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imageObelisk Project

Trying to prove that the Egyptians may have used kites to erect their obelisks and build their monuments.

Reference: Flying Pyramids-soaring Stones
Video Reference: History Channel (Documentary)

 

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Gharib Research Areas:
Bioinspired Design and Engineering
Cardiovascular Research
Micro-Nano-Meso Scale Mechanics
Wind and Sea
Quantitative Imaging
Art and Sciences

 

Dances in Flatland
See an animation, with music, of pulses of air moved by a diaphragm of a sound speaker, touching down upon a soap film stretched on a frame.

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Created by Alma Gharib and Caltech conceptual artist, David Kremers, in 2001. Visit the project on this page, Studies of Two-Dimensional Flows Using Soap Films, to learn more.

 

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