Planning on making a trip to outer space sometime soon? Well, don’t forget your knittin’ needles. It gets chilly up there in the void dontcha know! Also, you can use them to perform cool little science experiments — for instance, did you know water droplets will orbit an electrically charged knittin’ needle in space? It’s true!
Check out a video of the hot orbiting action after the jump…
Neat huh? I never would have guessed you could do that with a knittin’ needle. Now the only question left is whether the same experiment can be replicated with a standard knitting needle.
via Geekosystem