Order from chaos! Fill a cylindrical bucket with water and make it so the bottom can spin. At certain speeds, stable regular polygonal shapes will spontaneously form at the turbulent surface of the water. See the video. [2.6MB avi] [via last week's PRL]
posted by sergeant sandwich on May 10, 2006 - 28 comments

Hexa-Hexa-FlexaGon!
Why not waste some time with the other office supplies for a change?
posted by kaibutsu on Jun 7, 2004 - 13 comments