Alien Rice Krispies
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Alien Rice Krispies
The Krispies
Download film (right-click)Demonstration , Physics , Primary
Breakfast cereal is made to fly, with the aid of a Van de Graaf generator.
Director's Notes:
Team The Krispies write:
The experiment is from a horrible science book which used a plastic spoon to make rice krispies fly because of the static. We found it didn’t work very well so used a Van de Graaff and a metal spoon to make the rice krispies fly some more. The film is like a news report on strange scientific developments.
The music is from Jamendo.
SciCast Notes:
OK, so the camerawork is very shaky, and the big lump of explanation text is both hard to read and obscures the experiment. However, it’s still a very cool experiment. If I had a Van de Graaff around my house, I’d be trying it myself right now.
And don’t you just wish all news reports had middle Eastern/Russian crossover thrash rock soundtracks? Brilliant.
— Jonathan.