Like in a Disney cartoon when the elves, fairies etc dance and little sparkles or stars stream out of their fingertips only with water.
At one point the drops of water could appear to reverse direction and fly into the ballerina's fingers as a highly focused and directed strobe light syncs to the flow to give the reverse drop effect. (link)-- doctorremulac3, Apr 25 2022 Like this https://www.youtube...watch?v=puA1Fb5zUQwOnly drops of water instead of sparkles. [doctorremulac3, Apr 25 2022] At some point she reverses her spin and scoops up the drops with her fingertips. https://www.youtube...watch?v=FG_l1oacWoQ [doctorremulac3, Apr 25 2022] missed opportunity for a milk fountain https://images.fine...pples-jeff-lowe.jpg [xandram, Apr 25 2022] Len Lye's Water Whirler https://www.youtube...watch?v=zHietYUfwvsThe idea is cool, the video is a bit rubbish... [neutrinos_shadow, Apr 25 2022] This idea would be perfect for that image generating AI.-- Voice, Apr 25 2022 LOL. Re your link Xan, is it possible that olden timey folks had a sense of humor?-- doctorremulac3, Apr 25 2022 Like Len Lye's water whirler, but more human-ish..? See linky. Disclaimer: I did some very early, very conceptual work for the mechanism design as part of an engineering paper (as did the rest of the class). Not sure if any of my (or anybody else's) ideas were incorporated.-- neutrinos_shadow, Apr 25 2022 hah…and yes there was a bun from me.-- xandram, Apr 25 2022 Whoa! Cool link Neutrino, we really need more interesting fountains. (that's the problem with being a smartass, I can't say anything without it sounding sarcastic)-- doctorremulac3, Apr 27 2022 random, halfbakery