You need to see the picture to get this idea.

A flat, flexible plane made of rubber that has dozens of connection points that are attached to a motorized cam that moves in such a way to mimic the flow of water. The sheet of water pouring down this rubber sheet will move as well giving the illusion of a slow motion waterfall.

(see link)
-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018

Picture this with the ripples moving slowly. http://www.fgartand...es/148-fountain.htm
[doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018]

Harmonic Mesh waterfall effect http://harmonicenvi....com/gallery/videos
[Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018]

How about having a Golden Syrup waterfall instead?

OK, flies.

How about having a high-viscosity silicone waterfall instead?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Feb 25 2018


Another way to get this effect, although baked- (see link)
-- Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018


WB, how are they doing that? Is it a plastic sheet running in a loop with water flowing over it?

Is the water just deposited at the top of the sheet in patterns of various thicknesses?

I'm guessing the latter. Very clever and cool.
-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018


Thin, clear silicone rubber - almost invisible.

Backlit.

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// How about having a Golden Syrup waterfall instead?

OK, flies. //

STURTON ! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BEFORE ! STAY AWAY FROM [MB]'s COMPUTER !

Like asking for a waterfall of golden syrup over your flies isn't a dead giveaway ...

You are going to get a right ding alongside the earhole when he finds out, and we are going to tell him.
-- 8th of 7, Feb 25 2018


Pah. Sturton has his own computer. It's an English Electric KDF9, but he only uses it when he gets cold.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Feb 25 2018


[Doc], water flows over a weir, then down a vertical sheet of “Harmonic Mesh” material. The mesh looks like a fine fish net that’s been diagonally stretched (think diamond- shaped). Other than the water, no moving parts.
-- Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018


Clever.

So simple again wins the day over complex.
-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018


I imagined a waterfall with a carefully adjusted flow rate so as to control the break-up of the laminar flow into droplets. Then these droplets would be illuminated by a strobe light to give the impression the drops were falling really slowly.
-- hippo, Feb 26 2018


Bonus feature, induces epilepsy in 15% of onlookers.
-- 8th of 7, Feb 26 2018


I think the water is too chaotic in a regular waterfall to do that but you could certainly have many carefully measured droplet streams side by side to give the effect.

Like 8 says though, strobe lights have issues, one being they're not exactly relaxing to watch.

Wonder if you could use black light strobes?

There's an idea.
-- doctorremulac3, Feb 26 2018



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