Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:37 amCame across this video and it just got me thinking not sure if its hoax or not.
Rick
Rick
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:37 amPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:46 amThat's just a little too freaky, I've never seen liquids un-mix like that before so I gotta think it's a hoax, and if it's not a hoax then there's certainly more going on there than we're lead to believe
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:33 pmMy take on this is it is really not a "liquid" but a very soft rubber or gel substance that maintains it's integrity. You can introduce another substance to it. like the colored stuff. When you turn the handle it stretches it but does not really mix it, but the colors stretch and overlap making it look like they mix. It is kind of like stretching a multi colored balloon. then when you turn it backwards it returns to it's original shape - the colors they introduce were probably not straight in line but offset a little from each other so they would overlap and not mix, but when we were seeing it head on it looks like they were right inline.
John
John
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:24 pmNice demo I like it.
I think it is liquid, just a very high viscosity liquid. Maybe cold glucose for a guess.
The colours are displaced by depth. This can be seen from where the clear liquid trails when the tube is retracted.
I think the effect relies on the coloured syrup having lower viscosity so that it shears internally with handle rotation but doesn't shear at the interface with the clear liquid.
I think it is liquid, just a very high viscosity liquid. Maybe cold glucose for a guess.
The colours are displaced by depth. This can be seen from where the clear liquid trails when the tube is retracted.
I think the effect relies on the coloured syrup having lower viscosity so that it shears internally with handle rotation but doesn't shear at the interface with the clear liquid.
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:06 amLooking at the closeup near the end of the video, it looks like there may be a series of "stacked" bowls which separate the colors from each other. Looking at the end shape vs the original, there is some change in each so that part is just the result of the high viscosity. That's my take! -- Doug
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:53 pmHmmmm.....
I am thinking that the second half of this movie has been reversed in time, but it is not just the same first half that has been played backwards. Watch the fingers !
I believe the first half of this is shown, as it occurred, right up until the handle stops turning. They then spliced a completely different second half sequence that has been reversed in time onto the end. Quite an effective illusion.
I am thinking that the second half of this movie has been reversed in time, but it is not just the same first half that has been played backwards. Watch the fingers !
I believe the first half of this is shown, as it occurred, right up until the handle stops turning. They then spliced a completely different second half sequence that has been reversed in time onto the end. Quite an effective illusion.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:00 am[color=#000000]So, The professor weights in with
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:26 amWe dont really know what the clear substance is. Is it a thick silicone gel? Something that keeps the other "corn syrup" from mixing in though. I think that is the key. Something to keep the two from homogenizing. But keep in mind I am from Utah where we discovered "Cold Fusion" so I am very skeptical.
John
John
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:50 pmYou guys need another hobby!! 
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:58 pmBruce,
I have a new hobby it's call PTS FlowSoft :p
I have a new hobby it's call PTS FlowSoft :p