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Originally posted by red-beard
You've never played with corn starch? Go to the store and buy some corn starch. Put some in a glass bowl and add a little water. Mix it in. Keep adding water until it is like a dough, but a little liquid. Put you finger in slowly, and it will flow around your finger. Push your finger in fast, and it will solidify.
Exactly what I was thinking - pretty wild stuff.

IIRC the new Corvette Z06s use some sort of variable-viscosity fluid in their suspensions - the liquid responds to a magnetic current (controlled by the vehicle computer) to increase or decrease dampening rate.
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