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The creepy fingers that grow from a vibrating cornstarch-water mix can be modeled as a chain of inverted vertical pendulums (DOI:10.1039/c4sm00265b) and are believed to be the fingers of Maxwell's Demon trying to push through into our universe.
I used to have a simulation of a double pendulum as my screensaver, and it was so hypnotic that when I was out of the office, no one in the office could work either. I had to change it.
Inverted pendulum becomes stable when vibrated?
He's a Witch! Burn him!
I will get the torches
I'll bring the pie. Pie's a good idea for most any occasion.
Perfect, I love pie.
That was surprisingly loud, I almost fell off the toilet
He falls off the toilet.
My bad, I chose the first example video I could find that was less than five minutes long. I previewed it, but without audio since I was at work.
Oh, wow! That's cool. Thanks
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