ontology and cornstarch

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we like to think that the world fits into nice categories: solid, liquid, gas. we think our ontologies are mostly complete. yet we still discover where they fall down. behold the non-newtonian “fluid” referred to as oobleck, basically cornstarch or potato starch and water at a ratio between 2:1 and 3:2.

some companies are trying to use other dilatant — flexible until agitated — materials to make flexible forms of body armor. examples already include skier protective suits warn in the 2006 winter olympic games and a brand of motorcycle gloves.

via gizmodo

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