> The ball bearings could be of various materials
> and could be electrically charged, spun,
> and the liquid could be in a magnetic field.

> http://news.yahoo.com/photos/liquid-drop-art-1328561267-slideshow/

> One could also analysis the resulting sound at the same time.
> Which reminded me of the old joke:
> "What do you get when you throw $hit against a wall?"

> ( Materials impacts create different sounds also.)

>> The ball bearings could be of various materials
>> and could be electrically charged, spun,
>> and the liquid could be in a magnetic field.

>> http://news.yahoo.com/photos/liquid-drop-art-1328561267-slideshow/

>> One could also analysis the resulting sound at the same time.
>> Which reminded me of the old joke:
>> "What do you get when you throw $hit against a wall?"

>> ( Materials impacts create different sounds also.)

> Totally cool photos linked by Potter. (check 'em out!)

> Sorry Potter, you idea stinks as usual. The forms made by drops are not
> unique to materials and are better a demo of Butterfly effect rather than
> a so-called ball bearing analyzer.

> But does bring up a point. All you clowns out there who think that
> mathematics is more real than reality need to come up with mathematical
> models for these drop patterns. Shouldn't be too hard for you geniuses,
> right? Just liquid, Newton's laws and surface tension! We'll be waiting to
> see your computer generated displays. Best one wins the "smarter than
> Einstein" prize!

> We'll wait.

>> We'll wait.

> It appears that my pal Ben Jacoby
> wants to discourage anyone from developing
> an instrument using new computer hardware and software
> technology.

> I guess I'll have to get a Chinese friend to take out a patent
> on the technique.