I will shock and amuse you!...

**LaPalida** · March 11th, 2007, 10:36 PM

Oh yes... are you ready girls and boys?

The amazing, the incredible, the undeniable Non-Newtonian fluid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuzn8wh8Fys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw

You see... Jesus didn't walk on water... he ran across some corn starch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-newtonian_fluid

**Carnifex** · March 11th, 2007, 10:51 PM

didn't he walk on seawater? was the sea all corn starch in ancient times?

really,really cool video though.
surely a funny thing to try.

**Jason Rainville** · March 11th, 2007, 11:00 PM

Saw this the first time at Science North in Sudbury Ontario, they called it 'magic mud' they gave us the recipe and we made it at home for fun

**Moai** · March 11th, 2007, 11:12 PM

I've made some of this stuff before. It's fun.

I imagine it'd be pretty easy to drown in a deep pool of it, though.

**Jason Rainville** · March 11th, 2007, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Moai

I've made some of this stuff before. It's fun.

I imagine it'd be pretty easy to drown in a deep pool of it, though.

Actually, as it was shown in the vid, the guy floated quite easily in it. Even on the mythbusters when they tried to make quicksand, they proved that when falling in a pool of a liquid more dense than water, you'll be exceptionally boyant. Only problem with this stuff is you'll have a hard time moving around quickly.

**sciboy** · March 11th, 2007, 11:43 PM

Wait till you see what happens when you hit it with a hammer, it shatters.

**Prometheus|ANJ** · March 12th, 2007, 12:01 AM

I want to see them do a "divebomb" into it.

**LaPalida** · March 12th, 2007, 12:51 AM

You know they're researching this stuff for reactive body armor kind of like the shield Paul Atreides wore in Dune.

"The slow blade penetrates the shield"

**sciboy** · March 12th, 2007, 02:17 AM

Researching? I thought they already developed it using a type of glass can't remember the name, maybe "liquid armour" will turn something up?

**jfwalls** · March 12th, 2007, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by sciboy

Researching? I thought they already developed it using a type of glass can't remember the name, maybe "liquid armour" will turn something up?

Here it is. Pretty damn cool.

**JAG.** · March 12th, 2007, 11:29 AM

indeed this stuff has advanced since then too.. man science fuckin' rules

! - JAG

**egerie** · March 12th, 2007, 01:19 PM

I wouldn't be suprised there's already some spec ops somewhere out there with a full suit of that kind of stuff.

Sam Fisher perhaps? hee-hee!

**Prometheus|ANJ** · March 12th, 2007, 01:24 PM

Perfect for superthin transparent Landmate suits :F

**Moai** · March 12th, 2007, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Rhineville

Actually, as it was shown in the vid, the guy floated quite easily in it. Even on the mythbusters when they tried to make quicksand, they proved that when falling in a pool of a liquid more dense than water, you'll be exceptionally boyant. Only problem with this stuff is you'll have a hard time moving around quickly.

My theory was that if someone somehow sunk to the bottom of a deep pool of this stuff, if they tried to swim out, the liquid would thicken up around them and make it very difficult to get out, especially if they panicked. But if you're right about that buoyancy business, and I'm sure you are, it would be dang hard to even get into that sort of situation. So never mind.

**magicgoo** · March 12th, 2007, 02:51 PM

Sorry if this one was posted already, but OMGCREEPY!!!! Looks like bodies trying to get out of liquid or something...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCkV...elated&search=