The project itself is amazing, but this is also one of the most beautiful websites and captivating videos I have seen in awhile.
Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
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#32Awesome. :) The slogan is geat too, I would just drop the "literally" at the end, I think it's unneeded. "Time flows" is perfect IMHO. Can you explain how did the idea grows in your mind?
Supposedly he felt like he needs to build something with ferrofluid the first time he saw that. There is a video of his first experiment somewhere, where the liquid was way less good looking but he managed to "fix" it over time and actually build the clock
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#33Flash = not viewable here. Why not put this on YouTube instead of Vimeo?
I don't think it's a flash issue (unless it's something else with the parent site). I was just able to watch the video on vimeo in linux+firefox, and I do not have flash installed.
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#34Re: Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
#35Flash = not viewable here. Why not put this on YouTube instead of Vimeo?
I don't think it's a flash issue (unless it's something else with the parent site). I was just able to watch the video on vimeo in linux+firefox, and I do not have flash installed.
Vimeo's player does indeed default to HTML5 video [1].
Re: Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
#36Awesome. :) The slogan is geat too, I would just drop the "literally" at the end, I think it's unneeded. "Time flows" is perfect IMHO. Can you explain how did the idea grows in your mind?
seems that HN won't allow him post more so he messaged me the answer:
--- yeah its funny, the first time i tried to make this was long time ago, here is the video 3 years old: https://vimeo.com/42313987
The idea was pretty spontaneous. I saw CZferro toys online and wanted to play with it so much. I ordered one and played with it and after a while i was thinking why couldnt this be something concrete. I loved the idea of translating something thats abstract in a visual sense to a concrete thing and back.
After that a clock came as a logical object, since it changes non stop.
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#37Hey guys,
Damjan asked me to post a comment here, he says he is sorry but HN is not allowing him to respond to all coments quick enough. But stay assured he will anwer each and every question. :)
Cheers.
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#38This is a great project. As someone has mentioned, check out http://www.ferrolic.com/
Also a great project but I like the design and the fluid itself better with Rhei
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#40Magnets & ferro fluids, excellent.
Because of the video, I can literally see through the box into the 7 segment magnet chunks moving with the servos when the time ticks over. I like the simplicity & the way the tick flows into shapes.
@damjanstankovic: can you throw up a Cinegraph/GIFV below the fold or something, so that the flow is clearly visible before we even head into the video itself?
Like a 1,2,3...9 sequence for the last digit, because the beauty of that should hit the next person who clicks this.