Magnetic field video - cool!

[Doggy Daddy]

http://vimeo.com/1166968

Not trying to do a drive-by, I just don't know what to say.  An amazing video on magnetic fields.  My jaw is now resting on the table.   

The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers' produced by fleeting electrons . Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?

DD

[Brad Johnson]

Nice special effects but, unfortunately, not actual pics of magnetic field lines.

Brad

[AJ Dual]

Nice special effects but, unfortunabtely, not actual pics of magnetic field lines.

Brad

Go to YouTube and search on "Ferrofluid".  That's a little closer to visualizing actual field lines.

[Doggy Daddy]

Nice special effects but, unfortunately, not actual pics of magnetic field lines.

Brad

Spoilsport!  I was just waiting for AJ to show up and tell me how they did that.

DD

[Doggy Daddy]

Go to YouTube and search on "Ferrofluid".  That's a little closer to visualizing actual field lines.

That is NOT what I wanted to hear from you!

DD

[AJ Dual]

Spoilsport!  I was just waiting for AJ to show up and tell me how they did that.

DD

Same way they made Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Prequels. NASA licensed the technology from Lucasfilm.

"MEESA WANTSA MAKESA SOMESA FIELD LINESA" 

[Doggy Daddy]

Well, I didn't think they had multicolored iron filings floating in the air, but I did hope they had some mechanism for accurately making visible what was going on.

DD

[AJ Dual]

Well, they have examples of how magnetic fields flow from watching the sun's photosphere and corona, the auroras. Experiments with iron filings and whatnot. Using mathematics etc. and field meters around various devices and equipment. The visualization was not even close to exact, but was very accurate in terms of how such a field would look and how they'd move.

The noises were real, the "whistlers" are the sounds of electrons flowing within magnetic field lines.

[Doggy Daddy]

Wouldn't you really like to have all the magnet toys on that one desk?   

DD

[AJ Dual]

I tend to have a couple of high powered laser pointers and safety goggles in my cubicle and I melt/burn/cut stuff while busy on conference calls. 

[Doggy Daddy]

I tend to have a couple of high powered laser pointers and safety goggles in my cubicle and I melt/burn/cut stuff while busy on conference calls. 

I cut stuff while in my office too.  That's why my coworker keeps a can of air freshener in the file cabinet.

DD

I also have Woot! lights and a dachshound that dances to "Lowrider".   

[Devonai]

Nice special effects but, unfortunately, not actual pics of magnetic field lines.

Brad

Hey, just because Avatar was mostly CGI doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[Physics]

I tend to have a couple of high powered laser pointers and safety goggles in my cubicle and I melt/burn/cut stuff while busy on conference calls. 

My boss just made a lightsaber that has a 1 watt blue laser pointer in it.  Dangerous, but very cool.  This thing is so bright, even the reflections can blind you. 

[Doggy Daddy]

My boss just made a lightsaber that has a 1 watt blue laser pointer in it.  Dangerous, but very cool.  This thing is so bright, even the reflections can blind you. 

So, is this how you get to be the boss?

DD