Aspen Aerogel - Video Presentation

[rogeranthonnissen]

is it really 100 degree celcius or fahrenheit? coz you will burn yourself at a 100 degree celcius. that's the boiling point of water.

[aazinco]

@one694u Meu pai trabalha na nasa, ele me falo que foram os ETs que mostraram como fazer isso.

[gredangeo]

They got to insulate homes with this stuff.

[dude00074]

I think I'll use this on my weekend trips to the sun.

[shittyfuck]

i would not want to touch a 100c surface

[Fuhgawzzz]

One thing that caught my attention is that she holds her wrist about an inch away from that cube wich was 78 degrees cold. That chill would definitely hurt you, even if you're not touching it directly. Ice cold woman?

[dug2991]

@Fuhgawzzz Nah dry ice only hurts on contact; you can actually hold a piece as long as it doesn't sit in the same spot on your hand

[yvoe9]

isen't 100 degrees celcius still really hot? how is she keeping her finger there... if its so hot...

[GrantFerSure]

@yvoe9 Yeah thats like boiling point. Hands of steel. Or should I say hands of aerogel.

[one694u]

feito pela nasa é?? já imagino de onde eles tiraram a tecnologia...

[Bukuzoid]

Technology process - Catch some ghosts and make em shit bricks.

[ZakeirSnake]

Is this guy the Macintosh voice? That's what I thought at the beginning of the video. Sounded computer like.

[MOGHULMAN]

doesnt the speaker sound like the dude from forensic files

[dawusupman]

its soooooooooo expensive though.. :(

[howitgoingeh]

did BP think about using this, or did they thing it was to expensive?

[Zodiac4H]

Wait. Having this in clothing, wouldn't your own body heat be conserved so efficiently that you could end up dieing from heat exhaustion in -30 degree weather...

[cowmaster5000]

But will it blend?

[001assassins]

This makes me think of Aperture Science

[TheCruel]

Aerogel thermos for my hot chocolate = Still warm a week later. :D

Science ftw.

[RobertBrtka]

crazy stuff !!

[knottytrevor]

Yeah, so why the fuck aren't we making coats and shit out of this yet?

Fucking capitalism.

[neocon70]

This technology was taken from UFO crash sites in Roswell, New Mexico.

[Rai2788]

except that aerogels have been around since 1931. Herp.

[TheLightningStalker]

Haha, that's a bunsen burner, not an oxyacetylene torch!

[silverpizza100]

AWESOME> ILL TAKE 100 LBS

[Archimedes555453525]

I want shoes with that material in it

[ihikearoundcom]

@Archimedes555453525  There called toasty feet and you can order them online (foot insole)

[kgunby]

@mattslagle44 And it only took nearly a year...

[kgunby]

@mattslagle44 Someone finally got it!

[lasercow1]

what i would give to get a sleeping bag or blanket of that stuff

[spacecowboy98]

weave this into a fabric and make me a pair of gloves that will keep my hands warm when I take my huskies running in freezing weather!

[5ergey]

@spacecowboy98 Using it against the cold might be harder as you would have to prevent it from absorbing moisture.. :/ but I could use some in my motorbike gloves..

[meatisdeliciouse]

Why the hell, no matter what scientific video you go to are there always some people who don't like it. Some people just don't like ANYTHING AT ALL. These videos are AWESOME.

[armadillosnacks]

I wanna buy this, but I know I'd just do something stupid like putting it in a oven.

[vaidotas86]

Where can I bui one?

[koreanbeater]

i want to see a completely sealed suit air and all for firemen

id think itd be lighter and less bulky then what they use now

[JustinOkay]

@koreanbeater yeah i had the same thought but i think its not breathable enough for that perpose

[gdykes]

This sort of technology could change the world it is wrong to keep a patent for technology like this.

[jeffreyyyy]

how can a person touch that 100 santigrad degree stuff like this?

[napalm940]

@jeffreyyyy It was farenheit

[jonharson]

Indeed amazing how people have mandatory physic courses those day and still manage to come up will all those retarded comments, "OMG HAX she should be burning huuurrr durrr durr", but considering how many believe in creationist i should not be surprised at all...

[TheKrazySystem]

so amazing.

[jesperlett]

I'm amazed by how many commenting this video who thinks it's dangerous to touch a 100°C (212°F) hot insulating material. Yes, water boils at 100°C. But water has one of the highest specific heat capacities of all matters plus it conducts heat very well. It delivers vast amounts of energy, where as an insulator delivers an insignificant amount. That's the difference. Watch UC Berkeley's 'Physics for future presidents' lecture here on youtube to get a bit informed about physics.

[SystemaNZ]

I agree it's all about conduction.

[Fieryone233]

What I want to see Aerogel against is a Hammer strike or a Bullet, both AP and none AP.

[NinjaChampionKO]

It is the best insulator out there but it's a horrible conductor so that's why you can touch it when it's 100 degrees Celsius over a 1000 degree flame and have it not burn your finger until your finger has been touching it for a long time..

[kgunby]

Being a terrible conductor kinda goes hand-in-hand with being an amazing insulator...soooo.... it's really not necessary to say both. That's redundant.

[NinjaChampionKO]

@kgunby

I concur

[Quisling1989]

Pretty sure oxy-acetylene torches typically burn at around 3500 celsius, at least mine does. Maybe they are just lying and it's just a bunsen burner.

But it's kind of werid because they get the right temperature in degrees celsius for dry ice.

[iamevildoing]

er...i think that its not celcius...or else like 100 degrees would be way to freakin hot to touch...unless you had like aerogel on your fingers...in which would just mean nothing if this is saying what it is...

[jesperlett]

Think again! A sauna is about 100 °C The air and the wooden bench where you place your naked butt. Boiling water is *also* 100 °C. Dipping your finger for a few seconds would cause severe harm. So what's the difference? Water has much higher heat capacity and heat conductivity. Placing your naked butt on the bench causes the surface to rapidly cool to the skin temperature and only slowly is is further heat transmitted. Water contains and transmits huge amounts of heat energy.

[jesperlett]

This is also the reason why cold metal feels much colder than insulating materials at the same temperature e.g. wood or fabric.

[Leopoldo888]

@jesperlett: Saunas are NOT at 100 Cº. At 100 Cº people die.

[Zereniti77]

@Leopoldo888 The point is that there is a difference in being in a room that is +100c hot, and being in water that is in +100c hot. That's why it gets so hot in a sauna when you throw water on the rocks. Temperature stays the same, but the moisture in the sauna goes way up, that's why it feels so hot.

Same thing other way around. I have been in a room that was -110c, and I had nothing but my swimsuit on. Being in water that is -4c feels colder.

[kockanock]

that's the purpose dumbass :P its isolating

[melandor0]

You can touch it because it's insulating.

If a 1000 degree torch only makes it 100 degrees, with really simple thinking it'll feel like 10 degrees to you.

The insulation works both ways; Heating it, and it heating other stuff like your finger.

[rr92890]

a scam? are you retarded? NASA uses this stuff for insulation, look it up.

[unseenbeach]

they're retarded if they think t=you can touch anything that is 100 degrees C

[raunchbear]

It is a scam. Just a fancy presentation. People have died

[johnnydark]

wait...wait...100 C????

That doesnt make sense =.=

You shouldnt be able to put your finger where it was ==.

Or am i just dumb and not getting that?

[starly396]

LOL! You have a point! XD

[StormRisingOriginal]

A flame match flame burns at 220 , so no 100 is not too hot to touch. In face here in TX it's 100 degree daily.

[thanatos01]

water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Celsius. 100 celsius is way to hot to touch but 100 fahrenheit is ok to touch

[Leopoldo888]

100 Cº it's the temperature of boiling water!!!

[Westonci]

they were using fahrenheit not celcius

[TheFirearmEnthusiast]

I think it'll take a while to warm up to 100C.

[EGarrett01]

So, could you make an arctic snowsuit out of aerogel and have people be perfectly comfortable in what looks like a wetsuit?

[bnlfan518]

It's the narrator the same guy that does Forensic Files? Creepy!

[socratic1968]

The new generation of engineers actually recognizes the possibility that some technologies may have been reverse engineered from recovered alien artifacts.

When the old folks die, we will have a more valid view of the history of human technology.

[boothesquirrel]

HAHAHA

[DigiTan000]

I want what you're smoking.

[SonAvitch]

So many uses.

[alienmoonbase]

reverse engineered from ufos

[dzaph84]

Can you please stop adding pointless comments

[aaronz101]

Stop adding useless comments, then.

[alienmoonbase]

So, how is life as a stuffed shirt moron. I have an engineering degree but at least I can make a fucking joke.

You, obviously are a mindless tool who can't think for himself.

Tell me one original thought that you have had? I will apologize if you can.

[aaronz101]

Way to base a personal attack on a single youtube comment. I'm clearly a moron.

An original thought? Well, how many people think you *appear* to be an irritating arrogant prick?

Oh, it appears I'm a mindless conformist after all, as that does indeed appear to be the general consensus, asshat.

[sternkern]

More likely 100ºF.

[nhatkiem]

100 degrees C boils water.. have fun putting your hand in it LOL

[keys72]

its a terrible conductor... ud have to stick your hand on it for a long time, just to even feel how hot it actually is

[jesperlett]

..and you'll never feel it, cause your fingertip keeps cooling the area you touch.

[cleverman319]

I can't believe you can still touch it for a second when the temperature is 100 c

[jesperlett]

But you can. It's all about what kind of 100 °C hot material you touch because the harm is caused by the ability to transfer a lot of heat energy fast. Insulators are by definition bad conductors of heat. That's why hot or cold water or metal hurts but fabric or wood at the same temperature doesn't. Technically what happens is that when you put your finger on the hot insulator it rapidly cools off at the area where you touch it. The heat energy that your finger absorbs is insignificant.

[dannyday58218195]

amazing how they created this - does anyone know what else nano technology has created?

[verified2]

not nano technology just dried cilica developed in 1930's how they made it flexible though i have no idea.

[pilotlicense]

The narrator is the guy who narrates Forensic Files

[alekasandarr]

wouldn't someone's finger hurt at 100 'C ? amazing material though

[lolpea]

mine would:D

two discoveries @ one vid.aerogel and superman:D

[TheNilvarg]

It sure would. Skin burns at 54ºC, or 130ºF. 100ºC is 212ºF, so that person should be reeling in pain.

He held his finger off to the side of the visibly heated area, though, so he was just cheating.

[walrusLt]

it can be bigger, or double, or triple :P

[TheNilvarg]

Huh?

[andypmz07]

... do you think they could put it into like scuba suits or somthing ? or do they already do that and im just abit slow /?/ lol

[jbrown0874]

First, Aspen is not owned by NASA, they are privately financed and this is their 8th year in business. You can already buy consumer products with the Aspen Aerogel technology; Timberland Pro workboots, Salomon winter boots, Red Wing Shoes, their Vasque and Irish Setter brand footwear and many more to launch including apparel in 2010.

[keyrubell]

The government should fund research on how to mass produce this material. Too busy fighting wars and shit.

[dirkhooley]

Aspen Aerogels is owned and operated by NASA. Happy now?

[ganymedeIV4]

jesus christ. it can take a oxy torch!!!

Lol that torch will cut through 6" steel like its butter if you get it hot enough

[Elvarks]

Woah, that would make über warm, light clothes. Imagine walking to the south pole without any concern

[HenryNogard]

i want them to make gloves out of this so i can cook without being burned!

[LookMaNoBrains]

Hokay, where can i buy one?

[summer4rain]

i agree! way too hot to touch, surely?

still the thermal conductivity properties are incredible!

[satanicwafflez]

how the hell is the person touching it if it's 100C? that's 212F, the boiling point of water.

[TehKensu]

lol. Maybe the narrator had a little hiccup and meant Fahrenheit. That or that woman has like prosthetic fingers. But it would be something to insulate a house.

[skyscraper3000]

It's funny I was just about to ask that

[5ergey]

@satanicwafflez There is a big difference between touching a 100C piece of metal, and say wood or better yet say cotton at 100C. the surface of the cotton cools to hand temperature almost instantly and there is no heat flow to allow it to warm back up. Thus almost no heat went into your skin. Thus you don’t get burnt and it does not feel that hot!

How hot something is and how hot it ‘feels’ to the touch are two very different things. The letter depends a lot on heat conductance and capacitance.

[trombone7]

@5ergey Well said. Its tough to describe. But I'd rather tap my finger on the boiling pot than into the boiling water. And I'd rather tap my finger on the 300F cardboard pizza crust than the molten cheese. Its called a substances 'specific heat'. But I like your description better.

[upbeatanime]

@5ergey kinda like the old finger threw fire for a split second trick, 100C still seems high; especially for the "BEST".

[5ergey]

@upbeatanime I would also say like measuring the temperature of a grain of sand using a great big glass thermometer...the grain cools before the thermometer registers, so you need many grains... if the lady moved her finger over the surface she may feel more heat then keeping it one place..

91.8% temperature drop in 6mm (assuming 20C ambient, if they did not cheat)... I think it’s not bad! Thickness needed to half the temperature difference is only 1.66mm.

[nicemutant]

@5ergey no no that's all bollocks. If you have cotton that is at a maintained 100 deg C and you touch it, it will hurt just the same as anything else at the same temp. The reason it seems like it is not as hot...is probably because it is not just cotton. Cotton cools very quickly and does not conduct heat that well more due to it's structure. (Lots of air molecules inside). What has capacitance to do with how hot an object can feel? It is merely a potential amount of stored electrical charge.

[Cheespuffs45]

@5ergey I am sure you have had this explained hundreds of times, but: in space, the very very small amount of atoms are incredibly hot, yet if you were exposed to space, it would be very cold. It is not just temperature that is important, but temperature and amount of atoms. Aerogel has an incredibly low density, so yes in the video it is 100C but there are so few hot atoms that it doesn't hurt to touch,

[Falafelstefan]

@5ergey is this true?

[noreason2701]

@5ergey You do realize you're a dipshit and have that completely wrong right? Cotton has horrible thermal conductivity. It doesn't cool to hand temperature "almost instantly". Take a 120F cotton sheet out of your drier and it feels hot for a few minutes. Dipfuck. Get it right.

[nicemutant]

@satanicwafflez buddha finger

[gerson27]

Fahrenheit not Celsius

[vitto]

i was thinking the same..it must be an error or she's super woman..lol

[danielodors]

@satanicwafflez - The lady is able to touch 100C aerogel the same reason cold metal feels colder than a cold blanket at the same temperature. I'm pretty sure that "100C" was not a typo. Hope that made any sense.

[manoman0]

wooo...this vid made me fond of ASPEN AEROGEL...such a bloody cool material...can't wait 'til it gets to the masses...yoooohooooooooo....!!­!

[IsItQik]

It'll be fantastic when this becomes mass produced and much cheaper.

Nice.

[spiritwolf123456789]

cool