This video shows a powerful green 750mW+ Spyder III Krypton laser popping (from end on) a line of 100 red balloons. If confirmed as a world record this will have been the longest line of balloons popped in this manner ever.
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100 Laser Balloon Popping Dominoes – World Record submission
WorldScott
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Laser ignites firecracker inside a balloon. Does the balloon pop?
WorldScott
In this colorful video an idea originally considered as a child is tested out to see what would happen if an ordinary sized firecracker suspended in the center of a balloon when exploded would pop the balloon or not. A 1000mW (1W) blue laser is used to ignite the laser.
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Video: Amazing Optical Illusion at Paris’ City Hall
WorldScott
French artist François Abélanet created an ‘Ephemeral garden’ in the form of an anamorphic illusion of an Earth globe made with soil, sod, paint and trees. The garden when seen from the right angle looks a bit like a green Death Star.
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How Big are Solar Flares? Their Enormity May Surprise You!
WorldScott
From time to time NASA releases either images or video of solar flares. Most recently they released video from a solar flare that occurred on February 24, 2011. This video gives an eye opening perspective on just how large that flare (and flares in general) was.
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Four Eyed Cat – A Brain-Face Conundrum
WorldScott
Watching this video does something strange in the mind. It appears to be a psychological tick in the brain relative to how faces “should” be configured and how when a face falls outside of that configuration and yet somehow doesn’t look deformed it has trouble analyzing it. The only site where it has thus far been seen apart from YouTube is Ebaum’s World where it copied and subsequently featured with 35,000 views.
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Video: With Two Pennies and a Multitool Make “The Penny Roller” a Surprising and Entertaining Party Trick Toy Perfect for the Holidays
WorldScott
So it is after dinner and you’re all sitting around talking and enjoying each others company when you whip out two pennies and a tool to cut soft metal and make the Penny Roller. Everyone and especially the children’s eyes light up as you blow on the flat looking contraption and it magically rolls. Reddit appears to like it very much.
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WorldScott
Antinous, do you perform party tricks when you get together with friends and family?
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WorldScott
Here’s the link to Reddit’s “How to” sub-reddit where this video has been rather well received: The Penny Roller.
Thanks!
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Prairie vole study finds new drug that boosts oxytocin
WorldScott
Oxytocin has been credited with numerous roles in social behavior. Some of these are credible, such as studies that show that people trust others more after they sniff the hormone.
Larry Young, a pioneer in the field, may have solved this problem. His team has identified one compound — called melanotan II — that can travel into the brain from the bloodstream and activate receptors that produce oxytocin.View Link [sfari.org]
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What happens when use a burning laser to ignite flash paper inside a clear balloon? 42 second long video
WorldScott
Take one transparent balloon and using thread suspend a bit of flash paper in the middle of it. Then take a burning Blu-Ray laser and ignite the flash paper. Result? Mini-explosion inside a balloon! Based upon an established physics demonstration of using a laser to pop a dark balloon inside of a transparent balloon.
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WorldScott
Well your sense of humor is certainly coming through unimpeded!
Have you watched the video this submission links to? If so any critiques and/or suggestions for improvement?
Thanks again.
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WorldScott
hello there to the folk(s) reviewing submitted information. I notice that on the “popular” link, this suggestion does not appear despite having 8 + votes. Is there also a time delay?
Thanks,
-Scott
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WorldScott
Also, is there any advantage to submitting information via the private form in terms of a given submission being examined?
Thanks,
-Scott
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Antinous / Moderator
Beats me on why it isn’t on the popular page. Probably a glitch. I don’t know how often they check the private form, but I assume that they’re viewing the public items chronologically. The private form is really there for whistleblowers or people who want to remain anonymous.
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WorldScott
Antinous, thank you for your prompt response. Just trying to understand how Boing Boing works. Cheers,
-Scott
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Antinous / Moderator
We don’t always understand how it works, either. Movable Type has a mind of its own.
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WorldScott
Antinous, just caught that this was published to the front page. I wanted to get back to you and thank you sincerely for addressing me.
Thanks a lot!
-Scott
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Laser Popcorn! “Real Genius” Film Scene Recreated by Amateur Laserist!
WorldScott
Using nothing more than two pocket 1 Watt Blue Lasers and a small DC motor, laser enthusiast manages to pop popcorn.
Partially recreated a famous scene from the 1985 Val Kilmer film “Real Genius”.
Only 1 year ago Mythbusters performed the same experiment ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMB6UrYGYw#t=2m12 ). Accessibility to high powered lasers has come a long way since the 80s!View Link [d.ro]
sciwalk, and 
WorldScott are discussing. 
Antinous / Moderator, and 
sciwalk 11:00 am on 03/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
That is awsome.
WorldScott 11:26 am on 03/19/2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Yes, I gained a new appreciation for just how big solar flares are and I suspect you did as well!