A cornstarch/water mixture is poured into a plexiglass container
and vertically shaken with an electromagnetic vibration exciter (at
30Hz). Ball bearings are placed into the cylinder together with the
starch. The view is straight down the axis of the cylinder.
Make sure to turn on the sound!
This movie won 1st Prize in the 2003 Sights
& Sounds of Science competition at The University of Chicago.
