{"id":156,"date":"2009-05-26T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2009-05-29T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T22:25:28","slug":"sound-visualization-using-the-elements-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/sound-visualization-using-the-elements-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Visualization Using the Elements: Part 3 &#8211; Liquid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ferrofluid (Magnetic Fluid)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I find ferrofluid to be fascinating.\u00c2\u00a0 Ferrofluid is a fluid which polarizes in the presence of a magnetic field.\u00c2\u00a0 This means that if you send a magnetic burst through it, you can create a visible ripple.\u00c2\u00a0 With steady magnetic fields, you could sculpt the liquid into any form imaginable!\u00c2\u00a0 As soon as the magnetic field is gone, the liquid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willbeta.com\/lose-weight-exercise\/\">lose<span style=\"display:none;\">Weight Exercise<\/span><\/a>s it&#8217;s form.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d imagine that it was the inspiration for Terminator 2.<br \/>\n&#8220;LiquidAudio was a course project for ECE362 at Purdue University. It takes in an audio signal from a standard stereo jack and outputs the average amplitude of 5 frequency bands in a pool of ferrofluid.<\/p>\n<p>This video demonstrates the project to the music of &#8220;Wildcat&#8221; by Ratatat. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nj9uP_BQgI8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nj9uP_BQgI8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Ferrofluid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_MDmh3QxAYc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_MDmh3QxAYc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Water<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent demonstration of Faraday waves.  Faraday waves are standing waves that appear on liquids encased in a vibrating container.  As the frequency of vibration changes, so does the visible pattern on the surface of the water.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WmQcx-bRMgc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WmQcx-bRMgc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Newtonian Fluid<\/strong><br \/>\nWater and corn starch on a speaker.  Non-Newtonian fluid behaves as a liquid until force is exerted on it, in which case it behaves like a solid.  By placing non-newtonian fluid on a subwoofer, the rapidly oscillating pressure waves cause the fluid to splash very slowly.<\/p>\n<p>If you filled a pool with non-newtonian fluid, you could run across it and swim in it!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nq3ZjY0Uf-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nq3ZjY0Uf-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3zoTKXXNQIU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3zoTKXXNQIU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Next element: Light projected Imagery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrofluid (Magnetic Fluid) I find ferrofluid to be fascinating.\u00c2\u00a0 Ferrofluid is a fluid which polarizes in the presence of a magnetic field.\u00c2\u00a0 This means that if you send a magnetic burst through it, you can create a visible ripple.\u00c2\u00a0 With steady magnetic fields, you could sculpt the liquid into any form imaginable!\u00c2\u00a0 As soon as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,11],"tags":[22,42,21,19,20,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamsonic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}