Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-19T13:52:49ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreakhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9057049260?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?groupUrl=freakin-fantastic-ferrofluid-fanclub&user=0ae5ynafiwrho&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFerrofluid + Motion Lamp = EPIC (made in the USA!)tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2015-03-02:1566398:Topic:5729322015-03-02T19:14:13.823ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreak
<p>If you guys like the Fluux project, prepare to be blown away!</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1880422811/ferrofluid-a-symbol-of-the-future">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1880422811/ferrofluid-a-symbol-of-the-future</a></p>
<p>If you guys like the Fluux project, prepare to be blown away!</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1880422811/ferrofluid-a-symbol-of-the-future">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1880422811/ferrofluid-a-symbol-of-the-future</a></p> Ferrofluid Q&Atag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2014-12-11:1566398:Topic:5616832014-12-11T19:17:37.165ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreak
<p>I just sent out a message to the group. I realized afterward that this was different than posting a discussion, which is what I meant to do. My apologizes, I am relatively new here and don't often use sights like this. Anyway...</p>
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<p>My name is Kyle. I have a degree in nanotechnology and make ferrofluid displays as a side project. I consider it a form of artistic expression for myself and a bit of a side gig (I hope to become a full-time gig someday). I'm very knowledgeable on the…</p>
<p>I just sent out a message to the group. I realized afterward that this was different than posting a discussion, which is what I meant to do. My apologizes, I am relatively new here and don't often use sights like this. Anyway...</p>
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<p>My name is Kyle. I have a degree in nanotechnology and make ferrofluid displays as a side project. I consider it a form of artistic expression for myself and a bit of a side gig (I hope to become a full-time gig someday). I'm very knowledgeable on the subject of ferrofluid and am happy to answer question for the group if they have any. I am also happy to consider helping anybody with ideas for a custom ferrofluid display. So, please don't be shy. And yes, I can add color to the ferrofluid for you (this is actually my specialty). Examples of my work can be seen at the <a href="http://www.czferro.com/" target="_blank">CZFerro website</a> The blue and gold colored displays on this site are made by me. The others are made by Nicky Nada. Hope I can add something to the group for everybody ;)</p> Crazy Ass Ferrofluid!!!tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2014-11-27:1566398:Topic:5599662014-11-27T00:19:19.316ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreak
<p>OK - this stuff is an absolute trip! The vessel is rather small, but love what Fluux has done on this inaugural venture into a Ferrofluid display device. Now I want one in the a vessel the size of say an Atlantis or Pacifica wave vessel. </p>
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<p>The packaging on this puppy is uber slick too.…</p>
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<p>OK - this stuff is an absolute trip! The vessel is rather small, but love what Fluux has done on this inaugural venture into a Ferrofluid display device. Now I want one in the a vessel the size of say an Atlantis or Pacifica wave vessel. </p>
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<p>The packaging on this puppy is uber slick too.</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036800394?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036800394?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p> Project Update #13: Fluux LiquiMetaltag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2014-11-13:1566398:Topic:5582812014-11-13T22:41:27.715ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreak
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px;">Hello Backers,</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">We're shipping! </p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">By the…</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px;">Hello Backers,</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">We're shipping! </p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">By the end of the day today we will have about 400 units shipped and processing about 150 per day. We haven't hit any snags but the process is very easy to get out of sync so please bear in mind, these are just estimations. We will not be able to send out automated tracking numbers however we will be sending out an update once all orders have been shipped so you know to keep an eye out. All domestic packages will be going out USPS priority mail which means 80% orders will have a 2 day transit time and all domestic orders will have a maximum transit time of 3 days. International transit times are not offered by USPS, except for Canada and Mexico, which are mostly in the 3 to 5 day range.</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">A couple of things we wanted to point out about the packaging:</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><b>The outer brown box will need to opened from both ends.</b> It will seem very obvious when you get the box but I thought I'd save you some frustration.</p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">The product box has a foam insert that holds everything safely in place and has finger cutouts to help remove the product, however, unless you have really small and super strong fingers it is very difficult to remove. </p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><b>We strongly recommend that you remove the magnet from it's slot first, then peel back the TOP foam layer to remove the glass vial and stand. There is a bit of glue that holds both foam layers together so you will feel some resistance, but they do separate. Not doing it this way can cause the glass vial to fling out and the logo on the stand to shift so please exercise caution when removing the product. </b></p>
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<div><img class="CToWUd a6T" alt="1. Remove magnet from slot" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/nBXeTlrrlGs69I3T2M8KcXvi2ICWUz0lEyW1NDgRZIoME2PwdwJDsJOVV3iU69MJ5JEqBJA6dbxOwqmZK2_yXcAylo7Uu5Cg_V0YkbbMvMJ9FxgJpkIkqVUlvz7Ih1svEcXC-Zw1QPZTUCoQyli8RQkJjEx8M6kRKXq_=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/665/9e39175711dcfd45a1761e75cdef2b9b_large.JPG?1415915796">https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/665/9e39175711dcfd45a1761e75cdef2b9b_large.JPG?1415915796</a>" style="border: 0; min-height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 700px;"/> 1. Remove magnet from slot</div>
<div><img class="CToWUd a6T" alt="2. Separate two layers of foam THEN remove stand and glass vial" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/URKHXtoIusnOifUf0TMa36WqFTB0--RX4sItisnZpnIf9vu1HX6YOUOok-7Kpi8DkYsOfPjZWiZmgOq8OPWR5shNwaeEnVbwiSCBS1zhv_NYmVidCoORYtpbjaFf74M2j-PFuS0NS81mntvbfBabJDiLU-9Y_8P1fT4V=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/666/1734466cf05ea9471debba68c2626cf9_large.JPG?1415915810">https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/666/1734466cf05ea9471debba68c2626cf9_large.JPG?1415915810</a>" style="border: 0; min-height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 700px;"/> 2. Separate two layers of foam THEN remove stand and glass vial</div>
<div><img class="CToWUd a6T" alt="" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/A9f1cLeVn8IgHStDLcW3HIlLbYWp7xdBM1-_dRiIa2JcjPlcwlSF9SbPFt0_GT8oLFm4CBpo1Zwypb2HlhObN_TnLeFDkGyPRFJzYrOB6r8uU170MFXECFXQdZwGEJpso2hmDmefUnEobCkfNHlSXHSdoad6l-B4qoW3=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/673/d1652d8f36f6852da8b989a1be241667_large.JPG?1415915995">https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/905/673/d1652d8f36f6852da8b989a1be241667_large.JPG?1415915995</a>" style="border: 0; min-height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: 700px;"/></div>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px;">Lastly, we just want to remind everyone that <b>this is not meant to be a toy and is not suitable for children.</b> Ferrofluid can be very messy, glass can shatter and powerful magnets can pinch so please be very careful when handling. </p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">Other than that, have a great rest of the week and we'll check back with you when all orders have shipped. </p>
<p style="color: #46C7C7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 0px 0px;">-Krunal</p> Shipping soon! - Fluux LiquiMetal - A Color Shifting Ferrofluid Suspensiontag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2014-11-04:1566398:Topic:5571002014-11-04T23:03:52.105ZJimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnonymousLavaFreak
<p>Update posted for Voxul in case he didn't get it.</p>
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<p>Update posted for Voxul in case he didn't get it.</p>
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<tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 40px; padding-top: 40px;"><p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Time to get excited: Fluux Design Lab is getting ready to send out rewards for backing <a href="http://email.kickstarter.com/mpss/c/2QA/Oiw/t.1hp/hdVnBjHuS3O7M8Ox0jeGew/h1/Kvh8eyEDYxccobuZZtapCUX-2Buyj4rUau9-2F7EUH2fWjE132VhLpV9BJ7a227RqYKAGDHvU-2FhTqp4dRE-2BDRcerT4YgD7KiKqdCiLAM4QzW-2FkE4zzIzlhBeqt1HP2hBTzrF1y3jELejwfQutuLTSCJG7A-3D-3D" style="color: #00a0ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fluux LiquiMetal - A Color Shifting Ferrofluid Suspension</a>.</p>
<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Here’s the address you had in your survey response:</p>
<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">If this is the correct address, you're all set.</p>
<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">If this is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> the correct address, you can <span><a href="http://email.kickstarter.com/mpss/c/2QA/Oiw/t.1hp/hdVnBjHuS3O7M8Ox0jeGew/h2/Kvh8eyEDYxccobuZZtapCUX-2Buyj4rUau9-2F7EUH2fWjE132VhLpV9BJ7a227RqYKAGDHvU-2FhTqp4dRE-2BDRcerT4YgD7KiKqdCiLAM4QzW-2FkE4zzIzlhBeqt1HP2hBTzrFTCSC0XHDNGtey-2BiNKmBTRMQLud9ix6HIM94mdNT1he4AwKReODE1ZqUy1KqcHQKYPR87sUXnlrORGEf94oFSG8n2TDlvgvQx3vCwORUQG-2BA-3D" style="color: #00a0ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fix it right here</a>. Just be sure to make any changes in the next 48 hours!</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reward</span> <br/> EARLY BACKER SPECIAL* - One ferro fluid display with -TWO- neodymium magnet wands. - (FREE US SHIPPING)</p>
<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Estimated delivery</span> <br/> Jul 2014</p>
<p style="color: #0f2105; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shipping to</span> <br/> United States</p>
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<p>Welcome Keith and any future new members. While this may seem to be a bit obscure in terms of motion lamps we tend to buy, I would like to introduce you to what one enterprising company has done.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fluuxdesignlab.com/#liquimetal" target="_blank">Fluux Design Labs</a></p>
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<p>They do not currently have a ferrofluid display for sale, but soon my friends... soon. Not sure what the future MSRP will be.</p>
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<p>Fluux raised money via Kickstarter…</p>
<p>Welcome Keith and any future new members. While this may seem to be a bit obscure in terms of motion lamps we tend to buy, I would like to introduce you to what one enterprising company has done.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fluuxdesignlab.com/#liquimetal" target="_blank">Fluux Design Labs</a></p>
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<p>They do not currently have a ferrofluid display for sale, but soon my friends... soon. Not sure what the future MSRP will be.</p>
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<p>Fluux raised money via Kickstarter and that is where Critter and myself got on board. At the conclusion of their very very successful Kickstarter campaign (i.e. 564% funded), I dropped a note to Voxul and he was able to grovel his way into being an early adopter as well. We should hopefully be receiving our units shortly as they did send out a survey yesterday confirming shipping details and allowing you to select the base color.</p>
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<p>The display vessel can be mounted vertically or horizontally. This is a "human powered" motion lamp - not sure about Voxul, but both Critter and myself ordered two magnets (so our spouses can interact as well).</p>
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<p>I intentionally didn't widely advertise the availability of this fascinating new toy. This was my first time backing a Kickstarter project and I didn't really know what to expect. I had no problem inviting Critter to go down in flames with me, but I didn't want to soil my board rep by essentially endorsing a product and experience I know nothing about. And the experience (i.e. Kickstarter) made me happy I kept this one quiet. Let's just say Kickstarter is "different" if you have never backed a Kickstarter project. The timeline on this ferrofluid display was missed in spectacular fashion. Thing is, you need to pretty much EXPECT this type of delay with Kickstarter. The creators may have been able to generate a prototype, but keep in mind that they sold 1300+ units through Kickstarter. Making one prototype versus producing 1300 finished units = big difference.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/370230099/fluux-liquimetal-a-color-shifting-ferrofluid-suspe?ref=nav_search" target="_blank">Kickstarter Campaign</a></p>