Watch These Liquid Metal 'Marbles' Go Splat And Un-Splat

Safe from impact, safe from extreme temperatures, and just plain fun to watch

By Colin Lecher Posted 01.15.2013 at 4:29 pm 6 Comments

Here is the non-scientific, fantasy explanation of what's going on in this video: Scientists have discovered a way to breed a ball bearing with Silly Putty.

Here is the scientific answer: Researchers from RMIT University call these little marvels "liquid metal marbles," and they're drops of liquid metal with a nanoparticle coating. They're both heat- and impact-resistant (see above), and researchers say their conductive cores could be used for flexible electronics in the future.

That is, if the researchers, unlike me, can stop watching this video.

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ajohnson1986

from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

01/15/13 at 4:47 pm

Here we go, T-1000 technology is coming. The robot wars are upon us!

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Handthumb

01/15/13 at 5:14 pm

I wonder what would happen if they shot that out of a gun at 3000 fps.

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Robot

01/15/13 at 5:23 pm

This explains what the liquid metallic Terminator was made of...... ah-ha!

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kingsize78

01/15/13 at 9:06 pm

Don't joke about it....It's gonna happen!!!

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ghost

01/16/13 at 2:19 am

i for one will welcome our new robotic overlords! all hail the microchip!

to mars or bust!

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tgh123

01/17/13 at 7:09 am

Wow

class tgh123 {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("tgh123 is the best");
}
}

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