'Floating Bridge' Property of Water Found

eldavojohn writes "When exposed to high voltage, water does some interesting things. From the article, 'water in two beakers climbs out of the beakers and crosses empty space to meet, forming the water bridge. The liquid bridge, hovering in space, appears to the human eye to defy gravity. Upon investigating the phenomenon, the scientists found that water was being transported from one beaker to another, usually from the anode beaker to the cathode beaker. The cylindrical water bridge, with a diameter of 1-3 mm, could remain intact when the beakers were pulled apart at a distance of up to 25 mm.'"

Great!

[fmobus]

Now we can build 25mm bridges to nowhere!! fp?

Re:Great!

[Anonymous Coward]

Now we can build 25mm bridges to nowhere!!

For the miniature Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, this is very important technology.

hm

[Anonymous Coward]

Like a bridge *entirely *composed *of troubled water...?

Time for a new title?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm thinking Bridge *of* the River Kwai, maybe...

Re:Great!

[Mateo_LeFou]

Isn't the Internet made of 25mm tubes to nowhere?

"Spock ... to the bridge ..."

[Anonymous Coward]

"Fascinating!"

The Abyss

[gadzook33]

So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle.

A bridge of water?

[PigThief]

A bridge of water? How curious. I wonder if I can walk on it... KRZZRRT!

Message to God

[Anonymous Coward]

We know your tricks, Jesus. You were generating large amounts of voltage through each of your legs. It's only a matter of time before we figure the other ones out!

Re:The Abyss

[BiggerIsBetter]

So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle.

My money is on it being Japanese.

Re:hm

[OECD]

Finally! A bridge I can't burn!

Re:Alternative medicine

[BlueParrot]

Sadly the parent should be moderated insightful rather than funny.

Re:Play right into their hands.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Bottlenose bruises, blowhole burns. This looks like the work of rowdy teenagers!"

I recommend hiding the electrodes somehow...

[Keyper7]

...so you don't have to cope with skeptical people.

- What you said that is?
- A water bridge.
- That's bullshit.
- It's true. The water is floating between the beakers.
- Oh, really? Then I guess it's okay for me to touch to confirm it, right?
- I don't recommend that.
- I knew it. You're so full of shit.
- Okay, touch it if you want. But I wouldn't do that.
- *laughs* Yeah, I'll just touch this "water bridge" and we can't move on with our... AAHHH!!!
- *increases voltage gradually* That's for calling me a liar. Asshole.

Re:hm

[Joebert]

What kind of asshole would I be if I didn't point out that there's no such thing as an asshole-proof bridge ?
http://green.yahoo.com/news/ap/20070910/ap_on_sc/burning_seawater.html [yahoo.com]

Re:Great!

[Mateo_LeFou]

lol, it's official the mod system is broken.

Re:Message to God

[c_forq]

They day we figure out how to make water into wine 98% of Higher education in America will cease to exist.

Re:I RTFA for a change

[kennygraham]

When you decrease slowly, then cellular walls could expand to accomodate the increased volume without bursting...

I don't wanna hear about your fancy new penis pump.

Re:An engineer's nitpick...

[UncleTogie]

Only plants and bacteria have walls.

...then what, praytell, is holding up your roof?

{couldn't resist...}

Re:An engineer's nitpick...

[Lemmy Caution]

Timbers? Girders? I don't think there's a load-bearing wall to be found here...

What's holding up yours?

Re:Message to God

[Belacgod]

After the resurrection, Jesus goes around gathering his old Apostles. Wary of fraud, Thomas demands a test to prove that he's the real Jesus. So they go out to the Sea of Galilee, and Jesus walks out...only to find that he's sunk up to his knees. The apostles begin to disperse. Jesus asks Simon what went wrong, and Simon replies, "Last time you tried it, you didn't have holes in your feet!"

Re:Message to God

[Aladrin]

Wait a FSCKING MINUTE! Are you saying Kansas doesn't exist?

Re:Message to God

[Anonymous Coward]

"Last time you tried it, you didn't have holes in your feet!"

We rarely hear about the early miracle Jesus screwed up.

The one where he made a blind man deaf.

Re:Alternative medicine

[n dot l]

Mod parent, er, um...

Re:Great!

[BigRedFed]

How is it broken? It's completely arbitrary and seems to be working fine to me.