The Time Fountain

mimo2005 · 08-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Put some fluorescent dye in water. Then feed it through a precise, micro-controlled pump so as to get a very regular stream of drops from the top of your apparatus. Then, turn the blacklight on, and start your strobelight. What you’ve just created is called The Time Fountain, and happens to be one of the trippiest DIY projects we’ve ever come across.

It’s the brainchild of one Nate True, and what you’re able to do with this project will simply amaze you. By regulating the strobe’s frequency, you’re able to freeze a drop of water in mid-air, and interact with it; break it up and such. You can slow the drip down, or even better, reverse it, hence the name: in reverse, it looks like your fountain is going back in time.

Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBBSFB4sKg&eurl=

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/08/08/th...turn-back-time

bry623 · 08-10-2006, 08:05 PM

OK, one of you techno geeks with more time needs to do this for me. too cool

sinclair_tm · 08-10-2006, 11:40 PM

ok, whose going to make me one. i must have!! bet they could make money selling these things. i'd buy.

Zazula · 08-11-2006, 12:14 AM

Good one, mimo! It shows that by using a strobo you can achieve nearly any visual trick!

Bry & sinclair, check out eBay.

ebackhus · 08-11-2006, 08:33 AM

That is too awesome!

**Spatcher** · 08-11-2006, 02:33 PM

Isn't "Nate True" Doc Emmett Brown's pseudonym?

**Joefireline** · 08-11-2006, 02:40 PM

Cool!

sinclair_tm · 08-11-2006, 10:18 PM

wow, thats out of my price range

Zazula · 08-11-2006, 10:56 PM

Yeah sinclair, most probably; plus you'd have no chances winning this bid over a Republican...

sinclair_tm · 08-12-2006, 02:40 PM

but i am a republican!

a poor one... does that make me an endangered species worthy of federal grants?

Zazula · 08-12-2006, 02:45 PM

Didn't you notice the difference? Bry is a Republican with a capital "R"!

sinclair_tm · 08-12-2006, 11:24 PM

and thats why mine is lower case

**hempknight** · 08-13-2006, 04:41 AM

it makes you less threatening...LOL

BTW: i so want one of those now..~_~

08-10-2006, 05:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	The Time Fountain Put some fluorescent dye in water. Then feed it through a precise, micro-controlled pump so as to get a very regular stream of drops from the top of your apparatus. Then, turn the blacklight on, and start your strobelight. What you’ve just created is called The Time Fountain, and happens to be one of the trippiest DIY projects we’ve ever come across. It’s the brainchild of one Nate True, and what you’re able to do with this project will simply amaze you. By regulating the strobe’s frequency, you’re able to freeze a drop of water in mid-air, and interact with it; break it up and such. You can slow the drip down, or even better, reverse it, hence the name: in reverse, it looks like your fountain is going back in time. Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBBSFB4sKg&eurl= http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/08/08/th...turn-back-time __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

08-10-2006, 08:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	OK, one of you techno geeks with more time needs to do this for me. too cool __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

08-11-2006, 12:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Good one, mimo! It shows that by using a strobo you can achieve nearly any visual trick! Bry & sinclair, check out eBay. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

08-11-2006, 08:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,286 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	That is too awesome! __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

08-11-2006, 02:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Isn't "Nate True" Doc Emmett Brown's pseudonym? __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

08-11-2006, 02:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Joefireline Enthusiastic TSFer~Joseph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portishead (Bristol) England Posts: 5,319 OS: Windows 7 64bit(Desktop) / XP Home SP2(laptop) My System	Cool!

08-11-2006, 10:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Yeah sinclair, most probably; plus you'd have no chances winning this bid over a Republican... __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

08-12-2006, 02:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Didn't you notice the difference? Bry is a Republican with a capital "R"! __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

08-13-2006, 04:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
hempknight TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 644 OS: XP Pro	it makes you less threatening...LOL BTW: i so want one of those now..~_~