5 Strangest Materials

ben_j_davis · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:00

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/12/stuff-of-dreams.html

Some really weird stuff here, like a liquid you can run on, a substance that gets wider when stretched and magnetic fluids.

ruffneck · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:06

isn't custard a dilatant?

Messiah Khan · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:07

ruffneck said:
isn't custard a dilatant?

Don't know, ive never run across a lake of custared though. *Daydreams*

locutus12 · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:07

ruffneck said:
isn't custard a dilatant?

yup! very odd stuff, walk across it and its solid as rock, stand still and youl sink so quick youl have trouble getting out :/

jezsoup · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:08

ruffneck said:
isn't custard a dilatant?

Yes as proved in braniac by Mr John Tickle, he ran across a swimming pool full of custard.

Messiah Khan · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:08

Wow, how cool are Ferrofluids. That video is mint!

ben_j_davis · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:14

jezsoup said:
Yes as proved in braniac by Mr John Tickle, he ran across a swimming pool full of custard.

Maybe thats how Jesus did it?

SGCWill · 4 Jan 2007 at 10:21

I believe that everyone who seen Jebus walking across the water was taking some form of drugs.

Here's an idea, Get a bag full of custard and you can use it as a punch bag!

Or you could fill water bombs with it.......disclaimer: I accept no responsibility for dessert related incidents.

toy_soldier · 4 Jan 2007 at 11:24

SGCWill said:
Or you could fill water bombs with it.......disclaimer: I accept no responsibility for dessert related incidents.

http://www.kinderteacher.com/oobleck.htm said:
If you fill a balloon with 0obleck, the air presses or forces the Oobleck back out.

One of the links says that

I dont understand how that works though!

Shame.

oweneades · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:14

Damn this video is cool:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3839015462258921350

I have seen the braniac experiment before but nothing like the above. It looks alive for god sake :eek:

Ugley_Matt · 4 Jan 2007 at 13:54

oweneades said:
Damn this video is cool:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3839015462258921350

I have seen the braniac experiment before but nothing like the above. It looks alive for god sake

I used to know a girl that could do that.

Johninho · 4 Jan 2007 at 14:00

Ugley_Matt said:
I used to know a girl that could do that.

lol,

Was thinking the same the thing, must have been round the same block....