The camera is functioning at a rate of 2500 fps.  That is 2,500 frames per second!  And they also added nanoscopic magnetic filings of iron particles into the liquid.  When they bring a powerful magnet in close it almost makes a magnetic ball.  Basically this is like the t-1000 liquid from Terminator part 2.  Super cool.

He says science while copycatting nature. “Science” like they made up the way nature does things. It apparently isn’t the wax in plants that causes the water to shed. Or the fact that the cells are closer in some plants creating a denser surface area disallowing penetration of water.