yeah this is a fun thing! im a chef so use it often i always show my students it an let them play just like my teacher did wit me when i was still learnin the tricks of the trade
Mike that was just damn amazing. I didn't really get it. I guess the point was, it went from a liquid to a solid and back into a liquid again. Nice and let me make one thing clear. We call it 'cornstarch' not cornflower. You must have been extra bored, but thanks anyway.
Mike this is very entertaining, but indeed explaining the science behind it would have help. I am shocked to see the amount of useless comments that have been made about the size of the bowls or your french. Especially the ones who blame you for wasting their time... they still find some time to make their comments. Ceux-la ont besoin d'un coup de grace
Whats French got to do with it? coup de gras is now part of the English language; we pronounce it our way, and they theirs. beef - beouf, mutton - mouton, etc.
Lol why did you put the cornstarch in the small bowl instead of straight into the big one? You said to measure it but you emptied the packet in there.
Maybe you should learn to pronounce your French a little better instead of pfaffing around in your kitchen? ;o)
Coup de grâce is pronounced [ku de gras] not [ku de'gra]. And for those non-French folk who may read this comment and wishes to know what "coup de grâce means" then it means "blow of mercy" or a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. It is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events which brings about the end of some entity.
This guy (as well as most of the rest of us) doesn't care if his French sounds like it is pronounced as a French person would say it. He said it off the cuff. Perhaps you should stop being so negative. French is shit
Right - so you are demonstrating a dilatant fluid? It thickens as a result of you moving through the fluid thereby causing a level of "drag" on the object moving through it. Why not mention this, and why it does it - this is supposedly new scientist isn't it?
i don't get why he had to measure all the cornflour in to a little bowl and then put it all in the big one, why not just put it straight in to the big one, muppet!
Also if you make enough of the stuff in the bowl. Slowly lower a fist into the mix, so your hand sinks all the way to the bottom, then try to pull your hand out quickly, and you will be stuck in the bowl. The only way to get you hand back out is to remove it very slowly.
You forgot the best trick you can do with that stuff. When you have it in the bowl and it is running around like a liquid, tap it in the middle again and again with a finger and the whole surface will turn solid. You can then turn the bowl up side down while you are tapping and it does not fall out.
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why did he put it in one bowl only to dump it in another immediately afterward? now the other bowl has residual particles of cornstarch and that shit is hard to clean out of textured plastic.
My thoughts EXACTLY. Proof, if ever it were required, that people who think they're intelligent usualy arn't that clever and live at home with mummy, who washes and cleans up after their "POINTLESS !!!" experiments.
the cornstarch is acting as a non-Newtonian Liquid - it's liquid, but behaves like a solid under pressure. You could fill a bath with it and walk on the surface. If you search for "walking on custard" you'll see John Tickle walk on a swimming pool of custard (another non-Newtonian liquid)
"if that doesent keep you happy idk what will" Well i can answer that my friend. My Gf can >;]
XterNaLHaX1 1 year ago
fyi it's called a "non-newtonian fluid" becuase it has both the properties of a solid and a liquid...
A2FatalAssassin 3 years ago 4
yeah this is a fun thing! im a chef so use it often i always show my students it an let them play just like my teacher did wit me when i was still learnin the tricks of the trade
!! happy playing !
jasonscubagod 4 years ago
why couldn't you have just poured the cornstarch into the big bowl first????
matycee 4 years ago 10
It's called a non-newtonian dilatent fluid ... pretty cool stuff.
monstersnowman 4 years ago
try putting some the mixture on top of certain farrady waves and it does even more wierd dtuff :D
danydevil123 4 years ago
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Can this be done with human semen aswell?
briach 4 years ago
Post a video response!
herrorarra 4 years ago 4
Mike that was just damn amazing. I didn't really get it. I guess the point was, it went from a liquid to a solid and back into a liquid again. Nice and let me make one thing clear. We call it 'cornstarch' not cornflower. You must have been extra bored, but thanks anyway.
hughlooks 4 years ago
can be either cornflour or cornstarch
PingPong57 3 years ago
Try adding some food colouring and make it in a ziplock baggy. I have very fond memories of hours of nearly free fun with corn starch.
36hesperia36 4 years ago
oh calm down everyone... lets be kids again for a moment and actually learn to enjoy these things! That was well cool!
mastud 4 years ago 4
Just found the channel by happy accident, my little boy will love this. Excellent idea for rainy day fun. Cheers, Lesley
flydarling 4 years ago
I think that WILL keep me happy all afternoon. Bravo!
oneill40 4 years ago
bbbbbbbbbbbboooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kidefro 4 years ago
i am so sexy
marikitna 4 years ago
Me too!
Kevo216666 4 years ago
jimmy carr mkes me happy, ill go and watch that now... u failed
roadsidetragedy 4 years ago
Mike this is very entertaining, but indeed explaining the science behind it would have help. I am shocked to see the amount of useless comments that have been made about the size of the bowls or your french. Especially the ones who blame you for wasting their time... they still find some time to make their comments. Ceux-la ont besoin d'un coup de grace
latollet 4 years ago
how the fuck does that work!
vikkiandbradley07 4 years ago
i want to know why he didnt just put it in the big bowl to begin with, he put it in the small bowl then straight into the big one hahaha!
rogue10000 4 years ago
Whats French got to do with it? coup de gras is now part of the English language; we pronounce it our way, and they theirs. beef - beouf, mutton - mouton, etc.
varflane 4 years ago
Why add foul language to a comment thread like this?
Anyway, is this not a smaller version of the Custard Pool stunt on Brainiac a couple years back?
ancientoneuk 4 years ago
Lol why did you put the cornstarch in the small bowl instead of straight into the big one? You said to measure it but you emptied the packet in there.
Sinisterambo 4 years ago
Maybe you should learn to pronounce your French a little better instead of pfaffing around in your kitchen? ;o)
Coup de grâce is pronounced [ku de gras] not [ku de'gra]. And for those non-French folk who may read this comment and wishes to know what "coup de grâce means" then it means "blow of mercy" or a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. It is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events which brings about the end of some entity.
wwwplayradioukdotcom 4 years ago
in this case though, it was pretty anticlimactic.
fsjd3akd 4 years ago
This guy (as well as most of the rest of us) doesn't care if his French sounds like it is pronounced as a French person would say it. He said it off the cuff. Perhaps you should stop being so negative. French is shit
Sinisterambo 4 years ago
Lol its fun!
johnkollor 4 years ago
Right - so you are demonstrating a dilatant fluid? It thickens as a result of you moving through the fluid thereby causing a level of "drag" on the object moving through it. Why not mention this, and why it does it - this is supposedly new scientist isn't it?
lawsonks 4 years ago
Umm. Okay.
dudeglove 4 years ago
why put it in the small bowl first if it goes straight into the big bowl?
IngeniousSheep 4 years ago
You add water to cornstarch and it gets wet OMG chaotic!
gmjapan321 4 years ago
Custard does that as well, John Tickle from Brainiac had a swimming pool full of custard, and he walked on it.
Zack220 4 years ago
Instant custard powder is mostly cornflour.
wwwplayradioukdotcom 4 years ago
i don't get why he had to measure all the cornflour in to a little bowl and then put it all in the big one, why not just put it straight in to the big one, muppet!
amyrixon 4 years ago 2
Never mind that. He'd already measured it in the damn packet! What total cretinitude.
Crazyoldmerc 4 years ago
"now i'm going to very carefully put some water into it."
because, very obviously, if you don't take careful precautions the experiment will turn out a mess!
fsjd3akd 4 years ago 2
wow chaotic i jsut did not do this when i was 9 wooooo
dado00 4 years ago
i love the way he pronounces it coo-de-grass (rofl)
DOGstealth 4 years ago
yip thats another min wasted out of my life stupid corn flower man with a van dyke beard
nobogroll 4 years ago
Are you going to explain the science?
wemakevideonasty 4 years ago
very corny
nobogroll 4 years ago
Also if you make enough of the stuff in the bowl. Slowly lower a fist into the mix, so your hand sinks all the way to the bottom, then try to pull your hand out quickly, and you will be stuck in the bowl. The only way to get you hand back out is to remove it very slowly.
lxtech 4 years ago
You forgot the best trick you can do with that stuff. When you have it in the bowl and it is running around like a liquid, tap it in the middle again and again with a finger and the whole surface will turn solid. You can then turn the bowl up side down while you are tapping and it does not fall out.
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PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKs
jimmydingda 4 years ago
haha, awesome
Nagatto 4 years ago
why did he put it in one bowl only to dump it in another immediately afterward? now the other bowl has residual particles of cornstarch and that shit is hard to clean out of textured plastic.
fsjd3akd 4 years ago
exactly
joop1977 4 years ago
My thoughts EXACTLY. Proof, if ever it were required, that people who think they're intelligent usualy arn't that clever and live at home with mummy, who washes and cleans up after their "POINTLESS !!!" experiments.
SUBdiversity 4 years ago
thats exactly what i thought!!
elainennium 4 years ago
Was especially funny where he says "This bowl is way, way too big for what I'm doing".
?????
Anyone but a genius would have used the small bowl throughout then!
bovriltoastlover 4 years ago
good guy. Thanks for the post!
hmmmindeed 4 years ago
what a bellend
crazydcv1977 4 years ago
There's a Japanese video with a whole tub of the stuff. They run accross it and get the audience to join in. Much larger scale than this :)
hrford 4 years ago
YAY!!!
xXGreyWingsXx 4 years ago
Mike kinda missed the science in this ...
Like what it does that is strange and why.
JohnDeBunkTest 4 years ago
the cornstarch is acting as a non-Newtonian Liquid - it's liquid, but behaves like a solid under pressure. You could fill a bath with it and walk on the surface. If you search for "walking on custard" you'll see John Tickle walk on a swimming pool of custard (another non-Newtonian liquid)
MIXOLYDIAN123 4 years ago 6
i did wonder thanks for bit of infomation !
whirlyfan 4 years ago
tht dude is soo coooolll haha
shadowswalkwithme 4 years ago