Alright alright, yes, it's another snow globe idea.

If the particles in a snow globe were very close to neutrally buoyant at room temp, then placing it atop a stereo should cause the glittery bits to assume random pleasing patterns. If the particles were chemiluminescent it would make for a faux glow snow globe fo sho y'know.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 04 2014

OR... http://www.wired.co...s-with-sound-waves/
...AND, NOR, NAND... [4whom, Jan 04 2014]

You nodes....for kids.
-- 4whom, Jan 04 2014


OOh ooh oooh!

If the particles were inducibly magnetic (e.g. if they contained iron filings) then they might do fascinating things in changing magnetic fields - like near your stereo.
-- Loris, Jan 05 2014


[4whom] - that is the coolest thing I have seen in the last three days. Thanks for the link.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 05 2014


Ditto, and it's got me wondering if a similar effect could be mimicked by bouncing the waves of a single sound source off of four flat planes to converge in the center.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 05 2014


The "particles" could actually be cryogenically frozen people packed inside a transparent spherical container.
-- sninctown, Jan 05 2014


poor man's sono-luminescence, but good idea despite being a s*** g****.

I've taken the pledge, at S*** G****s Anonymous...it's one day at a time brothers, one day at a time...<wanders around picking up dog ends>
-- not_morrison_rm, Jan 06 2014


//The "particles" could actually be cryogenically frozen people packed inside a transparent spherical container.//

When we finish with hollowing out the moon we could do that... I don't know about transparency though.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 10 2014



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