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Offline Beη

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Turn Water Into Marbles Video
« on: Jul 15, 2012, 02:04:24 PM »
Just saw this on facebook:

How to turn "water" into marbles


Yeah, some alarm bells definitely going off - mainly due to the fact that he clearly isn't actually using water even though he repeatedly refers to his solutions as such, and this jargony sounding explanation:

"This video shows you how to make a substance that,in contact with the air, looses its polar ability and sticks to itself, transforming into solid water spheres."

Oh, and the horrible, horrible editing/music/font.  :D

My bet is that he just has a bunch of marbles in the solution that have the same index of refraction as the solution, and so can't be seen until he takes them out.

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Re: Turn Water Into Marbles Video
« Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2012, 03:03:16 PM »
Saw these on QI.... hydrogel beads. Didn't know they could be made in the home!  :o

How Many Balls Can You See? - QI - Series 9 Episode 12 - BBC Two

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