[Mark]’s sand table wisely has a glass top. Most of us have probably seen a video of a sand drawing table at work, in which a steel ball — magnetically-coupled to a gantry under a layer of ...

The plotter traces patterns in the circular sand tray by dragging a small marble with a magnet. This is achieved with a pair of NEMA 17 stepper motors, set up in a polar coordinate fashion.

Meditation is hard, but watching this one-minute video of a steel ball making patterns on sand is easy (and nearly as relaxing). A modern take on the ancient art of the Zen garden, Bruce Shapiro ...

Those vibrations are associated with standing wave patterns called modes. When the Chladni plate, for instance, vibrates in one of its modes, a pattern appears in the sand on the plate. “What’s ...

Have you seen those videos of those devices where a little marble draws patterns in sand, driven by a magnet? I've never ...

With the bow movement, the sand bounces and shifts, collecting along the nodal lines of the vibration. Chladni's discovery of these patterns earned him the nickname, "father of acoustics." ...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled panic over Verizon, the National Security Agency, and PRISM for a few minutes of magnificent science-art.

observing how the sand formed distinct patterns. These formations later became known as Chladni figures. Chladni figures not only illustrate the captivating effects of sound vibrations but also ...

Vibrations Visualized With Sand And Sound Shake a metal plate covered in sand at certain frequencies and intricate patterns mysteriously appear. Jon Jacobsen, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd ...

The resulting patterns can be visualized ... discovered that the vibrations of a rigid plate could be visualized by covering it with a thin layer of sand and drawing a bow across its edge.