Magnetic Putty

[Spinward Scout]

For your next 'creature' encounter...

http://youtu.be/B-drHFEM0Os - time lapse

Imagine finding something like this in your ship's engine room.

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[JimMarn]

Hmm... That stuff could create major problems for robot or cyberized characters.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Sort of a gray ooze for Traveller?

(That's very cool, but I don't find any explanation! Dangit! I want to know how it works!)

 

[Spinward Scout]

Millions of tiny micron-sized magnets are embedded in each handful of Magnetic Thinking Putty.

I like the gray ooze.

You're prowling around your favorite interstellar pyramid structure (fips) when some magnetic putty gets picked up on your boot. What do you do?

 

[Garyius2003]

Yep, shadows with the moving floors plus this=TPK.

 

[tjoneslo]

Sort of a gray ooze for Traveller?

(That's very cool, but I don't find any explanation! Dangit! I want to know how it works!)

I have some of this stuff. It's pretty cool. You can get it here. It's basically silly putty (remember that stuff) with a finely ground magnetic material embedded. Something with a stronger magnetic field than iron filings. And the cube is one of the stronger rare earth magnets.