Animafluid: A Dynamic Liquid Interface

In this paper the authors describe a new tangible liquid interface based on ferromagnetic fluid. Our interface combines properties of both liquid and magnetism in a single interface which allows the user to directly interact with the liquid interface. Our dynamic liquid interface, which we call Animafluid, uses the physical qualities of ferromagnetic fluids in combination with pressure sensors, microcontrollers for real-time interaction that combines both physical input and output. Our implementation is different from existing ferrofluid interventions and projects that harness magnetic liquid properties of ferromagnetic fluids in the sense that it adds tangibility of radical atoms design methodology to ferromagnetic fluids, thereby changing the scope of interaction with the ferromagnetic fluid in a drastic manner.