The Beauty and Science of Ferrofluid

I’m completely fascinated by this ferrofluid material. The following video provides a nice little explanation of the science behind its composition and behavior…

From YouTube:

Ferrofluid is an assemblage of magnetic particles engineered at the nanoscale, 100 times smaller than the wavelength visible light. Although too small to be imaged with microscopes, nano-products harness surprising properties from nanoscale physics for use in the macroscale world.

How ever informative that was, the following videos are the really impressive application of the material…

From YouTube:

Sachiko Kodama, Yasushi Miyajima “Morpho Towers — Two Stand

From YouTube:

Ferrofluid demonstration, electromagnets power controlled by sound…

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~ by metousiosis on September 24, 2009.

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