange liquid into a speaker, and seeing it “Bubble” in a semi-paranormal way. If you remember that it’s inside a speaker and suffering a bombardment of vibrations, then you’ll see it’s a fairly normal effect that Non-Newtonian Liquids can do.
Non-Newtonian Liquids, to try and cut down the amount of text that Wikipedia gives you, is a liquid/solid that’s confused. If left alone, it will turn into a liquid, but if impacted in some way, it becomes more solid. For example, you can easily roll some into a ball using your hands, kneading constantly. once you stop, it turns runny and flows through your fingers quite easily. Heck, you can even run on it, since the sudden application of foot to liquid solidifies it enough to support your weight temporarily.
No, I don’t know how or why any of this works, but I figure you might want to see the freakiness you can do with Cornstarch and Water yourself, then dare to mess up your kitchen experimenting as well…