Liquid display digital watch "Rhei" whose character moves quickly with magnetic fluid

Mysterious liquid that reacts with magnets to change shapeMagnetic fluid"The digital watch that displays the time by moving the numbers with"RheiThe development of "is progressing.

Rhei - Time flows. Literally.
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You can see in the following movie the process of designing the appearance of the watch's numbers moving in and out.

Vimeo Rhei - time flows. Literally


Black spheres are floating in the air.


A variety of chemicals that are raw materials for slimy moving liquid are lining up.


It looks like a chemical experiment.


When mixing another liquid and shaking the container ......


In a transparent liquid, the black drooled liquid changes to a state where it is completely floating.


When bringing the magnet to the bottom of the container, it is born the corner was a splinter splinter to the surface. This black material changes shape in response to magnet "Magnetic fluidWhat is called.


Designer Damjan Stanković and electrician Marko Pavlović produced the digital clock "Rhei" using magnetic fluid. Below is a design drawing of Rhei board.


The whole design is like this.


Based on the design drawing, we will cut out the parts.


Operate machine for metal working from PC.


Until one screw, it is designed independently.


The following parts fix magnets for moving the magnetic fluid.


Cut out the bar and create a pin to slide the machine.


After scraping, check firmly whether the thickness is uniform or not.


I am creating a program to move the digital clock.


Fix the board to the wooden board.


The pin that I cut out earlier was used as a guide to slide the magnet like this.


"Rhei" logo in the frame.


Wood is used for the cover part covering the watch, and we will scrape the corners of the timber smoothly with rasp.


Fit the machine part into the body of the tree.


Next we will drill a hole in the transparent plate.


Several sheets of the same shape are prepared.


Place the plate as the foundation in the frame ......


Fit the spacer parts into the hole you just opened.


Combine the two plates and combine the horizontally long parts whose magnetic fluids are coming loosely in the gap with wooden parts.


Putin together, if firmly combined ... ...


Magnetic fluid begins to flood.


Completion of digital clock "Rhei" to display time with magnetic fluid.


The magnetic fluid is always moving on the dial of the watch, and the shape of the figure changes slightly even if it shows the same time. It is a strange move that the liquid moves as if it were moving as if it were in a zero gravity space, forgetting time and watching it.


Looking like this when it is near.


The appearance of displaying the time with the magnetic fluid moving slimy can be confirmed with the following GIF image.


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