2D fun with ferrofluid

January 8, 2007 8:12 AM

Ferrofluid seems to be endlessly fun. A year after the timeless Prodtrude Flow, comes 2D ferrofluid craziness. The first half is interesting, but the second half is amazing.
posted by tombola (22 comments total)

Wow, the universe never ceases to surprise... Great post, cheers!
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:30 AM on January 8, 2007

Cool and just ever so creepy (in a sci-fi "escaped from the lab" sort of way)
posted by Thorzdad at 8:34 AM on January 8, 2007

Whoa.
posted by danb at 8:45 AM on January 8, 2007

Creepy.

Like, this kind of creepy.
posted by Freen at 9:04 AM on January 8, 2007

Also this kind of creepy.
posted by kimota at 9:24 AM on January 8, 2007 [1 favorite]

Related (but not creepy, just cool).
posted by itchylick at 9:39 AM on January 8, 2007

I swear, I saw the FSM there.
posted by cardoso at 10:40 AM on January 8, 2007

Cool!
posted by nickyskye at 11:01 AM on January 8, 2007

That was like Keith Haring coming back from the dead or something. F'n'amazing.
posted by contessa at 12:01 PM on January 8, 2007

Crazy!
posted by brundlefly at 12:16 PM on January 8, 2007

That was slick. It reminded me of animation from the '60's for some reason.
posted by quin at 12:20 PM on January 8, 2007

I think I found a new icon for other message boards.
posted by Brainy at 1:29 PM on January 8, 2007

It's like a screensaver made out of physics.
posted by adipocere at 2:12 PM on January 8, 2007

Having discovered the link to protrude/flow from the previous post looks dead, I found the mother lode on youtube
posted by juv3nal at 2:26 PM on January 8, 2007

You're right contessa , it was very Keith Haring.

juv3nal, whoa. Nice.
posted by nickyskye at 2:41 PM on January 8, 2007

Creepy like this, just cornstarch and water (not the original sound, watch to the end).
posted by Four Flavors at 2:59 PM on January 8, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yeah that's the good stuff right there. /laughshysterically
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:09 PM on January 8, 2007

I can't really say why—the protrude/flow folks are on the money as far as "installations that speak to primitive emotions"—but this shit makes me want to run screaming. Fucking Lovecraft in action. Heebeejeebies.

It's only a small part of my brain, but that part of my brain is really deeply fucking disturbed by these visuals.
posted by cortex at 6:01 PM on January 8, 2007

Four Flavors, that was awesome.
posted by JHarris at 6:14 PM on January 8, 2007

What's the texture of the ferrofluid when its doing its thing? Reminds me of Armus, for trek nerds out there...
posted by RollingGreens at 6:16 PM on January 8, 2007

This is really very cool

It'd be cooler if these MIT geniuses could figure out how to EQ their audio, though.
posted by dozo at 7:56 PM on January 8, 2007

No kidding, dozo. Although the shitty audio made the video all the more endearingly geeky.

"It's so cool that the audio sucks!"
posted by brundlefly at 2:32 AM on January 9, 2007