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Oh, Math... You make my brain hurt.

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Oh, Math... You make my brain hurt.

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Using the power of "awesome" these men have managed to use fluid dynamics to form images in a pool of water.

http://www.wimp.com/drawingwaves/

Explain that with your prescious science!
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wow! that was pretty incredible! :shock:
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That's amazing, thanks Johnson!
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Thanks Johnson

This is a bit like the science of cymatics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics
http://www.cymatics.org/
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Gomboc's wobble but they won't fall down.

More math than you can shake a stick at.


http://io9.com/5810917/meet-the-gomboc- ... -the-world
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Wow that was neat.
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