http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ctaA2mERzI
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet or not. I find it quite intriguing and have been trying to figure out how it works. Guess I shall just google it once I have some time later.
What are your thoughts?
tifreak8x wrote:
I find it quite intriguing and have been trying to figure out how it works.
Wikipedia has an interesting article on the quirk of fluid dynamics that makes this work.
haha, that is awesome
Benryves, should your link point to
here instead?
No. It's not possible for water to hold a shape on it's own. Unless it's ice.
Wow, that's pretty awesome.
/me wants to try
comicIDIOT wrote:
No. It's not possible for water to hold a shape on it's own. Unless it's ice.
What about surface tension? That's what I thought it was.
_player1537 wrote:
comicIDIOT wrote:
No. It's not possible for water to hold a shape on it's own. Unless it's ice.
What about surface tension? That's what I thought it was.
rofl...
i wonder if people are actually dumb enough to keep trying this... XD
I tried it and it worked
squidgetx wrote:
I tried it and it worked
new tip!!!
if you have a laptop... it works nearly 100% if you do it on your laptop keyboard!!! 
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
_player1537 wrote:
haha, that is awesome
Benryves, should your link point to
here instead?
WhiteValkery wrote:
squidgetx wrote:
I tried it and it worked
new tip!!!
if you have a laptop... it works nearly 100% if you do it on your laptop keyboard!!!
Fun fact: You can supersaturate sodium acrylate powder (found in diapers) with water to form a sort of gel polymer; at low concentrations in water, you can increase the water's viscosity, so that would be a way to make this easier. 
benryves wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
Then if that is the case, wouldn't we be moving away from the sun over time instead of closer to it?
Sonlen wrote:
benryves wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
Then if that is the case, wouldn't we be moving away from the sun over time instead of closer to it?
Gravity?
Also, Kerm, cool to know
@Benryves, I just understood what you meant by your first post in this thread. Well played
_player1537 wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
benryves wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
Then if that is the case, wouldn't we be moving away from the sun over time instead of closer to it?
Gravity?
Well everything has some gravity, so the water staying in place wouldn't be so hard to believe is doing the same thing that keeps the earth in orbit around the sun.
Sonlen wrote:
_player1537 wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
benryves wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
Then if that is the case, wouldn't we be moving away from the sun over time instead of closer to it?
Gravity?
Well everything has some gravity, so the water staying in place wouldn't be so hard to believe is doing the same thing that keeps the earth in orbit around the sun.
With something as small as a glass of water, you aren't going to get enough gravity to hold the entire water shape. Plus, wouldn't it be easier to have it not be spinning, if your gravity of the water idea was correct? The spinning does, as you said, try to move outwards, so that would be more gravity the glass of water would need.
_player1537 wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
_player1537 wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
benryves wrote:
Sonlen wrote:
My theory is the law of inertia and surface tension, though I am not positive, it actually looks like the twist made it spin, and that spin is what made it keep its shape.
When things spin they are forced away from the centre of rotation, not toward it.
Then if that is the case, wouldn't we be moving away from the sun over time instead of closer to it?
Gravity?
Well everything has some gravity, so the water staying in place wouldn't be so hard to believe is doing the same thing that keeps the earth in orbit around the sun.
With something as small as a glass of water, you aren't going to get enough gravity to hold the entire water shape. Plus, wouldn't it be easier to have it not be spinning, if your gravity of the water idea was correct? The spinning does, as you said, try to move outwards, so that would be more gravity the glass of water would need.
I didn't say it would force the water outward, and the inertia and gravity (no matter how small) at the right speed just might be the cause for that.
Hehe, it is found in diapers? I would so totally look cool buying those to test it out
(@Kerm)
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