Due to many requests, I put swiss cheese in the vacuum chamber. This should be interesting because swiss cheese has massive holes in it that are made when the cheese is forming. I tell you why in the video! Then after I put the swiss cheese in the vacuum chamber I put in another soft… Continue reading What Happens to Swiss Cheese in a Vacuum Chamber?
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Can You Pop Popcorn With A Giant Magnifying Glass? Fresnel Lens Test
In this video I use my giant Fresnel lens to try to pop popcorn. It turns out it is pretty difficult to do since the lens produces such extreme heat so fast. It’s almost like trying to pop popcorn with a blow torch. Either way it was fun to burn/pop popcorn with my giant magnifying… Continue reading Can You Pop Popcorn With A Giant Magnifying Glass? Fresnel Lens Test
Shatterproof vs Traditional Ornaments Crushed By Hydraulic Press
In this video I crush shatterproof and non-shatterproof ornaments in the hydraulic press. I let you decide which ornaments were the shatterproof ones and which were not. It ends up being pretty easy to decide when the hydraulic press comes down on the Christmas ornaments. Send me things to crush at: PO Box 482 North… Continue reading Shatterproof vs Traditional Ornaments Crushed By Hydraulic Press
Can I Make Ferrofluid Out Of Cheerios With A SuperMagnet?
In this video I use my hydraulic press to crunch up some cheerios. I put the crunched up cheerios in a bag with water and use my super strong neodymium magnet to extract iron filaments from the cheerios. Then I mix it with some oil to make ferrofluid! I then compare my ferrofluid with some… Continue reading Can I Make Ferrofluid Out Of Cheerios With A SuperMagnet?
Is it Possible to Catch the Rolling Shutter Effect on Video with a Drone?
Checkout Brilliant here: https://brilliant.org/theactionlab/ In this video I show you what the rolling shutter effect looks like in real time as I film with a fast shutter speed that matched the propeller spin rate. This rolling shutter effect is amazing to see in real-time. The Action Lab Box: https://www.theactionlab.com The Action Lab Experiment Book: https://amzn.to/2Wf07x1… Continue reading Is it Possible to Catch the Rolling Shutter Effect on Video with a Drone?
Shooting Oobleck With a 500 mph (800 kmh) Ping Pong Ball From a Vacuum Cannon
In this video I shoot oobleck with my ping pong vacuum cannon. This should be interesting because oobleck acts like a solid when it is moved quickly. The ping pong cannon works by connecting my vacuum pump that I use for my vacuum chamber to a PVC pipe and inserting a ping pong ball. The… Continue reading Shooting Oobleck With a 500 mph (800 kmh) Ping Pong Ball From a Vacuum Cannon
The Self-Reversing Spin Experiment—Easy Homemade Rattleback
Checkout Brilliant Here: https://brilliant.org/TheActionLab/ In this video I talk about spinning and show you how to make things spin for a long time. I also show you how to make something called a rattleback that stops and spins the opposite direction that you spin it initially! WARNING: This video is for entertainment purposes only. If… Continue reading The Self-Reversing Spin Experiment—Easy Homemade Rattleback
Are Black Holes Really Black…or Invisible? Real Black Holes on Earth!
In this video I show you what a real black hole would look like near earth! Is it really black, or is it invisible? This videos stems from a previous video I did with Black 2.0 paint (the blackest black) with the world’s brightest flashlight (32,000 lumen). I mentioned that the black 2.0 looked like… Continue reading Are Black Holes Really Black…or Invisible? Real Black Holes on Earth!
Anti-gravity Slinky? What Happens When You Drop a Giant Slinky?
In this video I elaborate on why a slinky floats in mid-air as the top of the slinky falls towards it. I show you how the center of gravity falls as expected once the slinky is dropped with a ball dropping at the center of gravity. Then I show you that even if there is… Continue reading Anti-gravity Slinky? What Happens When You Drop a Giant Slinky?
Warning: Never Eat an Orange By a Balloon! The Orange Oil Experiment
In this video I show you what happens when you squirt an orange peel near a balloon. I talk about why this happens and this leads me to talk about how many oranges it would take to fuel your car using Limonene. Watch this awesome video and use it to disappoint any small kid when… Continue reading Warning: Never Eat an Orange By a Balloon! The Orange Oil Experiment
Is It Possible To Bend Light With Your Finger? The Light Bender Experiment
In this video I show you how to bend light with your finger! Then I explain the physics behind why it happens. You have most likely been taught wrong about why this happens. If you want to learn more about this see this link where I got a lot of my information: goo.gl/d9m9m4 WARNING: This… Continue reading Is It Possible To Bend Light With Your Finger? The Light Bender Experiment