Wormhole

Fengyuan Bi

The wormhole is a hypothetical connection between widely separated regions of space-time. As hardly anyone has seen an actual wormhole, and everyone may have different thoughts as to what a wormhole may look like, we decided to make a simulation creating the experience of looking into a wormhole. One visual aspect of a wormhole is that it is shaped like a tunnel with two ends, each at separate points in spacetime. We produced our simulation by creating a water vortex. To do this, we used the laser cutter to cut a box out of acrylic with tree sides, and we used the 3D printer to print a curve out of plastic to complete the water thank We also used a magnetic stirrer which has enough RPM on the bottom of the tank to create a vortex to simulate when spacetime is “curved” by the black hole, and we used a mirror to reflect this in order to get another”water vortex”, which is the other side of the “wormhole”. We spent an extensive amount of  time perfecting the template, making sure the final product would fit perfectly. After solving all of the electronic problems with the magnetic stirrer, the final project is truly a great example of how a wormhole would work and what it would loo like .We believe this simulation is the best way to show people the understanding of the shape of wormholes, how spacetime is “curved”, and how two far distant places can be shortened by a “tunnel”.