Comments on: X-Ray From Sticky Tape http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1101478 Neatoramawontsendmeapassword Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:37:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1101478 Weird. Weird.

]]> By: Izzy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1099053 Izzy Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:20:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1099053 I’ve noticed this effect since I was a little kid with Band-aid strips, when you pull the paper strips apart to take the sterile bandage out they make this bluish static, sometimes bright enough that it can be seen in daylight, right at the seams where the papers are separating from one another. I always thought it was awesome, but not that x-rays where being produced, WILD! I’ve noticed this effect since I was a little kid with Band-aid strips, when you pull the paper strips apart to take the sterile bandage out they make this bluish static, sometimes bright enough that it can be seen in daylight, right at the seams where the papers are separating from one another. I always thought it was awesome, but not that x-rays where being produced, WILD!

]]> By: CountryCritter http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1098031 CountryCritter Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:28:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1098031 Whooooa that's so cool! I agree with what they said about providing these machines to third world countries. Wouldn't that be awesome??! Whooooa that’s so cool! I agree with what they said about providing these machines to third world countries. Wouldn’t that be awesome??!

]]> By: TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1097831 TwoDragons Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:50:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1097831 It's not crazy, folks...it's the same property that causes wintergreen Lifesavers to spark in the dark. You can do the same thing by peeling duct tape. Buy yourself a big bag of wintergreen Lifesavers (NOT the sugar-free ones! They don't seem to work!), shut yourself into the darkest room in your house with a mirror, block out as much light as possible, take a few minutes to let your eyes adjust to the darkness, then bite down on that minty confection while holding up the mirror. Make sure you have the mirror facing the right way, of course... You should see a very noticeable greenish-blue spark. Something about the menthol in the wintergreen oil used as flavoring enhances the triboluminescent properties of the candy. http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question505.htm *runs off to buy more wintergreen Lifesavers...* --TwoDragons It’s not crazy, folks…it’s the same property that causes wintergreen Lifesavers to spark in the dark. You can do the same thing by peeling duct tape.

Buy yourself a big bag of wintergreen Lifesavers (NOT the sugar-free ones! They don’t seem to work!), shut yourself into the darkest room in your house with a mirror, block out as much light as possible, take a few minutes to let your eyes adjust to the darkness, then bite down on that minty confection while holding up the mirror.

Make sure you have the mirror facing the right way, of course…

You should see a very noticeable greenish-blue spark. Something about the menthol in the wintergreen oil used as flavoring enhances the triboluminescent properties of the candy.

http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question505.htm

*runs off to buy more wintergreen Lifesavers…*

–TwoDragons

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1097602 Lasse Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:26:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1097602 So all those schizophrenics were right after all? So all those schizophrenics were right after all?

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-1097074 Ali S. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:46:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/22/x-ray-from-sticky-tape/#comment-1097074 Now that is just crazy. I can't believe scotch tape does that! Now that is just crazy. I can’t believe scotch tape does that!

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