Powerful x-rays made from sticky tape

[crnazvijezda]

Great job! It is really useful for presentation but very hard to control.

[joebear80]

Fortunately there was no adhesive on BETAMAX...

[joebear80]

wHEEEEH?! I'ma make tis at home rite NOW. Cook some calamari... Fuck induction ! THIS is 2013 tech.

[EWOlson007]

Holy shit! Is that safe?



[SodomGomorrahWaDC]

500 mRads? Holy fuck that's as bad as standing on Chernobyl grounds for an hour! And merely a 10th of the maximum dose permitted for US Rad. workers.

[jasperwillis5385]

I like this video.

[minami935]

This video is very useful for knowledge about whati x ray made from

[fatcat2939]

@minami935 photons



[liang8231]

Thank you for sharing about x ray made from sticky tape

[claircote4416]

great video.

[mgwager]

I see a cheap medical test on the horizon! Of course it won't actually be cheap for the patients, just the manufacturers.

[mikeccuk2006]

DIY xrays!!

[antiprotons]

Did I read that right at 500 mR/hr ?  Lol. Do those guys know how dangerous acute exposure can be? I guess not. I hope I misread the reading.

[islandfd3s]

@antiprotons yeah, because people are dying all the time from exposure to rolls of tape being unwrapped.

[antiprotons]

@islandfd3s Do you think 500 mR/hr is a safe exposure? keep in mind that you cannot really use mR/hr without knowing the energy. What do you think?

[ToothyGus]

HOW?

[kaysandesses]

Same principle as a van de graff accelerator.  Big whoop?

[plastefuchs666]

@kaysandesses No, not realy.

[kaysandesses]

@plastefuchs666 Yes, definitely.

[greedyfoot]

Ahhh, Soviet scientist noticed and published this a long time ago. The world promptly ignored it until just recently.

[JonThm]

Nuclear fusion even goes on in the air!

[jaroncondran]

made from sticky tape? apposed to the non-sticky tap ?

[swirlingabyss]

@jaroncondran Yes, actually. There is such a thing as tape that isn't sticky.

[Driv3th3hiv3]

Tell me why the fuck i see an Xray tube

[noahkeebler]

is the reader or tester measureing rads?

[Driv3th3hiv3]

@noahkeebler

Roentgens

[UCreateChange]

this is really cool. another awesome unintended function from everyday objects around us.

[toxlox]

omagawd we're doomed.

xrays in mah tape, Uranium in my granite countertops... Cyanide in my apples. Its just not safe out there I tellz you...

*Wraps tinfoil round head 10 times then dies of some weird tinfoil poisoning*

[werbnnerf]

@toxlox

LOL

[SubZeroOneProduction]

@toxlox Wow. Wow. You're a crackhead version of me.

[v1fong]

This has been a very entertaining thread, I better go out and buy tinfoil hat ;)

[TimmehJC]

DOnt x rays cause cancer??

[eamonnteh]

Yeh It does..

[freakin1random]

okay, let me go get some sticky tape and unroll it next to an x-ray film plate......

[Tullidar1]

interesting...

[emajekral]

That is seriously cool. I checked out the full video linked in the comments and my mind is now officially blown!

[Flargenyargen]

Effing cool. First, I find out that clear tape can de-fog fogged glass, now this.

Is there anything this crap can't do?

[part2themovie]

it can't mend broken homes :'(

[bionerd23]

hmm, this could very well put my old tape-deck to use. i just wonder if the vacuum needs to be very strong, or if a simple vacuum (with quite a bit of air) archived with a simple vacuum pump will be enough?

[therndvidm8ker104]

i reckon the less air the better

[httpkiller]

Impressive

[grrumpff]

wow, so I get exposed to X-rays whenever I get a piece of tape!? I am so switching to hot glue ;)

[nanogear]

Not until you work in a vaccum chamber hehehe

[grrumpff]

phew ;)

[xerox165]

LoL WTF. This can't be real.

[nanogear]

Yes it is. Just try to unwind an adhesive tape in a dark room. You can see light but need a vaccum chamber to obtain x-rays

[TiagoTiagoT]

I would think they would be using led(or would that be "lead"? I always forget how to spell this one) vests and handling stuff with led gloves when near the machine when it is turned on, didn't the guy who discovered X-rays died because he exposed himself to it too much by playing with taking nice pictures of his bones or somthing?

[veritaslogos]

not nearly enuff "radiation" to really be considered dangerous

[JPRubber2]

the energy released when the adhesive releases from the back side comes in many forms. With some tapes you get static electricity. The frequency and intensity of the energy released depnds on the speed, materials, humidity and temperature. Interesting that it makes x-rays. Aren't gieger counters usually tuned for gamma radiation? Why the strabge stripes in the developed pics?

[TiagoTiagoT]

the stripes are probably 'cause it's several individual pictures composed together, I've seem that effect on simple panoramas created by just stitching together pictures from a camera with severe vignetting without any correction for that, the stripes are because there is more energy hitting the middle of each individual picture than near the edges

[agfaclan]

lol.

[raulitech]

does this work on household tape?

[cystanford]

LOL

[cystanford]

LOL

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I hope he dosn't spend too long with that thing!

[Saromatae]

Please everyone knows that tape casues x rays. I bet you didnt know that duct tape as well as being able to fix anything can cure cancer!

[jongkongmas]

The man holding the x ray film looks like Shia lebouf!!!(transformers movie star)

[juan909s]

lmao! he does!

[jongkongmas]

maybe like the guy from the movie Fight Club...his name slips my mind...Edward Norton maybe?

[NiteAngel]

Haha you should see what happens when a condom gets rubbed vigorously, puts this experiment to shame

[eight6sevenfive3oh9]

This was on NPR last week... the x-rays only work in a vacuum though. And I think they said there was a specific brand that worked better than the others.

[thomashm9]

I know this was discovered accidentally but how was it discovered exactly?

And what are the possible real life applications of such discovery?

[angrysausage123]

They were probably trying to make static electricity or something

[jamrollz]

no, they just proved that peeling tape in a vacum give of xrays

learn to science

[Adkit2]

er, the man asked "how was it discovered?", douche. it was discovered by some guy who put a roll of tape on some sensitive paper for too long and noticed that the paper had been exposed to radiation since it got dark...or maybe I'm thinking about when radiation first got discovered...but I seem to recall it being the same kind of event.

as for applications: none. it's just interesting.

[jamrollz]

the man after the man who asked "how was it discovered?" said "they were trying to make static electricity"

which you can agree with if you wish, i mean you already look enough like a douche yourself, why not reinforce that more

[Adkit2]

if you actually read what I and they said you'd not make such retarded comments though. good luck with that.

[jamrollz]

i dont know if you noticed, and im sure you havnt, but my first comment was a reply of a reply, not a direct reply to the comment pointed out in your reply to my reply of a reply

i apologize for any misunderstanding (stricly on your part)

[plasticspastic201]

@jamrollz stfu dork

[pravicpu]

nice discovery. we can reduce those huge X-ray machines to small

[hooh3923]

well something is sticky because the sticky side of the tape is negative so im thinking that the electrons are being ejected by the millions per second which could cause this odd behavior

[TimHortonsCookie]

LOL

[plaidpotamus]

pointless

[MuToiDMaN]

Apparently this only works in a vacuum. Adhesion is something that works at a molecular level, so perhaps this is causing electrons to be ejected with a lot of energy due to the particular elements involved (of course the 3M adhesive is a trade secret so we can't know for sure). The moral of this story is: Don't use Scotch tape in outer space!!!

[riversprite]

400mR or 0.4 Rad/Hr ...i wouldnt be standing that close without lead on.

[climbingfool2]

NYT slideshow @ tinyurl(dot)com(slash)6nnwer

[amicesar]

AS cool as dangerous.

[darkmojojojo]

That is fucking cool!

[levlobotomy]

wtf !?

[weylin6]

huh... so are they going to have to put a radiation warning on packages of tape?

Maybe we will have to even dispose of them in 20 inch thick concrete containers and bury them 5 miles underground.

lol joking aside i wonder -why- it does that

[Paxmax]

BWahahaaa!! Will be a weird scandal when 3M sends the wrong tape type to a parcel packing company and the poor packers "develop" cancer!

Seriously though, nice feature, smart to make radiation safe for transport and handling.

[Truthiness231]

O... M... G...

*goes off to buy a enough adhesive tape to give Dick Cheney cancer (which is three times greater than a normal person requires, for those interested)* ^.^

[stayhidden]

Please include McCain in your plans...

You know what? nevermind, he won't live long enough for you to get to him.

[bagrym]

just wow...

but how did these guys get the idea of doing the tests ?!

[balderdash707]

yea holy crap, why would anybody think to do that?

[WheelChairBasketball]

I'll be more careful with tape now, i don't want to start a black hole lol! Good one though!

[nixart]

I have noticed the sellotape adhesive, glows when you unroll it in the dark.

[FlailingJunk]

It only happens in a vacuum you morons. How it happens can be found with a simple google search.

[coldfustion]

maybe its the motors?

[Maracachucho]

well... you make a bigger one, problem solved.

[Maracachucho]

IMA CHARGIN MAH STICKY TAPE!!!

[mastakow1]

lol

[swexybabe2]

LAME!!!!!!

[adfsvbadfbvdffd]

K, I'm not to familiar with radiation at all, but Y does the gieger counter register on the tape?

[robotman7]

he's probably already at home

why are you so adamant this is fake

[Salohcin8940]

well fine you build one and prove them all wrong

[menhir02]

wow

[Trav2016]

Does this mean we should ban christmas? HAHA

[WheelChairBasketball]

Yes, we shall ban you from participating in Christmas festivities for life!

[PallekuIing]

ALL WILL DIE IN CANCER OMG!

[jasonguyperson]

if it is producing x-rays, shouldn't they be protected somehow?

[Redshift21]

This is a massive guess here, but when you unwind sticky tape from a reel it produces static electricity and I wonder if this is somehow linked into that ?

[freedomfan0801]

This is just plain stupid. Hold a flashlight behind your hand and you will see the same thing.

I say bullshit!

[Xxero0]

this is what i do in my spare time, make dangerous X-rays, and stuff. you know, the usual.

[guxit]

That is.. strange.

[diamoneyes24]

he wtf poor mover they work whit stiki tape everyday

[bdis89]

nah man its real, they wouldnt post it on yahoo, and google, and livescience websights if it was bullshit, those websights arent down for posting bullshit on their sights, unless its hella bullshit.

[TheLittleWorldofGaz]

crikey

[microphon3]

SAY WHATTTTT?!

[PerfectBlindness]

Is it just that? Simply unwind the tape to release a bombardment of x-rays?

[justforwatchingcraps]

no way! thats crazy. does tape cause cancer then?

[deusAtheismus]

Haha. So... funny. :P

[Xxero0]

IMA CHARGIN MAH LAZAH!!!

[TESHUWAH]

wtf! Lmfao!

[trotroy]

this is MADNESS!

[Booshibonton]

THIS... IS.... SPARTA!

[daddyrizla]

rofl

[trotroy]

you sir, deserve a cookie for resuming my reference =D

[jbrun009]

I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticky tape.

[whoGotgrapes]

u crazy for predicting 2 more world wars....

[Grundalizer]

Remember, it only emits X-rays when it is INSIDE a vacuum, so you can wrap all the presents you want...just not in space

[roidroid]

His finger wasn't in a vaccuum when he xrayed it, what gives?

[Usethebanana]

the vacuum is just to create the right environment to generate these waves, but X-rays don't need a vacuum to exist. If your dentist makes an X-ray of your teeth, he doesn't put you in a vacuum jar either, right?

X-rays are stopped by denser forms of metal, not by glass.

[Fichte9233]

Holy crap! Thats great!

[djindio555]

that's just silly.

[ragingsquism]

lol dont wrap up christmas presents, you may get cancer

[Maracachucho]

well don't overdo it, you'll get leukemia.

[ctolbert6]

Isn't this just bremsstrahlung? I learned this stuff in Navy Nuclear Power School. Don't they teach nuclear physicists anything anymore?

[h2oreactor]

Duh! of course!...

It will surely a different device meant for x-ray photography if they want to make one.

[gotomstergo]

why?

[chimeracreator]

This tiny bit of video failed to explain this. They could have done a much better job.

[rollese]

Eh... what? Tape?

[darkzero3632]

Thats insane

[TogrutaJedi]

The solution to the energy crisis is sticky tape?

[BrightHumanist]

No, the energy to separate the tape is higher than what is transformed into radiation

[pyr666]

thumbs up for making me laugh.

[giuliopepe]

???

[n14e5o15]

obviously fake, morons. 1/5

[quadstrike]

lol noob it makes sense if u know anything about static

[Pandazing]

Ummm, no.

This video is from Nature, one of the most respected scientific journals out there. This is most definitely real.

[n14e5o15]

not ti's from New pseudo-Sceintist

[Pandazing]

Well, it was posted to YouTube by New Scientist - but look at the link in the description.

The video itself was made by and is posted on Nature's website.

[n14e5o15]

stfu homo

[Pandazing]

Real mature there.

The only people that should ever utter that phrase are rebellious, sexually confused, middle school boys.

[BrightHumanist]

Fake?

It's a Nature paper!

Plus, triboluminescence is well documented.

[h2oreactor]

you dont know anything about static electricty, this is not new, its been around, they just replicated it and confirmed that it is true.

[marcky97]

What more proof do you need for it to not be fake?

[n14e5o15]

I don't need proof because there isn't any. This is bullshit

[SpikeDiegel]

You are using an absolute so that tells me you a minimizing what you don't understand. If you really thought it was BS then you would provide proof that it was, but you don't so you are the one spouting "Bullshit"

[n14e5o15]

typical wishy-washy pinko atheist

[Sc0ttPrian]

wishy washy? your the one wishing there was a god! :X lol

[n14e5o15]

No, I just wish you weren't so fucking dumb.

NB "you're"

[Sc0ttPrian]

lol, i love when ppl get mad over spelling errors. it makes them feel so speshyl.

[n14e5o15]

I love it when people can't win the arguement so they start calling people retards

[Sc0ttPrian]

lol i know it makes me crack up

[marcky97]

Oh really? why don't you double check the comments again...

[n14e5o15]

Oh yeah. Youtube comments are bound to be informed and accurate...

[marcky97]

okay fine, I don't want to fill these comments with pointless arguments so I will end this saying that I respect your opinion.

See ya

[n14e5o15]

LOL pwnt

[marcky97]

touche...

[n14e5o15]

fUCK YEAH!111!11

[narcoleptus]

When they wind on the sticky tape, what would happen if they did so at high speed?

Maybe something similar occurs naturally when earthquakes occur though they might not be xrays!

[EarlyBruteProduction]

wow, that's a cool fact fo know.

[rankpuller]

whats a vacuum chamber and where do i get

[BrightHumanist]

Depends how vacumy you want it. You need a sealed container and a vacuum pump. There is even systems you can fit on a tap to create vacuum. The stuff they show is more expensive, but like most scientific material, you can find used ones on eBay.

[CelChan4]

O_O

[ketanovas]

gotta get a geiger counter

[miragebird]

FPS just got a new weapon.

[quadstrike]

super sticky tape thing it spins really fast ppl go ok.... WAAAAZAZAZAZAHZAHZHAZHAHZAHZHA­ZA *seasure on the ground*

[howboutdat1227]

cancer when opening presents for christmas yay!

[xNickTheBrickx]

how?!!?!??!!?! WHY?!??!!?

[BDMblue]

TAPE IS AWESOME!!!!

[ChaoticRain1]

How does this work though?!

[AniMangaKame]

Who Comes Up With This Crap O_O

[M4sk3dC4sp3r]

dude xrays from stiky tape!!!! whats wrong with you crap that means every time you go to tape sumthing u releasing x rays!!!

[AniMangaKame]

Um..Okay..Calm Down

[roidroid]

No you calm down, Fucker

[AniMangaKame]

Lol I Would Try To Calm Down But Im Not Hyped Up.. Mrs. Random Person Who Butted In Our Conversation =|

[anothergazman]

does this mean terrorists will now attack us with sticky tape and vacuum flasks? one things for certain though, the dentist gets way over paid for all those x rays.

[supersandor]

This is why you're supposed to have duct tape ready to defend against terrorists.