Oh my god I'm so glad this is on vimeo now..so awesome!

sublimely excellent

fantastic

Science kicks arse!

finally on vimeo..!!
guys, your work is amazing !!

killer.

yeah amazing

wow! Semiconductor rules. Always loved them since I saw "All the time in the world" at a film festival.

this is so good.

great work, nice vid+snd play

This is absolutelly amazing

This is a hoax, right? This is a impressive use of After Effects or similar, but no real science, right?

It just does not matter, it is brilliant! Love it!

what animation program did you use to make this? It's stunning!

That was beautiful. HD version please.

For those wondering: It's not a 'hoax' or a 'trick'. The video is simply using motion-tracked graphics to help visualize what the human eye (or camera, for that matter) cannot see. The presence of magnetic fields is of course real.

FYI: There are some real visual examples of magnetic fields seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=XliOko5xrr0

awesome FX

I think I love science now.

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Great...

Truly awesome. I love the whole film.

is this real or is it added effects O.o i actually wondering xD

wow... was most of this modeled in a 3d app and keyframed with sound sensitive wiggle? or is it more programatically generative with something like processing? I am super impressed. Great work!

so good!! this is absolutely incredible!

True or Fake? A little of both.

The video is made from computer simulation graphics of magnetic fields superimposed on real video.

I few points:

1. Field lines do not detach either at energies or physical dimensions we live in - the sun is a radically different case because of energy and size.

2. There is no direct way to visual magnetic fields remotely - you have to have some type of charged or electric or magnetic dipole particle within the field and then some type of probe (usually light) which is somehow changed by the field. This is generally true of electric fields as well. The link about to ferrofluid visualization is an example: it's a suspension of magnetite (magnetic dipoles) in oil. Most measurements of the sun's magnetic field involve Zeeman's effect or similar where light spectra are split by the strength of the magnetic field.

3. I'd love to have such remote sensing capabilities - one of the products I make involve electromagnets for engineering and scientific use. Here's how spatial magnetic fields are really measured: take a small magnetic sensor (usually a Hall effect detector). It must be small because the size defines the smallest spatial resolution you can detect. Now automate it's motion (it will get very tedious if you don't) and begin to scan in x, y and z every point within the spatial cube of interest. At each point you need to stop and allow physical settling because the sensor wires will have induces currents from moving through the field which contribute error. This process could take hours if you are looking, say for 1 mm resolution in a 1 m cube (1000^3 points). Once you are finished, take that data and put it into a visualization program. Now you have one static frame - oh, did I mention the field needs to be static and unchanging during the entire scan?

In other words - definitely some fakery used here but it is in some ways representative of reality.

fascinating visuals. one of the prettiest videos i've seen on vimeo yet!

Must awesome thing I have ever seen in a long time.

Just like another creative thing from the other space that we cant see it . Awesome !

Awesome, well-done and very clever. kudos!

Nice work!

very beautiful science :D

What a trip!

i think I grew a brain.

very imtersting, good work!

Great movie, respect .)

Interesting stuff!

I remember watching this one late night on Channel 4. It was great then, still great now.

Fine piece of work. Be proud.

It's a fun one to watch. I like the twitchiness in the soundtrack and visuals.

The magnetic field lines on the wires are a little different than I would have expected (at least of there's current runnning)...

So amazingly beautiful! Thank you

beautiful informative interpretive science...more plaese!!

far out!

artificial (read cg) nature is so sublime. Love the combination of the two elements. great work.

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"A la deriva"

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i dont think this is even motion tracked. most of the shots are just high resolution images that the magnetic fields are composed over and then they take the whole video together and shake it around to simulate hand held camera work.

great work, well done!
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I like the documentary feel - have you seen the nature documentaries of Jean Painlevé?

Dear God, this is effing incredible. Videos like this make me re-believe in the power of making

>Jes :P Thanks for making a point

A somehow reminding representation of a reality ? Excellent! Most people have no idea of the world they live in. If it has to be the Muppet way...brilliant :)))

Amazing!

Wicked!

I think the sound designer deserves an award !