Okay, I've been a terrible blogger. I've failed in my 'build one thing a week' mission, primarily because building things is hard and expensive. So, while I will endeavor to continue to build things at a more sedate and manageable pace, I will also post up cool engineering/science/transhumanist news and items I find on the internet, plus random ideas I have. So, onto the actual subject matter!
I was cruising one of my favorite blogs the other day, io9, and found this. It is the work of a Japanese artist/professor Sachiko Kodama, who uses ferromagnetic fluids and magnets to make magnificent works of art. For the curious ones in the audience, ferromagnetic fluids are colloidal suspensions of iron particles in water or a compatible solvent that react to magnetic fields in interesting ways. Ironically, the closest thing I've had to an art appreciation class (Making of the Modern World six) utterly destroyed my appreciation of art. I mean, honestly, a urinal set down on its side? This was a big thing? There's a reason I'm an engineer. Anyhoo, below is the video of her work, which is pretty damn awesome. The main thing that gets me is that it is all real. This isn't some computer generated effect, it's the basic laws of physics applied in a new and interesting way to make dynamic, otherworldly structures.
Sachiko Kodama
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