An amazing Glass Trick

[-Cp]

http://gprime.net/video.php/theglasstrick

 

[007]

http://gprime.net/video.php/theglasstrick

Un... freaking... believable....

 

[dmp]

the first 2 minutes are a waste of time.


But where he's walking, downtown...I've been there

 

[GotZoom]

It's David Blaine's long, lost oriental brother!

 

[sitarro]

It's David Blaine's long, lost oriental brother!

Asian brother.... :teeth:

 

[GotZoom]

Asian brother.... :teeth:

Yes..you are right.

How...un-politically correct and thoughless of me.

 

[sitarro]

Yes..you are right.

How...un-politically correct and thoughless of me.

do you mean politically incorrect and thoughtless?

 

[GotZoom]

do you mean politically incorrect and thoughtless?

Look..I'm doing the best Barbara Streisand impersonation I can do!!!!

 

[sitarro]

Look..I'm doing the best Barbara Streisand impersonation I can do!!!!

Barbra Streisand has launched a new spelling error-ridden dispatch on the Internet -- a dispatch that mocks President Bush for being a "C student!"

In her February 28th, 2006 essay, Streisand flubs 11 words, a personal record.

• Irag
• curruption
• dictatoriship
• crediblity
• Adminstration
• warrented
• desperatly
• preceedings
• ouside
• subpoening
• responsibilty

And this time around, Streisand makes four spelling errors -- in one sentence!

["In the 1970’s, during the Nixon Adminstration, serious political curruption arose and the Republican leadership stepped up and took responsibilty by holding hearings and subpoening administration officials."]

Streisand has not seen fit to run a spellcheck on the rant as of Noon, March 06.

"The arrogance of this C student," Streisand says of Bush. :

Oh and very amazing tricks in that video Zoom.

 

[fuzzykitten99]

dammit...i want to know how he is doing that. the whole time i was thinking "what...the....f***....?"

 

[waltky]

Japanese academic cracks code to self-repairing glass...

Japanese academic cracks code to self-healing glass
Fri, Dec 29, 2017 - WHAT IS BROKEN: While repairing a cracked beer glass is not on the cards in the near future, the discovery could be used to triple the lifespan of car windows

A Japanese researcher has developed — by accident — a new type of glass that can be repaired simply by pressing it back together after it cracks. The discovery opens the way for super-durable glass that could triple the lifespan of everyday products like car windows, construction materials, fish tanks and even toilet seats. University of Tokyo chemistry researcher Yu Yanagisawa made the breakthrough by chance while investigating adhesives that can be used on wet surfaces. Does this mean you will soon be able to repair those cracks in your smartphone with a quick press of the fingers? Or surreptitiously piece together a shattered beer glass dropped after one pint too many? Well, not quite. Not now and not in the near future.

However, it does open a window of opportunity for researchers to explore ways to make more durable, lightweight, glass-like items, like car windows. In a demonstration, Yanagisawa broke a glass sample into two pieces. He then held the cross sections of the two pieces together for about 30 seconds until the glass repaired itself, almost resembling its original form. To demonstrate its strength, he then hung a nearly full bottle of water from the piece of glass — and it stayed intact.

University of Tokyo chemistry researcher Yu Yanagisawa on Monday demonstrates how broken resin glass is repaired in this combination photograph taken at the university’s laboratory in Tokyo.​

The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass, which is used for tableware and smartphone screens. Other scientists have demonstrated similar properties by using rubber or gel materials, but Yanagisawa was the first to demonstrate the self-healing concept with glass. The secret lies in the thiourea, which uses hydrogen bonding to make the edges of the shattered glass self-adhesive, according to Yanagisawa’s study.

However, what use is all this if it cannot produce a self-healing smartphone screen? “It is not realistically about fixing what is broken, more about making longer-lasting resin glass,” Yanagisawa said. Glass products can fracture after years of use due to physical stress and fatigue. “When a material breaks, it has already had many tiny scars that have accumulated to result in major destruction,” Yanagisawa said. “What this study showed was a path toward making a safe and long-lasting resin glass,” which is used in a wide range of everyday items. “We may be able to double or triple the lifespan of something that currently lasts for 10 or 20 years,” he added.

Japanese academic cracks code to self-healing glass - Taipei Times