- If you take this whole digital photography thing way, way too seriously, consider making a print from your ashes. [Via Rob Corell]
- Philips encourages kids to paint on the wall with light. Engadget has a bit more info. [Via Tom Attix]
- Martin Frey has developed SnOil (Snake + Oil), a physical interactive display that utilizes ferrofluid, a liquid that reacts to magnetism. See it in action. [Via]
- Speaking of ferrofluid, NatGeo has posted a really striking pic of the juice from Felice Frankel. Here’s a bit more info about how she made it. And check out Wohba! for some intriguing videos. [Via]
Speaking of ferrofluid, I saw an ad recently for magnetic nail polish, “Le Magnetique.” Just search that and it should pop right up. Blew me away… Just think, the Photoshop team could come up with all sorts of designs for nails.
When I was in school, a staff scientist was working on using ferrofluids as lubricating media in high speed rotating parts, sort of as a gasket with variable friction based on the H/B fields.
I’d never seen them presented this way – very cool! It makes me wonder if there could be a way to use the same techniques as a rapid prototyping tool, or a cheap, passive sensor for investigating magnetic fields near sensitive equipment, like electron microscopes.
hmm…