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DIY Laser Dude Makes A “Light Saber-Ish” Invention

DIY Laser Dude Makes A “Light Saber-Ish” Invention

Star Wars fans check this out.. The ever inventive internet laser guy who goes by the name of styropyro makes a dangerous and cool home made device that resembles something from Star Wars.  Btw if you are brave enough to fight the crowd this weekend that is impressive 😉 NOTE:  DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT

10 Illusions That Will Amaze Your Senses

Have you seen these? This list is visually trippy and makes you question your perceptions.  There have been some viral illusion videos that have made their way around YouTube and this one aggregates some of the coolest and some can be done at home.  A few of the ones listed and named by the home

Dude Makes A Sculpture From Ferrofluid And Its Amazing

This stuff is bizarre.. This strange substance was invented in 1963 and it has magnetic properties while maintaining its fluid form.   Have you ever heard of ferofluid before? In the video this home experimenter makes a really cool sculpture using this stuff and some magnetic force.  Note:  Don’t try this without the supervision of a

What Happens When You Light A Ping Pong On Fire?

This guy decided to find out.. You might be surprised at what happens.  There are also 9 other crazy tricks that this ambitious home experimenter decided to do and video record everything.  NOTE:  DO NOT TRY THESE WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. A lot of these really just demonstrate simple laws of everyday physics.

What Happens When You Torch An iPhone 6?

Guess this guy found out.. Crazy experimenter decided to take a 6000 F degree device and blast his smart phone.  Is this a good idea?  Probably not but it makes for interesting observations. Note:  Do not try this at home or without the supervision of a professional. This particular YouTuber has been known for a

Crazy Guy Plays With Lightning From a Tesla Coil

Be careful dude.. He built a huge coil in his backyard and tests it out.  We can’t say this is safe or the best idea, but interesting none the less. DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. You may have seen a number of these homemade Tesla coil videos making their way

Diamonds Can Now Be Made At Room Temperature

Wait..what? Diamonds are extremely rare although this breakthrough may make them more common.  That can be a bit of a stretch but there is a special state of carbon called Q-carbon that makes this possible.  It has ferromagnetic properties, which if you have seen videos of ferrofluid, that may be a crude way of understanding

Guy Pours Liquid Bromine on an iPhone 6

Uh don’t try this at home.. The ever adventurous TechRax is at it again with another bizarre experiment.  He takes a new iPhone 6 and pours liquid bromine on it.  Why would someone do this and how can they afford to keep eating the cost of new smart phones?  Well that is for him to

Have You Seen The Double Slit Experiment?

This is trippy and cool.. Is light a wave or a particle?  Can you get your mind around this?  The ever adventurous Veritasium does a cool experiment with water demonstrating the properties of waves and particles, hence shedding light (no pun intended) on this question.   He even interviews some people on the street to

Dude Makes A Laser Shooting Robot At Home…Seriously

Mini me and Dr. Evil would be excited.. A remote controlled robot with as working laser beam on top…wow. The ever adventurous “styropyro” is up to his old antics and does it again with this insane home invention. NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL AS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. On

Guy Makes Rocket Engine At Home…Seriously

That is awesome… It is not everyday that an actual rocket engine is assembled at home. NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. Even if you are versed in these things be safe. The experimenter in the video states he made it for demonstration purposes and notes this: Solid-fuel rockets cannot

They Left This Burger And Fries Out For 31 Days

Guess what DIDN’T happen.. There are no shortage of experiments having to do with fast food. This one however is more interesting in what doesn’t happen. Just about all food if left out for a certain amount of time would expect to disintegrate and/or have a number of factors happen to it. In this video

Guy Makes A Crazy Laser At Home And Tests It

DO NOT TRY THIS The ever adventurous “LaserGadgets” guy does it again. He is similar to the other famous YT guy “styropyro” in that they come up with these unusual laser devices. Note: DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. So now that we got that out of the way check out

Guy Puts A Laser In Liquid Nitrogen And This Happened

Ever wonder what would happen if you placed a laser in a container of liquid nitrogen? Probably not but betcha might want to check out what happens as the effect is really cool! The ever adventurous styropyro does it again with yet another laser experiment. Note: Do not try this without the supervision of a

Guy Makes Super Powerful Invisible Laser At Home

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY THIS.. The very adventurous styropyro is at it again with his latest invention. This time he makes a very interesting laser and describes a bit of the details.  As mentioned don’t try this without the supervision of a professional it is extremely dangerous: This is a flashlamp pumped Er3+ doped Yttrium

Basketball Does Something Awesome In This Experiment

Have you ever heard of the magnus effect? That is precisely the property of physics that these guys are demonstrating in this experiment. They throw this basketball off of an extremely high place and are sure to give it a lot of backspin. This causes it to make an interesting trajectory. Let’s watch what happens

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