We suspect the latter reason is what got [Brick Technology] to pursue creating a trippy water vortex with the building toy. The first design uses a transparent plastic sphere as a water vessel.

Imagine tiny robots exploring the depths of the ocean, riding on underwater waves like surfers catching the perfect break.

To increase the efficiency of feeding, they stomp dance to churn the bottom, create an upwelling vortex ... the head straight upward in the water creates a vortex swirling around a vertical ...

Flamingos aren’t passive feeders; they're active predators that create underwater vortices using their beaks, necks, and feet ...

While vortex power is operational on a small scale, engineers have now unlocked its potential for large-scale hydrogeneration ...

Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels invertebrates into their mouths ...

[Ben Krasnow’s] water vortex machine has been an exhibit in the lobby of the San Jose City Hall for quite some time now. Unfortuantely he recently had to perform some repair work on it due to ...

Meanwhile, their beak is chattering underwater to create vortices that funnel ... that pulling the head straight upward in the water creates a vortex swirling around a vertical axis, again ...