How does this happen? Well, the trick is that the spoon is made from gallium, a substance that melts at only 86 degrees Fahrenheit [about 30 degrees in our money -ed.AU] . So when you put the gallium spoon in hot water it turns into T-1000 style liquid metal ooze. So awesome. [Reddit via The Daily What]
Dean Tate
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 8:53 AMVery cool. However, I would hardly classify 86 degrees Fahrenheit as hot water. It’s also interesting that this appears on the Australian site without converting to metric (even if you just add an editors note).
For those playing at home, it’s 30 degrees Celsius.
C = (5/9)*(F-32)
Seamus Byrne
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 8:56 AMAgreed. And added.
Weird little bald kid
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 9:05 AMThere is no spoon
The Flash
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 9:37 AMWell, at least we know how that guy used to bend spoons with his mind… obviously rubbing the metal would have got it to 30 degrees C and it would then bend… Go Uri Geller…
Simon Reidy
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 10:41 AMThat may be the case, however James Randi showed how easy it is to pre-bend spoons and use optical illusions to make them look like they are being bent from scratch. Check out him demonstrate this technique and expose Uri Geller’s fraud in this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo