The Levitating Liquid Pendulum

Win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts’ Techie Test here: (Competition is now closed) I’m reluctant to say “gravity defying“, but come on, this is cool! You can levitate a viscous liquid just by shaking it! Not only that but a buoyancy effect appears on the other side. I also show Kapitza’s pendulum. Here’s the playlist of videos that feature the stroboscopic effect: Here’s the original upside down pendulum video: David Acheson’s books are here: The Kapitza pendulum paper is here: Here’s the research that lead to all the nice levitation footage from Benjamin Apffel, Filip Novkoski, Antonin Eddi and Emmanuel Fort: You can buy my books here: You can support me on Patreon here: Just like these amazing people: Joseph Galliera Nathan Williams Matthew Cocke Glenn Watson Mark Brouwer Joseph Rocca Joël van der Loo Doug Peterson Yuh Saito Rashid Al M Paul Warelis Will Ackerly Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Buy nerdy maths things: