Make A Hole - And Sustain It Indefinitely

Mick Ohrberg writes "Florian Merkt, Robert Deegan, and Erin Rericha, all at the University of Texas, have shown that a hole created in a water and cornstarch mixture with a puff of air can be persistent if the mixture is shaken at about 120Hz with acceleration being in the 12g-25g range. The physics behind the phenomenon has not yet been explained."

Comments

The physics are easy

[ezraekman]

It's quite simple, really. The glass container in which the corn starch is stored resonates perfectly at 120Hz. Had the researchers used a difference thickness, weight or purity of glass, the required frequency would be different, though far less stable. What they have done, in effect, is open a very small gateway into a sub-level dimension. It is fortunate that they did not accelerate the container to a rate generating more force, which would have caused the hole to open larger; they might have inadvertently unleashed one of these.

So that's how Moses did it....

[Shipud]

How much cornstarch do you need for the Red Sea anyway?

Already been done

[damien_kane]

Doesn't ACME have a patent on portable holes? I think these guys may want to check with their lawyers...