Saturday, November 11, 2006

Non-Newtonian Fluid...too much fun!



This video from youtube was just too much fun to keep to myself. Now the problem is that the video is in Spanish (I think) but that doesn't take away from the fun that you get from watching this pool filled with seeming goo... it's just that old stand-by favorite of all elementary school teachers; water and cornstarch! Just too much fun...

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Savant



There are times when I am simply blown away with thhe capacity of the human mind and it's ability to visualize and memorize. My grandfather, the psychologist minister, seemed adamant that humans are born with the ability for idetic imagery (photographic memory) and this has always given me some hope that I can recultivate much of that ability for myself. But, when you see what the young man in the video is capable of doing, it is simply astounding: