The Sticky-Tape X-Ray Machine

[villadavid4ever]

I wish I could discover things like this by myself.

[ralbiruni]

You have same action splitting bananas !

[protogenxl]

they need to try 2 inch wide packing tape

[djbro16]

very low energy xrays.. but a lot of them.

[erik61801]

to get xrays the tape must be unrolled under vacuum. normal atmosphere tape peeling only offers visible light.

[rainXdrop5]

what is that machine that he puts his hand on called?

[KKinsane2009]

rock as in seaside rock is triboluminescant O_o I thought it was made of...nah im not going to ruin rock for y'all...

[homologygroup]

It happens in a vacuum, as long as you don't work in space you'll be fine. Also, if you bite a hard mint lifesaver the same thing happens, you can even see the spark if you get in a dark room and crush it with a pair of pliers or whatever. SCIENCE!

[MasterHacker01]

if u peel tape in a dark room u will see light. the tape i peeled gave off blue light. u have to peel it very fast. by peel, i mean unravel it (for dumb ppl)

[outlaws360]

does this mean that prolonged exposure to tape can cause cancer?

[YoungJim409]

Not tape by itself, and in any case you'd have to unroll a LOT of tape before you got any more from it than you get from sunlight anyway.

[outlaws360]

lol the comment was a joke but regardless people can't seem to read sarcasm either way in theory it could in fact create enough radiation to cause cancer though its a small amount released direct exposure to that for say 2 years solid could cause cancerous cells to develop but it's highly unlikely the conditions would ever exist to create said scenario

[czerwonymike]

yay for radiation!

[laser5890]

X-rays

[tetranoob]

you can also witness triboluminescence when eating rock-candy or lifesavers in the dark. i only found this out yesterday.

you will see sparks apparently

[howaboutablackout]

Seiously i need a good explanation. If you can give to me I might even paypal you a fuckin dollar.

[antmanmax1]

Okay, place tape on a surface (duct or scotch work well) Turn the lights out, and pull as fast and as hard as you can, you will see sparks. X-rays are also created, but the pressure and the vacuum of the air around you makes them short out and dissappear. In this experiment, there is a vaccum which stops the x-rays from shorting out, moving a few inches outward, they then do a normal x-ray setup and voila, a cheap x-ray.

[veritaslogos]

what is the means of decelerating the electrons so that x-ray energy is produced?

[xtchsbrlx]

I assumed that x-rays, as a form of electromagnetic energy, moved at the speed of light like all the other ones? o.o? right o.o?

[veritaslogos]

well photons are bundles of energy that move at the speed of light yes, but in order to produce radiation in the sense produced in this video, bremsstrahlung needs to occur, a sudden deceleration

[boxa888]

just research nikola teslas research notes, "xray glases" by nikola tesla. he tells how xrays are created with out a decelleration barrier and this was 100 yrs ago! they now call his effect like bessinger or something!

[PoPoNellie]

Bremsstrahlung is what you mean boxa888. from the German bremsen "to brake" and Strahlung "radiation", i.e. "braking radiation" or "deceleration radiation"), is electromagnetic radiation produced by the acceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.

[Gunner3210]

@antmanmax1 x-rays short out? Wow that is some nice physics right there. You could very well be the next Einstein.

[antmanmax1]

@Gunner3210 Is there any reason you're starting arguments over semantics on the internet? Attention? Boredom? I'm sorry my comment offended you, perhaps when those hormones settle down you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

[Schmiki24]

Where's the sticky part?

[futbolking]

the two spinning circle things

[zchats]

its because there is so much static when plastic rubs together it creates its own magnetic field and its pushing the energy through the finger and reacting with the x-ray film.

[streetroyalty1]

LOL I seen this on the news and knew somebody would post a vid like this on YouTube!

[TechsysPete]

More explanation... it is needed!

[JumpStop1]

so short

[Charagrin]

This makes no sense. HOW does it make X-Rays? Friction is dany and all, but what does pulling the adhesive off tape have to do with providing a kind of wave length? If I rub my fingers together, Does that make x-rays? Then how does this. it is...interesting...

[noromaru]

You can sometimes see sparks of light in the dark (when unwinding tape), which is called triboluminescence. It's the same concept, but the electromagnetic wave is well above the energy of visible light.

[marcusmeisel]

And why patent it and not put it under a CC license to make it cheap for countries with less than 1$/day income?

- but really great idea!

I wonder how often you can reuse one roll?

[melikeyyeah]

So...short...

[upnic]

Awesome! =O

[SOiser]

KLASSE! :)

[Pilpup]

That would have bin cool if it was longer

[someman7]

What a heck, will you start making 5 second videos?

Video name: The Sticky-Tape X-Ray Machine

Content: Yeah, we did it.

[36016]

Ahaha.

[3n17y]

Nice evidence of triboluminescence in scotch ))

[3n17y]

Cool! Nice evidence of triboluminescence in scotch! ))

[rotatingwah]

after a scotch,i've seen that effect in a danish.

maybe it was just glazed. i see this more in the younger ones than the older ones. just imagine-a scotch flavored danish glazing with triboluminescence.....makes one's mouth water huh?

[rotatingwah]

that's not what happened when i peeled my banana! talk about glowing- nearly blinded me!

[rotatingwah]

that's not what happened when i peeled my banana! talk about glowing- nearly blinded me!

[animes25]

this has to be fake

[rotatingwah]

there's no way it's as good as my x-ray glasses....

[kaiban42]

oh shit. what next? i can use toilet paper to solve global warming by creating a paper-thing barrier?

[rotatingwah]

already done it. just waiting on the patent to go through. need investors or just your used toilet paper rolls.....i'm kidding with you but that was funny.

[catalina6]

And don't forget that - un-sciency advice alert - simple newspaper can block radiation if you don't own your very own fallout shelter! Duck and cover!

[rotatingwah]

thanks but i think i'll duck and quack instead! snort snort

[ErkDemon]

You can sometimes see a similar effect if you peel open a self-seal envelope in a darkened room. You get a purpley-mauve glow along the line where the two gluey surfaces are tearing apart.

[ErkDemon]

I just peeled a "NiceDay"-brand envelope. Deep blue light from that one.

[fakespike]

i just peeled a banana and just wanted to report no such effect.

[rotatingwah]

that's not what happened when i peeled my banana.....it started glowing so bright it nearly blinded me!

[Xxero0]

your right! i did it with boxing tape in my bathroom, and just yanked i bit off. it glowed a deep blueish/purple light. (=

[TreeSurfing]

nice

[5998b]

4th!

[StarWarsDork]

Huh?

[thecoyote]

No more massive amounts of rads to get a pic of one bone. IMO

[utubemostwanted]

thats neat!

[THEVoLcOmStOnE]

coooool.