Fluid Interfaces
Details
Cymatics visualizations
Tools
Arduino, Imaging set up, Adobe AfterEffects
Client
Brown University Engineering
Date
Spring 2023
Mentor
Roberto Zenit
Team
Manini Banerjee
Chloe Chow
Zachary Amilton
Grace Lee
Cymatics visualizations
Tools
Arduino, Imaging set up, Adobe AfterEffects
Client
Brown University Engineering
Date
Spring 2023
Mentor
Roberto Zenit
Team
Manini Banerjee
Chloe Chow
Zachary Amilton
Grace Lee
Fluid Interfaces is a speculative alternative to pixel based interfaces found in our technology today. Imagine LED screens being replaced by fluid molecules.
Through simulated vibrations, various Cymatic or Faraday patterns are generated within a fluidic dish. Through this means, phonetic information can be tangibly visualised, creating a new language for information transmission.
Every-time we look at a body of water, we catch it in a unique formation. Wave patterns are ever shifting - which means that the texture of any water body has an infinite number of these unique patterns. Within nature, the texture of moving water is art, and the external factors: wind + tides are the artists.
Within Fluid Interfaces: water is the medium for art creation,
while the simulated vibrations are the artist
Here, water is the medium for art creation, while the simulated vibrations are the artist.
19 Hz
0.0 - 0.2 freq
30 Hz
0.1 - 0.4 freq
29 Hz
0.05 - 0.10 freq
19 Hz
0.2 - 0.4 freq
29 Hz
0.4 - 0.6 freq
29 Hz
0.10-0.15 freq
Here, the studies of sound and vibration are made visible on the surface of a plate. As energy from our external source, the moving motor, flows into the system - it increases the amplitude of the system's response.
Depending on the frequency of the tap, a different and unique wave pattern will be observed in the pool’s surface, which can be described by the principles of Faraday waves. As the wave created by the vibration moves across the surface of the water, it encounters the walls of the petri dish. The wave’s energy is reflected back onto itself, creating nodes and antinodes, which are points of amplified peaks and troughs.
Like when dinging a wine glass, when a container of fluid is vibrated at a given frequency, nonlinear standing waves will appear on the liquid’s surface, which may be stable or unstable depending on whether the frequency exceeds the critical value, known as the Faraday instability. By altering the frequency of the tapping motor interacting with the water, the fluid presents the otherworldly patterns of ripples, vibrations, and waves.
Depending on the frequency of the tap, a different and unique wave pattern will be observed in the pool’s surface, which can be described by the principles of Faraday waves. As the wave created by the vibration moves across the surface of the water, it encounters the walls of the petri dish. The wave’s energy is reflected back onto itself, creating nodes and antinodes, which are points of amplified peaks and troughs.
Like when dinging a wine glass, when a container of fluid is vibrated at a given frequency, nonlinear standing waves will appear on the liquid’s surface, which may be stable or unstable depending on whether the frequency exceeds the critical value, known as the Faraday instability. By altering the frequency of the tapping motor interacting with the water, the fluid presents the otherworldly patterns of ripples, vibrations, and waves.
