Can’t get enough of BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory series. This time host Jem Stansfield travels to the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France to witness the incredible power generated by highly concentrated sunlight. At the core of the “sunshine” temperature can rise to 6,300 degrees Fahrenheit and is powerful enough to almost instantly burn through wood and even melt a rock! Watch a dangerously cool demonstration above.
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Watch the guys from BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory go against one of the military’s most powerful “sound blaster” devices, the Long Range Acoustic Device.
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Check out this clip from BBC’s “Bang Goes the Theory.” Host Jem Stansfield plays with a vortex cannon, and extremely powerful canon that is loaded with “one of the most dangerous gas mixes in the world.” In the video he aims to knock down three types of huts made of straw, sticks, and eventually bricks. Catch the ‘Three Little Pigs’ reference here anyone? The action is filmed at 1300 frames per second; that is VERY slow. You can actually see the ring of energy the vortex cannon emits when activated. Stansfield’s infectious British accent and over-the-top reactions make it all the more enjoyable to watch.
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