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In his Sisyphus series, artist Bruce Shapiro creates hypnotic, non-permanent works of art using computer-controlled contraptions which make intricate

Theorist Sean Carroll thinks it’s time you learned the truth: All of the particles you know—including the Higgs—are actually fields.

Combing your Zen garden with a rake is so 15th Century. So inventor Bruce Shapiro's Sisyphus machine ditches the rake and uses steel balls, untouched by human hands and seemingly moving on their own, to carve the sand. Timelapse Sisyphus 1 from Bruce Shapiro on Vimeo. The balls aren't

This is the coolest slime recipe ever. This magnetic slime literally creeps to the magnet! And it's easy to make! Easy, creepy, COOL slime.

Here's an element factoid for you: Not all iron is magnetic. Here's the science behind the fact.

ThinkGeek has created the Sandscript, a clever device that uses magnets to allow you to control up to three steel balls and draw mesmerizing patterns in

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Answer: Ironsand, also known as iron-sand or iron sand, is a type of sand with heavy concentrations of iron. It is typically dark grey or blackish in colour.

Like the mythical figure it's named for, the Sisyphus coffee table is always in motion.

Meet SANDSARA: a kinetic sculpture that draws mesmerizing patterns in the sand by moving a sphere. It can draw large paths by moving the sphere right into

The quite aptly named Magnetic Games (previously) shows how a magnetic field works with an attractive demonstration of collected magnetite sand as it

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I found a magnet book at a garage sale one time and my kids loved looking at it and reading about how magnets work. I thought it would be fun to put together a unit study on magnets so I began my search online. Here are some of the fun things I found!

MAGNETIC SAND BOX Pretty cool!! In our local Stride Rite shoe store they have a magnetic sand table similar to this one… ...

In a 21st century take on the traditional Zen sand garden, artist Bruce Shapiro invented the Sisyphus Machine, an elaborate kinetic drawing machine that uses magnets to drag rolling steel marbles through a thin layer of sand to create complicated mandala-like patterns. Shapiro, who was once a practicing physician, has spent the better part of 25 years experimenting with computerized motion control and many of his Sisyphus Machines have been installed in locations around the world including a…

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If time could manifest into a tangible form inside an hourglass, what would we see? Would it really be little more than the smooth surface of a single perfect dune? Or would we see something as dynamic as the passage of time itself, a physical representation of every small moment being drawn into the next, […]

Sisyphus is a machine that magnetically pulls a metal ball through sand to create elaborate patterns. A modern day zen garden. http://www.taomc.com/