Posted on Nov 16, 2006 - 12:57am by John P. in Videos
So, you want to know how to walk on water? Here you go:
This Spanish television show filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck, which became a non-newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.
If you want to experiment with this stuff at home here is all the info and the the recipe. And if you want to make a bunch of other funky liquid/solids here are those recipes.
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[...] See also entries on HaveLaptopWillTravel, Ned Batchelder’s blog, One Man’s Blog that echo the video. [...]