As you dip the Square Bubble Maker into the solution, the solution is stretched between the struts and the soap film clings to the sides of the structure, causing the bubbles to appear square or cubic. The soap film uses the shortest distance possible while still connecting all sides. We also trained a lot to get a tornado inside a soap bubble. Check how we did...
Thanks to the Leidenfrost Effect water dropped on an extremely hot surface is capable of floating instead of immediately evaporating. While studying the effect, physicists at the University of Bath realized that not only does the water float, but under the right conditions and temperatures it can actually climb upward. The playful experiments lead to the creation of an incredible superheated maze. Thanks to Alessandro Narduzzo we could perform this amazing demonstration on the show....
We combined plants and circuits to get musical plants. Drawdio is an electronic sound synthesizer. Ehe Drawdio circuit plays a musical tone with a frequency that varies based on the resistance between two points. When you hold Drawdio in your hand, your body becomes part of the resistive loop, and you can do all kinds of fun tricks, like play a little tune with a plant! Makey-makey is a circuit that turns everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. When you touch the plant, you make a connection, and MaKey MaKey sends the computer a keyboard message. The computer just thinks MaKey MaKey is a regular keyboard (or mouse). Therefore it works with all programs and webpages, because all programs and webpages take keyboard and mouse input....
Tom Hanks was in Paris promoting his film Captain Philips. During his tour he wouldn’t stop in Spain so we decided to take a plane and set up our show in Paris for the occasion. We packed everything in a big truck and a 40 people team took the plain. In 24 hours the whole set was ready. I was in charge of the domino effect. We had to use different Sony devices and explain the plot of the movie. The whole system was assembled in Madrid and we had to make some minor adjustments once in Paris....
