Is This a World Record for Balloons Popped in Succession With a Laser?
- Posted on May 14, 2012 at 1:20am by
Liz Klimas
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This isn‘t the first time we’ve brought you the amazing balloon-laser tricks of “WorldScott,” but it is the first time we’ve seen him attempt a world record.
(Related: Can a laser ignite a firecracker inside a balloon without popping it? See for yourself…)
Here he sets up 100 balloons to pop with a 750mW – 1000mW (1W) Spyder III Krypton Laser in a domino-like fashion. If successful, it could be the world record for number of balloons popped in a single line.
Check it out:
WorldScott explains on his YouTube channel, the balloons are held in place “with specially modified cups filled with water” to prevent them from “jostling other balloons out of position.”
WorldScott says he has submitted this to the Guinness Book of World Records. See more of WorldScott’s laser-balloon antics here.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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RugDog
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:39pmTheoretically, couldn’t it pop a million balloons in a row? How much does the laser dissipate?
Report Post »urik84
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:55pmdiverge; the laser diverges. there is also some scatering thats why you can see the beam. the laser will continue to pop balloons untill the irradence drops below the damage threshold of the balloon.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:21pmOh hey! I want to play with a laser. Sometimes you just have to have fun. :)
Report Post »countrysideflair
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:43pmNothing mind blowing here. add mirrors at the end to make it 200 balloons. This is not deserving of a world record.
Report Post »TheSitRep
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:09pmUntil they strap these babies onto sharks, what good are they?
Report Post »Face...Palm
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:01pmthrow me a bone here!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:10pmThat’s the first thing I thought when I read the headline.
Report Post »n7plus1
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 11:37amhey, moron, i mean mojorun…does everything have to be political here? Can we just talk about lasers?
Report Post »Mojoron
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:40amThese pin heads have way too much time on their hands. I bet that this was paid for by a grant from the US Gov.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:47amOOOoooooH! Lookout…you 150,000terrorists running at us with ak-47′s and protable-nukes! WE shall break your red baloons…just stop….hold-still while I set this up….now hold up your baloons…I’m gonna fire-now….pop-po-pop-pop-pop-pop………. .Oh, wait-wait! I missed one. OK,now continue your charge….. .
Report Post »JamesHMiller
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:50amOK, Kudos to a neatly made setup and video, but is this record limited to small battery powered diode laser? If not, then this record will go down pretty handily with a 1000KW to 10,000 KW CO2 or Fiber laser that can be found in 1000′s of sheet metal shops across the country and around the world. I remember doing maintenance on a 2000KW machine, and part of the procedure is to shoot a piece of clean plywood from about 40ft away with a 0.1 sec beam on time. This 0.1 sec would leave a nice deep charred mark on the plywood. I‘m pretty sure it could handle 100’s if not 1000′s of balloons.
Report Post »wbaranowski
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:36amFinally, a justification for lasers.
Report Post »burnbabylon
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:10amHow about filling one of those ballons with a mixture of oxygen and acetylene?
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:12pmYes!
Report Post »urik84
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:58pmanti climatic. energy is way to low to light the mix now a nice one watt wicked laser that will do the job.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:31am“with specially modified cups filled with water” to prevent them from “jostling other balloons out of position.”
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One word comes to mind………“ Bathtubs ”..
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:32amThis guy does a lot of laser videos. Anyone asking why lasers are important and why they are practical needs to disconnect from the news loop every once in a while and learn the technology that powers the world.
Report Post »208hendrix2020
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 7:41amgood use for lasers, other than popping balloons of course, SHOOTING DOWN ROCKETS that the US military is currently testing and expects to roll off the line for NAVY ship defenses sometime around 2015… and sometime around 2018 these are supposed to power the weapons that will be accompanying the F-41 stealth plane with a range of about 160miles. of course, none of these are small powered lasers anymore
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:15amSheldon Cooper lives!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:24amBazinga
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:48amAnd this is important to the world for what reason?
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:22amBecause a constant barrage of depressing storys can and will make you go loopy. Perhaps even go on a rampage of rage.
Report Post »meeester
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:24amHa! You say that now but wait until someone does 200! We’ll see you change you tune then!
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:35amWell…that will certainly come in handy if Batman is ever up against the notorius Balloon Monster of Gotham City…or BoobWoman who smites innocent bystanders with her giant implants…or maybe just pranking some clown making balloon animals at a 5 year olds birthday party.
I can totally see the practical applications of this in everyday life.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go unravel all the tissue off my toilet paper rolls, glue the tubes to gether into one long tube…and see how many I can wiz through in a horizontal line without any touching the sides. Someone get Guiness on the phone cause I’m gonna set a record!
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