Superconductivity Dance Flash Mob (emergentuniverse.org)

Created for the online science museum emergentuniverse.org, this dance flash mob illustrates the behavior of electrons in a superconductor. Superconductors are materials which, at very low temperatures, can conduct electric currents without any resistance. That means that the current can flow forever with no energy loss.

The exhibit on superconductivity at emergentuniverse.org will go live this summer, 2011, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the phenomenon of superconductivity. Emergentuniverse.org is sponsored by the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (icam-i2cam.org).

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Science & Technology

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• superconductivity
• superconductor
• dance
• flash mob
• flashmob
• science
• education
• seattle
• University of Washington
• ICAM

[ThePrometheus1923]

I think I saw Heisenberg in the corner with a camera trying to get a clear shot.

[ctskas]

That was way cool. Thumb up for science and art. Two great tastes that taste great together.

[catcamus]

the only real information in the hand moves it that in each pair, the circular motion of the hand movements of one person always opposes that of their cooper pair partner, representing the opposite spins of the two electrons in a cooper pair. There is also hidden in them a wave movement and a greek psi to indicate delocalized wave function, but that's only in there for geeks. Not sure anyone noticed it.

[vivi zh]

really nice... I think I saw free single particles, then Cooper pair formation, and finally boson condensation... however, I did not get the meaning of some arm/hand moves (not spin, or?), while I bet you guys were definitely telling people something with those arm moves... could anybody tell me?

[blzbub1]

Now do one to represent when the toast pops up :-)



[telstar68]

All in a different state to begin with. All in the same state after the transition.

[catcamus]

- it was composed specifically for this work (the drums are live in the space) by Jeff Tolbert

[jaanjuhan]

absolutely Brilliant! :)

(no matter what the narrowminded pips' keep saying)

may ask what music did you use?

[INF3C71ON]

the people who participate in these things are lame hipsters.

[coffee1422]

you know flashmob is a fail when the only people at the scene are the ones who are IN the flashmob....

[TheWulfgard]

autsch

[kionay]

i wanna see em when its super hot

see em all running around bumping in to each other like crazy

haha, that'd be quite entertaining in and of itself