Liquidmetal - Technology demo

[haWfai]

the end sound like one part of fat boy slim's song

[nickstonecarver1]

brand new japanese woodblocks with mega decrease like no other

[GTMoraes]

Wonders if bullets were made of this...

[ColdSHeep]

I wonder what would happen if two cars made of LiquidMetal collided into one another

[KPH101]

And for Newton's Cradle?

[KPH101]

Would Liquidmetal be good for a car? Along with Dragontrail glass?

[diegonikki]

OMG REAL LIFE REPULSION GEL

[iluvwade00]

drop your phone and it shoots to the moon lmao.

[sasa2340]

Hey, bouncy balls.

[bytesahoy]

@top rated - Because the whole technological world revolves around iPhones nowadays.

[ejicon]

where can I buy one of these liquid metal balls from... they look cool :)

[DUY1337GUITAR]

Because we naturally assume that metal balls would stop bouncing pretty quickly on hard surfaces, it's pretty mindblowing to see this.

[jerad0683]

bs

[FairplaySid]

cool the new Jump-Phone!^^

[alex801848]

FINE, IT'S BOUNCY, I GET IT!

[paddyt007]

Forget a MBP made out of liquidsteel I wanna liquidsteel ball!

[FiskieXS]

balls of steel joke

[a19grey]

Dude, the guy who starts talking at 0:14 is my prof Bill Johnson at CalTech. Very awesome!

[judck]

Karaoke ball?

[aerand]

so, if you dropped your iPhone, it'll take 1min 21 secs to finally stop bouncing... until the phone become mushy.. aaeeiii.....

[mahchymk93]

I can't help but burst out laughing every time I get near the very end of this video.

[evowriter]

@mahchymk93 same :D

[needaruti]

¿ Terminator anyone ?

[inkyvid]

The thought of my liquid metal iPhone lying on a hard-surfaced table in vibrate mode scares me after watching that video. ;)

[EmperorAst]

It's sprayed with Flubber! LOL

[XeRrAyDuDe357]

0:40 - 1:10 sounds like whats happens in the high school boys bathroom haha only exchange the sound of metal with flapping lol!!!

[ramv36]

@XeRrAyDuDe357 Catholic school victim?

[XeRrAyDuDe357]

@ramv36 haha exactly!

[petersaints]

What if they used a ball made of that material. It would have lasted even longer I suppose

[ricardofernandez21]

Let's call it Flubber

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

Transparent ALUMINIUM!?

[tnoyy34rt]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 - apple already does that with their macbook pros, look at the power indicator when it sleeps. the light comes through when it pulses, but there is no sign of a hole when it doesn't. sweet!

[ramondp]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 we wouldn't have known about it if he didn't invent it.

[spyboy70]

@DarkKnightBob1o1 That exists now dornob.com/transparent-aluminu­m-glass-like-see-through-metal­/

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

lol it was just a star trek reference

[AndrewNoNumbers]

Hm.. the back of my 4-year-old Sansa's made of this and I never knew these wicked properties.

[atm4610]

So, instead of people dropping their phone once, it can be repeatedly slammed against the floor with no extra effort from the user. Yeah, that sounds better.

[utgfilms]

LOLWTF thats insane. did someone count the number of bounces?

[theSaminator1]

@utgfilms ITS OVER 9000!

[mellowcoolness]

in other words It's from the devil. 

[Dubaegee]

Apple just bought this company Monday. The sim ejector tool from the 3G and 3GS are made of it.

[graystig]

Very end sounds like opening a door

[JackDoitCrawford]

This video is three years old. What are they using the stuff for? Maybe FIFA will make the next World Cup soccer ball with it. :)

[JackDoitCrawford]

This video is three years old. What are they using the stuff for? Maybe FIFA will make the next World Cup soccer ball with it. :)

[tab1990]

So the next iPhone will be really bouncy then.

[StigmaNYC]

@tab1990

just like the girl who owns it !

[gwynbleidzik]

English:

It's so amazing, I can't find words to discribe it o_O

Polish:

O kurwa!

[vitto]

next Apple products..they should consider to fill the screen with metallic microfibers on a pattern inside some layer to avoid the iphone glass problem. 

[Xm3buX]

what happens if you drop a liquidmetal ball on it

[StigmaNYC]

An excuse for Apple's to become even more expensive. They already are too expensive for buyers on a budget, and they wonder why more people don't buy them.

All this technology and no solutions equals, to much technology.

[zachsilvey]

@StigmaNYC That is like saying that BMW and Mercedes are too expensive for a buyer on a budget. That is the point, it is a luxury product and the point you made about more people not buying them is purely wrong millions of iPhones, iPads and iPods are sold every month. Many more than any other device.

[StigmaNYC]

@zachsilvey

You're right, BMW and Mercedes are luxury products, not laptops and phones! If you think so, you might have Apple's "iToys", but thats all they are, very expensive toys. Keep it real :)

[utubern07]

@StigmaNYC I would venture to say that as much as BMW and Mercedes are luxury vehicles, Macbook Pros and iPhones are luxury laptops and phones, respectively. After all, the definition of luxury is "an inessential, desirable item that is expensive or difficult to obtain consistent with extravagant living." Very expensive is one of the main hallmarks of a luxury item. Much to your chagrin, "toys" can very much so be luxury items, and if one has the disposable income to purchase them, great!

[StigmaNYC]

@utubern07

" disposable income "

I don't know about such terms.

I've heard of "Disposable heroes"

Not the same, well.

[Dirtfire]

@StigmaNYC Apple will actually save money using this material for casings, because although it's more expensive, it's much stronger than what's currently used, so they'll be able to use less of it, plus the easy-moulding properties will save on machining-costs.

[StigmaNYC]

@Dirtfire

yeah yeah yeah,

How come Apple, or anyone for crying out loud, creates a new product they introduce a way to recycle or trade in the old ones, hmm. Over use is just abuse, there's to much technology to make a laptop areodynamic and thin !

I mean how many processors does it take to teleport money out your pocket !

[tnoyy34rt]

@StigmaNYC - apple has a program to recycle and has for years...

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apple. com /recycling/

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but most people recycle through ebay or craigslist since apple stuff lasts for about 10 years. (best in the industry by twice)

[StigmaNYC]

@tnoyy34rt

OK, I stand corrected, didn't look online. I got a loopy response from istore employees more interested in there itoys then looking up to get eye contact, but and I quote "If your computer doesn’t qualify for reuse, we’ll recycle it responsibly at no cost to you" this is after you ship out. This is not impressive to me. You know what impresses me? Engine swaps. A car from the 80's can be fitted with an engine from now, why not computers ? Am I judging a book by it's Liquidmetal?

[tnoyy34rt]

@YC - yeah, but you can bring any apple product into an apple store and they'll recycle it, you don't need to ship it.

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yes, but the auto industry is mature so an engine swap makes sense. the computer industry is always having to fight "moore's law" so there is no economic way to just swap "the engine" since most other components have to be swapped at the same time.

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yes, apple makes the most recyclable computers and devices in the world, most everything is glass and aluminum, so it's a start.

[StigmaNYC]

@tnoyy34rt

do you really think the computer industry is "fighting" Moores law, you know how they say there's more money is research then a cure.

[korn74]

So apparently Apple is interested in getting an exclusive agreement for this stuff, liquid metal iPhone 5 ?

[NSResponder]

That is extremely surprising, because even if the plate is perfectly elastic, the steel ball isn't. I would expect the energy to end up heating up the ball.

-jcr

[EdPolepsy]

Probably would be great in a golf club.

[EdPolepsy]

Probably would be great in a golf club.

[msndokaralho]

At the end, I thought it would explode or travel in time or some shit.

That's pretty neat.

[sonofhendrix]

WOW... i wonder what wonderful technology the scientists will come up with to use this amazing alloy...

Oh yes, silly me, ways kill people and destory things of course.

[dhastie3000]

GREAT SCOTT! 1.21 XD

[MoldytoasterMedia]

fake

[royboy136461]

@MoldytoasterMedia Its not fake. A bunch of companies use this. is stronger than Titanium

[chifinonbigblunts]

sounds like dry ice on a table top

[sokkerking12345]

the noise at 1:35 XD

[futrah]

if the new iphone uses this material, regardless for the antenna strip or the whole body itself.. perhaps if someone accidentally dropped it, in a certain angle, it will bounce back up for the person to grab it.. unless of course it bounces away, infinitely, knocking and bouncing everything in its path.. LOL :-P

[myfuckingcookies]

@futrah I doesn't work that way at all.

[chrislittle1986]

This is possibly the most annoying video ever created.

[SpamSpammity]

You'd think they could invest in a decent high speed camera...

[azurecreative]

Apple bought exclusive rights to Liquidmetal yesterday.  Why the little ball bounced in this short and drove me a little crazy, i wondered... why the hell Apple would want with this technology?

[Randki]

@azurecreative Maybe as a way to extend battery life by using body movement and this metal to create a small amount of electricity to charge the battery.

[TwinVulcan]

Trippy

[417musick7]

This is Pretty Cool! Does anyone know if it leaves a mark on the metal after dropped? Say you drop your Device, Will it leave a Nasty Mark Scratch or Dent in the metal? Will it bounce a hundred or so times and in return, have hundreds of little Nasty Scratches on it?

Maybe if it bounces it will bounce high enough you can catch it on the rebound within the first bounce… That is if your good. I'm sure if you drop it once you'll have many chances the very first time to play the bounce game! LOL

[n1njap1xel]

Ok, so it bounce more. But that sound is horrible. xD

[sonyvegasfxvideos]

.....and thats what happens when you let muggles into Hogwarts.

[ImUrNightTerror]

rofl so next iphone gonna be bouncing like a basketball?

[KIMBOSLICE66666]

hello new Iphone

[inthemerde]

that's sick!

[mlaheji]

This was maddening...

[The2010World]

Apple was licensed to use this!

[Wormtail81]

@The2010World One has to wonder: what for?

[braddudeguy]

@Wormtail81 So they can ditch Aluminum and make their computers from this.

[Wormtail81]

@braddudeguy If they were not expensive pieces of art before.....

[RidgeRacerLord]

@The2010World Apple was not "licensed" to use this, Apple bought the rights to all of their patents.

[Thessalier]

cool xD

[legice]

love the last 20 sec of the vid=)

[Kirov2you]

Terminators are not so far now

[nacoran]

Where can you buy one of those bearings? My old bouncy ball is worn out. Or how about a set of liquid metal clacker-balls?

[Phosphorus16]

Expect to use your next iPhone as a basketball.

[TechSmack]

DID SOMEONE SAY BOUNCY BULLETS?

[AppLeo1990]

Amazing!!

But more amazing more the fact that Apple.inc just bought this technology ;)

[wilsonink]

so if i accidenctally drop my iPhone, with this technology it'll be like fluber :O ?

[ejicon]

Awesome!

[fescolfaro]

lovely sound :)

[Uber31337]

wow for a company this cool the video sure does scream infomercial

[DangardAce1]

Apple bought the IP for this? What are they up to??

[sealobo]

Apple bought Liquidmetal.

[bosw119]

cool

[twizlrsizlr]

lol sweet

[TheMuscleShark1]

ever hear of liquid fire EVERY BODY NOW LIQUID FIRE

[hockeydude0589]

Like they said in the video, it's a metallic glass. It's made by cooling molten metal rapidly which prevents it from forming a crystalline structure. Depending on temperature and the material glass can be either brittle or elastic. This is very elastic, and only absorbs a small amount of energy on each hit.

Glass is also known as a supercooled liquid as it is cooled beyond the freezing point without characteristic freezing, so it is aptly named, though maybe not intuitive to the common person.

[thebsdguy]

@hockeydude0589 Glass is not a supercooled or highly viscous liquid. It's an amorphous solid.

[anthony1832]

Is this the stuff that was found at Roswell? The memory foil stuff?

[dowboy92]

this is what non as pop steel

because companys need a "new" gimmick to advertise, this is rigged

if "liquid metal" sweeps the country in a few years ill swallow my words

[peanut2425]

and what the hell is pop steel? This is metal that has been coll at something like 1000 degrees per second causing the micostructure to be amorphous, or in a glassy state which makes it very stiff, and the reason the ball bounces for so long is that energy is rebounded and not obsorbed into the metal

[crazy0000]

Should we actually listen to what you're saying? I mean come on, you can't even spell "known" right.

[Peopleunit]

Now that was cool. Was the ball bearing? Can you make a "liquid metal" bearing and do the same test?

[masterfrezr]

crazy stuff.

[Tristanvash38]

holy sh*t!