Stochastic art: I made a machine that mixes ink and water forever

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This project has been kicking around in my head for years and I finally got around to building it! (Freshly inspired to make ordering/stochastic art after someone sent me a video of Ivan Miranda's awesome marble clock.) This machine separates ink from water with a reverse osmosis membrane, then mixes the ink and water back together again. It sounds circular and useless, and it is, but it's also really cool! in this first video, I focus mostly on the fluid dynamics and complexity that shows up even just in a tiny clear pipe!

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Bonus thanks to Patreon supporter Christian Wölke, who found a big error in one of my graphics!

Media Credits: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Arcadia - Wonders by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100326 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

0:00 What does it do? 1:48 Water is clear 2:45 Turbulent flow 4:40 Laminar flow 8:28 Fluid motion tracking 9:49 Project origin 11:38 Reverse osmosis membranes 13:05 Under the hood 16:08 Trial and error 20:27 Brilliant.org/alphaphoenix ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm5AHAb0SmY