The SCAM of Wireless ESD Straps - Feat. ElectroBOOM

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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
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    1:58 ESD Strap Design
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM Год назад +34427

    Eh... maybe I revealed too much joy in shocking Linus on camera! No no, it was the joy for the scientific experiment I was feeling... is what I'm trying to tell myself!! Thanks for taking one... or many... for the team, Linus!

    • @robertbranscome3894
      @robertbranscome3894 Год назад +1

      Plz like my comment lol 😂

    • @evii00
      @evii00 Год назад +532

      Those were the best moments

    • @jamesroggy1546
      @jamesroggy1546 Год назад +606

      Yes I was laughing with the joy of SCIENCE not watching Linus scream like a girl.

    • @christenlanger
      @christenlanger Год назад +78

      IT WORKS

    • @Rumplitschka
      @Rumplitschka Год назад +98

      It's been a pleasure watching you two!

  • @Rxke
    @Rxke Год назад +2392

    Electroboom's "we learn by pain" delivery was gold

    • @mikemondano3624
      @mikemondano3624 Год назад +23

      _“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”_ - Aeschylus _(Agamemnon)_

    • @elusivelectron
      @elusivelectron Год назад +4

      And Linus thinking, "There's a chance," is from There's Something About Mary isn't golden.

    • @morganrussman
      @morganrussman Год назад +1

      Well, he's often not wrong.

    • @varunvermavvocean
      @varunvermavvocean 9 месяцев назад +4

      18:48

    • @SHQ09Xtreme
      @SHQ09Xtreme 9 месяцев назад

      his face when the clean segue TO OUR SPONSOR

  • @Kevin-jb2pv
    @Kevin-jb2pv Год назад +1909

    I love that electroboom COULD have let Linus start touching the Van De Graff generator THEN turn it on so that Linus wouldn't have to get shocked... But didn't.

    • @MathewCR
      @MathewCR Год назад +94

      ​@@Ty_Mayberryknowing this makes everything so much funnier 😂🤣

    • @astridlindholm1159
      @astridlindholm1159 10 месяцев назад +35

      then Linus wouldn't get shocked though
      Ruins the fun

    • @nip3004
      @nip3004 29 дней назад

      I love how Linus asked if he wanted to do that

  • @Mnisz3K1
    @Mnisz3K1 Год назад +331

    BOOM is the perfect educator - smart enough to present things in practice safely, but crazy enough to make it fun.

  • @aaronmcneal1698
    @aaronmcneal1698 Год назад +1643

    As a high voltage lineman for over 25 years, electroboom is one of my favorite RUclipsrs that have ever come about. Seeing him on your channel is so entertaining

    • @RYXPfan
      @RYXPfan Год назад +31

      I worked in a high end electronics assembly lab years ago and the lab manager was a big Electro Boom fan. No one does it like that guy ;)

    • @SamTheEnglishTeacher
      @SamTheEnglishTeacher Год назад +7

      The 'electro shock go oweeEEEee' gimmick wore off on me a long time ago.

    • @tiberiu_nicolae
      @tiberiu_nicolae Год назад +7

      Too bad photonicinduction dropped out of youtube

    • @hiddendrifts
      @hiddendrifts Год назад +22

      ​@@SamTheEnglishTeacher >gimmick
      are you calling a natural reaction to pain a gimmick

    • @SamTheEnglishTeacher
      @SamTheEnglishTeacher Год назад +1

      @@hiddendrifts doing it over and over again intentionally (for several years at this point) is the gimmick

  • @callmebam1521
    @callmebam1521 Год назад +2305

    You can never go wrong with an LTT and Electroboom collab

  • @topmark99
    @topmark99 Год назад +78

    Having gone through (UK) anti-static training for a military component supply company, I can confer that it is SO important for affective protection. Great video and very informative.

    • @NoName-zn1sb
      @NoName-zn1sb Год назад +7

      effective

    • @chrischaf
      @chrischaf 6 месяцев назад

      @@NoName-zn1sb Since Affect, and Effect, are both words... I was trying to get the gears in my brain to decide if the right one was used in this sentence lol

    • @vogelvogeltje
      @vogelvogeltje 3 месяца назад

      Affective lmao. Damn UK, y’all pulling a USA. I’m honored. 😂

    • @sharfalor4244
      @sharfalor4244 2 месяца назад

      ​@@vogelvogeltje*honoUred, you're welcome, UK! 😂

  • @dahyuniedubu6346
    @dahyuniedubu6346 6 месяцев назад +21

    1:02 I love how he is just standing there with his wand lmao
    Mehdi: Hurt Linus
    CC: Help Linus.

  • @seraphina985
    @seraphina985 Год назад +1668

    Word of warning that Japanese strap there appears to actually be a negative ion bracelet. The powder in these items is typically Thorium Oxide which is mildly radioactive. Most of the decay will be alpha and beta radiation so relatively harmless from outside the body. Continued wear is still not recommended however especially when the dust particles are visible like that, they will easily be dislodged through wear or any form of damage and then there is a risk of inhaling them. You do not want to ingest this stuff as if it gets stuck in your body somewhere, which is almost guaranteed if it enters the lungs, it will result in chronic radiation damage to the surrounding tissue.

    • @BDtetra
      @BDtetra Год назад +208

      yeah i was gonna say that, its suppose to be a "negative ion" bracelet thing, not for anti static. Don't get me wrong its bullshit either way.

    • @Lizlodude
      @Lizlodude Год назад +145

      @@BDtetra It's so BS, it isn't even the *right kind* of BS!

    • @zyeborm
      @zyeborm Год назад

      I mean if you emit enough ions you'll dissipate static charge, not sure if it'd be worth the super cancer you'd get though lol

    • @xXYannuschXx
      @xXYannuschXx Год назад +52

      This comment should be higher up. I BET this is one of those bracelets.

    • @Mandragara
      @Mandragara Год назад +9

      @@BDtetra I think a radioactive bracelet would be a bit of an antistatic though right? The radiation leaving is charged, so as long as you are charged the same way statically your total charge should decrease. Just I doubt measurably

  • @Lucifuh
    @Lucifuh Год назад +1193

    LTT and ElectroBoom the two channels my teachers would put on when they couldn't be bothered to teach... i had no problems with this, love them both

    • @kaidotate
      @kaidotate Год назад +2

      LOL SAME

    • @hamkaas
      @hamkaas Год назад +2

      they both carried my education fr

    • @adityaraghuvanshi3947
      @adityaraghuvanshi3947 Год назад +1

      what do you study?

    • @Lucifuh
      @Lucifuh Год назад +10

      @@adityaraghuvanshi3947 it was only for my highschool classes lmao so physics and comp sci is when i'd watch these guys

    • @adityaraghuvanshi3947
      @adityaraghuvanshi3947 Год назад +14

      @@Lucifuh ok. I was just wondering what academic value could videos like building a 69 dollar gaming pc, random tech unboxing, reviewing latest gpu or cpu could have😅

  • @rev3274
    @rev3274 10 месяцев назад +28

    The sound of childish joy he let out when Linus said "now I want to feel that". I'm dead. I've been watching both of these guys off and on for years and it's so great to see them together.

  • @creationsmaxo
    @creationsmaxo Год назад +99

    Gotta love when the person holding the camera took a few steps back from the set as Linus was about to turn on the "magic wand" stick and he got told to not point it toward electronics. We often forget the camera and person holding the camera while watching this kind of content... and their values.

    • @dmitrynasonov6862
      @dmitrynasonov6862 Год назад +4

      11:33 nice catch

    • @XillyWonka
      @XillyWonka 2 месяца назад

      Idk if you've seen ElectroBOOM's video on making the wand, but there's literally so much voltage coming off of the wand that it disrupts electronics it's pointed at

  • @FSAPOJake
    @FSAPOJake Год назад +1646

    This is such an obvious team-up that it should absolutely be happening more often.

    • @Kmodoe
      @Kmodoe Год назад +13

      They have one more past video together already

    • @swimseven77
      @swimseven77 Год назад +20

      And they're both Canadian too, so it can happen often if they want it to.

    • @yaroslavpanych2067
      @yaroslavpanych2067 Год назад +15

      ​@Joe Nicholls there is Wan show where Linus actually revealed that he was surprised that Mehdi is fellow Canadian and they immediately filmed 1st collab

    • @shubhamagarwal5145
      @shubhamagarwal5145 Год назад +8

      @@swimseven77 both of them are based of Vancouver, I believe.

  • @rash2281
    @rash2281 Год назад +4486

    As an electrician, Electroboom is one of my favorite channels!

    • @BassBoosterHD
      @BassBoosterHD Год назад +228

      As a random dude who watches too many videos on the internet, Electroboom is also one of my favorite channels!

    • @Nevir202
      @Nevir202 Год назад +28

      But are you a true Electrician of Culture? Do you watch Photonic Induction?

    • @TheFreeBro
      @TheFreeBro Год назад

      As a better electrician who has been working for the past 87 years, I agree. Stop including credentials. No one gives a fuck about your attempts to brag about your career and add Justification to your comment.

    • @breadman8728
      @breadman8728 Год назад

      @@TheFreeBro duck

    • @madrygabriel1568
      @madrygabriel1568 Год назад

      man I agree to this.

  • @BruceAWilliamson
    @BruceAWilliamson Год назад +16

    Years ago (2000 or so) the production manager at a company I worked at decided to purchase the wireless ESD straps. The straps were supposed to be used in conjunction with a sort of humidifier. I, being in engineering, researched the device and found several articles about how they were a scam. I became unpopular with production since they had to add grounding to all of the benches use in production.

  • @WittyDroog
    @WittyDroog Год назад +30

    It's really great to see Electroboom in this context. His videos are great but even in this more improvised format (which is saying something given his normal content) he's such a natural entertainer and quick wit.
    A mind that works like lightning, you may say

  • @roanoconnor98
    @roanoconnor98 Год назад +874

    As terrified as Linus gets, Mehdi brings out some chilled side to Linus, and it's really nice to see

    • @KevinRiggle
      @KevinRiggle Год назад +10

      That's the afterglow

    • @polerin
      @polerin Год назад +7

      That's because Mehdi is chaos incarnate and it is so good

  • @eddiekalista3222
    @eddiekalista3222 Год назад +597

    This is my favorite collab. It’s hilarious watching electro boom fight the urge to mess with Linus even more. Watch his face. He’s full of big brother bully energy

    • @imitt12
      @imitt12 Год назад +6

      He's not the one getting shocked for once, so he's all the happier to bust out the fun toys

    • @jonathanoxlade4252
      @jonathanoxlade4252 Год назад +1

      Both deserve that tho linus knows how to do a video but eletroboom brings the pain train choo choo

    • @hushpuppi3
      @hushpuppi3 Год назад +1

      @@imitt12 he also knows EXACTLY how to hurt somebody and how much it hurts lmao

    • @JragonSoul
      @JragonSoul Год назад +1

      I laughed out loud cause I would 1000000% do this to my brother, sister annnnnd kids. This was so fun to watch.

  • @radicalleftovers1016
    @radicalleftovers1016 Год назад +7

    I used to work in an injection molding factory and sometimes we would transfer the reworked pellets from a large hopper to a large metal bin. The process tobs of those little pellets moving through the metal built up a DANGEROUS static electric charge. Everyone makes the mistake once of casually touching the bin without being grounded. It's super painful. You see a flash, your ears ring and pop, you even taste it momentarily. Static electricity can be pretty gnarly if it's able to build a huge charge. It's just that normal everyday activity never yields such potential.

  • @krishnaSagar69
    @krishnaSagar69 Год назад +15

    Make a whole series of this. Educate and create awareness for everyone on them. Linus is a perfect volunteer for this experiment.

  • @hateWinVista
    @hateWinVista Год назад +821

    Linus having fun with Mehdi is pure gold.
    I hope the collab with ElectroBOOM happens more often, even as a special consultant for electrical safety(when dealing with potentially dangerous products) would be awesome.

    • @murcie7896
      @murcie7896 Год назад +8

      We could have a special team, Mehdi und Brian the Electrician, I bet they would absolutely roast Linus for 30mins a video :D

    • @nicoper
      @nicoper Год назад

      ​@@murcie7896 brian's moved elsewhere though :(

    • @PostWazone
      @PostWazone Год назад

      I Totally agree

    • @FrotLopOfficial
      @FrotLopOfficial Год назад

      Same. Seeing Linus nervous and Mehdi enjoy it is the perfect combo lol

    • @DragonOfTheMortalKombat
      @DragonOfTheMortalKombat Год назад

      Just like the last time they did a collaboration.

  • @loicplayer
    @loicplayer Год назад +604

    There should be a weekly segment with mehdi. I can just picture him and alex working their magic on a build

    • @Invaderzim2004
      @Invaderzim2004 Год назад +17

      LTT already have an illegal high power cable....I don't think they'd risk more shenaningans for legal purposes xD

    • @callmebam1521
      @callmebam1521 Год назад +4

      That would be awesome.

    • @Wiseion
      @Wiseion Год назад +2

      Would be awesome to see a themed build around that

    • @soundguydon
      @soundguydon Год назад +1

      Yes!!! Freaking love this colab !

    • @prowebmaster5873
      @prowebmaster5873 Год назад

      he can keep Linus in check too, with that zapper

  • @Cicero99xz
    @Cicero99xz Год назад +19

    OMG I’ve never had so much joy watching you two collaborate. I’m sorry if it’s schadenfreude but I swear through the entire duration of the video I was smiling from ear to ear.

  • @MiriQLMovies
    @MiriQLMovies Год назад +7

    laughed out loud, the chemistry was shockingly good, definitely a real connection. glad this got lifted off the ground

  • @Nerd-px7fn
    @Nerd-px7fn Год назад +350

    That "glitter" has a nonzero chance of being radioactive. You may want to bring that wristband near a Geiger counter and see what happens. You can find several videos on that scam.

    • @great__success
      @great__success Год назад +33

      exactly my thoughts....in that case it could actually work....if you would be charged positively this kind of "negative ions" beta decay bracelet could lower your charge

    • @Press_START360
      @Press_START360 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/C7TwBUxxIC0/видео.html
      ^this video is a thought emporium video on thorium in net-ion and anti-5g bracelet BS

    • @Kitulous
      @Kitulous Год назад

      @@great__success and lower your chance of survival💀💀💀

    • @640kareenough6
      @640kareenough6 Год назад +26

      Yup, I bought a wristband with the same germanium titanium thing and its a good test source for my Geiger couter

    • @sigmamale4147
      @sigmamale4147 Год назад +4

      @@640kareenough6 lol

  • @kdrgaming3344
    @kdrgaming3344 Год назад +1197

    Can we please get this incredible man to shock Linus on like a weekly basis? At least monthly.

    • @MyBlogsTV
      @MyBlogsTV Год назад +32

      Wan show but every hot take Linus has to get shocked

    • @iitchyVee
      @iitchyVee Год назад +6

      ​@@MyBlogsTV i second this 😮

    • @thunderfire741
      @thunderfire741 Год назад +1

      Linus' wife would really like his not for production tools...

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Год назад

      In the ear with that probe! Lol.

    • @christybambi
      @christybambi Год назад

      This should be mandatory every week for linus

  • @TrapperAaron
    @TrapperAaron Год назад +1

    IBM had a huge plant down in my area from the 70s to the 90s. I knew allot of people that worked there. Esd wristbands were common but in the labs they would wear an esd device attached to their ankle and shoe. They also worked on esd mats I conjunction w the ankle/shoe setup. This left their hands free for doing delicate work.

  • @Babl069
    @Babl069 Год назад +20

    This was one of the best videos I've seen in a very, VERY long time. ElectroBOOM is a legend.

  • @xm8553
    @xm8553 Год назад +1631

    We need this Electro-Tips colab to be a regular thing. Especially with you guys working on starting the labs, Mehdi could continue to provide educational, and fun, content that is related to LTT.
    I actually discovered electroboom from the last time he was on, and since then he has become one of my favorite channels!

    • @TheChemizzle
      @TheChemizzle Год назад +24

      Same, his videos are great to watch so i am glad Linus introduced us to him...even though i don't understand half of what he is saying lol. I would love to see more collabs though, it looked like they had a lot of fun messing around but Linus might start losing his hair from all the stress if they do it too much.

    • @309electronics5
      @309electronics5 Год назад

      Or the Linus boom channel

    • @MrEo89
      @MrEo89 Год назад

      The 1kth like 💪🏼

    • @lostandfound550
      @lostandfound550 Год назад +1

      @@309electronics5 Boom-Tips channel could also work xD

  • @RadoslavNedyalkov
    @RadoslavNedyalkov Год назад +551

    Watching Linus getting electrified by The Happy Stick put a smile on my face .... hilarious... "We learn by pain" 😂😂😂

    • @drassx615
      @drassx615 Год назад +4

      I don't know why but this is so true, which is probably why I'm definitely heading for the bad place when I shuffle off this mortal coil.

  • @Jeffish412
    @Jeffish412 Год назад +2

    I’m am SOOOO happy Medhi had the confidence to fuck with Linus and shock him lol this was an amazing video guys.

  • @meneerbinnemans9456
    @meneerbinnemans9456 Год назад +4

    Ah, was once involved in ESD protection of chips. We had rumours on the work floor. One was that there was a paper out there that showed that even if you did not connect the wriststrap to earth, it was still working. People just moved a lot less. Another one was that a small amount of alcohol in the blood reduces the energy in the zaps and therefore the damage they did. Maybe try that one next time? Cheers!

    • @LimabeanStudios
      @LimabeanStudios Год назад +2

      Related to your alcohol rumor, I love how every time methanol has been relevant at my work SOMEONE has to say "oh man I hope we don't have to get drunk tonight" because getting drunk is genuinely what you do to treat methanol poisoning.

  • @vernonalbayeros4719
    @vernonalbayeros4719 Год назад +559

    Man, Electroboom is my favourite kind of educator, all my favourite uni teachers had the same energy: a bit on the crazy side but extremely keen to explain their stuff.

    • @elvingearmasterirma7241
      @elvingearmasterirma7241 Год назад +16

      The crazy side shows theyre passionate. Balls to the wall, ride or perish for their field

    • @vernonalbayeros4719
      @vernonalbayeros4719 Год назад +9

      @@elvingearmasterirma7241 One of my fav teachers would almost literally not let you go if you still had any doubts about what he explained. Good/bad part was half the class he just ranted off his experiences in the field, which was interesting AF, but damm we also stayed for hours just finishing coursework after haha

    • @skyblue1954
      @skyblue1954 Год назад +1

      one of my favourite teachers was from my chem class, she was demonstrating how fireworks work and said "and just a little bit of this" then poured like half the bottle in, almost burned a hole through the sand bucket XD

  • @WHOMEGALULz
    @WHOMEGALULz Год назад +775

    Mehdi's method of teaching electrical engineering concepts through experiments and visual demonstration is so valuable and his willingness to literally demonstrate everything + his humor is just underrated.

    • @followtheboat
      @followtheboat Год назад +6

      At over 5m subscribers and running one of the most well known science channels, he is far from underrated.

    • @yung_megafone
      @yung_megafone Год назад +3

      ​@@followtheboat he's come a long way since the railgun video :)
      As you said, mhedi (probably spelled that horribly wrong) is not underrated, but needless to say he certainly deserves a larger following!

  • @eldiablopotato
    @eldiablopotato Год назад +4

    Great video, always enjoy watching ElectroBOOM & Linus together.

  • @Ithirahad
    @Ithirahad Год назад +180

    Nice job Linus, there is possibly thoria dust (thorium oxide, radioactive alpha emitter, you can touch it but don't breathe it) all over the shop now. Those silicone "health bracelets" with mysterious powder in them... often actually have THAT in them in addition to the potential glitter. This was supposedly Japanese and not Chinese so it's slightly less likely, but you might want to break out the Geiger counter just in case.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead Год назад +10

      I highly doubt there's thorium dioxide in these bracelets as that is added two bracelets for health products cams and the people who would be doing those kinds of scams would probably go nowhere near the electronics industry because they know nothing about it. Also thorium dioxide isn't exactly cheap, so it's only added if they think it will have any chance of increasing the sale rate of a product.

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 Год назад +1

      @@the_undead my guess, Germanium

    • @AnsonShurr
      @AnsonShurr Год назад +28

      @@the_undead The Thought Emporium YT channel covered these sort of bracelets a few years ago and many of them really *did* contain Thorium-based radioactive components. He actually reached out to the Canadian and USA Nuclear regulatory agencies to get the specific products he tested taken off the market.

    • @tvbluesun1254
      @tvbluesun1254 Год назад +26

      The Japanese info card at 24:42 says 'Emits negative ions from the entire band. Works well on stiff necks.' with a diagram of it supposedly heating up someone's neck. So it was meant to emit something at least.
      The Japanese text was written with Chinese glyphs (负 instead of 負), and has typos suggesting a Japanese speaker never looked at it (チタソ&グルマ, ィォン), so may well have come from China anyway.

    • @thunderwolf8908
      @thunderwolf8908 11 месяцев назад

      The negative ions block the static 😂😂😂

  • @miraclo3
    @miraclo3 Год назад +746

    I don't think I've laughed as hard at an LTT video ever before. I love when I love when Medhi and Linus work together.

    • @thaer_me
      @thaer_me Год назад +10

      *Mehdi

    • @nasilemak868
      @nasilemak868 Год назад +8

      You love when you love when you love

    • @eyebra
      @eyebra Год назад +5

      "work together"= linus getting shocked for 20 mins xD

    • @samyfay7786
      @samyfay7786 Год назад

      This is actually their second joint episode.
      The first collaboration from Linus point of view: Can static KILL your PC? (ft. Electroboom) ruclips.net/video/nXkgbmr3dRA/видео.html
      This one is Mehdi's version: What It Takes to Break a RAM with ESD ruclips.net/video/4SjOv_szzVM/видео.html
      Now prepare yourself for a good laugh.

  • @Naticlese
    @Naticlese Год назад +263

    Those "wireless" straps look shockingly similar to the very radioactive "health" bands that another RUclipsr checked with Geiger counters because they claimed they had thorium or something else in them.

    • @themagitechie9955
      @themagitechie9955 Год назад

      Yeah, I spotted "negative ion" in the description, that and the fine "glitter" which is likely thorium confirms it. Watch out Linus!

    • @NanashiCAST
      @NanashiCAST Год назад +17

      The germanium titanium one is basically just one of those snake oil negative ion bands, yeah.

    • @LuLeBe
      @LuLeBe Год назад

      Soooo, did they actually contain radioactive material in that test?

    • @rylandavis2976
      @rylandavis2976 Год назад +2

      They are not "very radioactive" that RUclipsr really likes to over-exaggerate just how radioactive things are

    • @eylookvulheimiik7538
      @eylookvulheimiik7538 Год назад +6

      @@rylandavis2976depending on the item some of them were pretty spicy for a product intended to be worn daily. radiation should be thought more of in lifetime dose, as immediate damage from radiation means you'd pretty much be dead already. I wouldnt call it very radioactive either, but ideally no health product should be especially higher than background

  • @markusbFPV
    @markusbFPV Год назад +3

    This episode was shockingly fun to watch. Very nice collab :)

  • @JTTofficial
    @JTTofficial 10 месяцев назад +2

    1:29 Mehdi's face, priceless. Like your sponsor!

  • @JohnPSantos
    @JohnPSantos Год назад +840

    You should check to see if that "glitter" is radioactive. It might be a thorium bracelet, which could, in theory, mean it's capable of discharging static by ionizing the air.

    • @trackno.1875
      @trackno.1875 Год назад

      It can also give you cancer

    • @fattymc.fattyface6944
      @fattymc.fattyface6944 Год назад +20

      I was thinking the same thing. Looked like one of those awful products.

    • @themagitechie9955
      @themagitechie9955 Год назад +243

      Yeah, and report that seller while you're at it. make sure to contact both Amazon and your local nuclear safety regulator. those products are fake and dangerous.

    • @TeslaWasHere
      @TeslaWasHere Год назад +96

      This needs to be in a message directly to linus/electroboom etc. It was my first thought as well. Might have to sweep their lab with a Geiger counter.

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace Год назад +9

      @@themagitechie9955 I have both tritium and thorium in my house.

  • @NagaGaming76
    @NagaGaming76 Год назад +3245

    ElectroBOOM and Linus are my favorite collab group. They just have a great connection

    • @TaigaClaws
      @TaigaClaws Год назад +112

      I swear everytime they talk theres sparks

    • @LanceMarino
      @LanceMarino Год назад +71

      Shocking

    • @bushman8169
      @bushman8169 Год назад +3

      indeed

    • @gabrieldeoliveira7725
      @gabrieldeoliveira7725 Год назад +52

      Tech/nerd guy with low pain tolerance & Electric mad scientist/tech/torturer? with sadomasochist behaviors.
      I need to agree with you in this one lol

    • @thunderfire741
      @thunderfire741 Год назад +20

      A great connection without any resistance

  • @fazzel4481
    @fazzel4481 Год назад +3

    I'm loving this kind of Collab, especially with ElectroBoom himself!!

  • @LiberateYou
    @LiberateYou 9 месяцев назад +1

    This was not only entertaining but interesting and I learned and was able to understand lot more than I did before.

  • @cjhan47
    @cjhan47 Год назад +595

    I thought to myself there's no way this is not going to be boring. 29 min later I'm still watching you guys shock each other. Clearly, the 8-year-old boy never completely leaves.

    • @Shrek_Has_Covid19
      @Shrek_Has_Covid19 Год назад +10

      some things are just permanently awesome

    • @martinj3239
      @martinj3239 Год назад +8

      ElectroBOOM is just permanently awesome.

    • @shipwreck9146
      @shipwreck9146 Год назад +4

      Not only that, but it was educational shocking haha.
      Entertaining and informative.

    • @GuitarSlayer136
      @GuitarSlayer136 Год назад +1

      Electroboom is so funny and informative you just can't lose interest.

    • @feha92
      @feha92 Год назад +1

      grammar
      Look at what you said. Then say this aloud instead: "no way this is going to be boring". Then do yours again. See it?

  • @Dreddly2390
    @Dreddly2390 Год назад +1545

    Props for Medhi for not telling Linus he could just put his hand on it before he turns the juice on and not get shocked.

    • @Nick-rs5if
      @Nick-rs5if Год назад +17

      😂

    • @KyranSparda
      @KyranSparda Год назад +139

      Knowing Medhi. He would go for the biggest pain possible without killing Linus. For 'learning' purposes. 😂

    • @n00n1n
      @n00n1n Год назад +27

      My thoughts exactly. Mehdi really is a masochist. Iranians.

    • @dansvel
      @dansvel Год назад +8

      so them both can having fun together

    • @To-mos
      @To-mos Год назад +9

      @@n00n1n It's the almighty monobrow

  • @TwoBs
    @TwoBs Год назад +11

    More of these two, please … well, mostly more of Linus getting shocked lol

  • @lfaf9509
    @lfaf9509 9 месяцев назад +1

    The only way I could think of for a ESD strap to work without a wire, is if it had the ability to store electricity, such as maybe a battery. It would have to be done in such a way that the static electricity that you build up on your body, would be used the charge the battery. Though to stop the battery from becoming over charged, you would have to give it work to do, such as powering a light or something. The battery would obviously need to be rechargeable.. I haven't put any more thought into than that honestly, but its the only way I have thought of to make it work.. The idea seems good, but it might take a bit more knowledge than I have on the topic to make it actually happen.

  • @rot_studios
    @rot_studios Год назад +497

    These two together is always such fun. Linus being 100% terrified of Mehdi's mad scientist powers.

    • @4500MHz_Jay
      @4500MHz_Jay Год назад +5

      Totally a Mad scientist.

    • @eTiMaGo
      @eTiMaGo Год назад

      Educational *and* entertaining :D

  • @Necromorph790
    @Necromorph790 Год назад +1084

    Mehdi legit created a super powerful device that he loves to show off. The fact it ionizes the air so quickly when just powered on is bonkers. The magic wand breaths such power

  • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
    @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Год назад +1

    Long story short:
    A few years ago I got a little complacent when I was maintaining my Philp's stereo receiver unit. I disconnected a grounding wire, accidentally made contact with something, received a good shock, and fried the unit's computer resulting in minor issues with the display, programming, and slight issues when operating the CD player/changer. The reception/tunning of FM radio was unaffected.

  • @alephnole7009
    @alephnole7009 Год назад +1

    Honestly I was expecting today's sponsor right at the beginning there. That would have been a fantastic Segway

  • @randomfrankp
    @randomfrankp Год назад +3826

    Oh my god, this is fantastic 😂 Never knew how much I needed these sound effects, enjoy your Linus soundboard - 6:34 7:18 8:51 8:56 14:16 19:14 19:35 20:02 21:43 21:50

  • @Sarcastitonea
    @Sarcastitonea Год назад +323

    as someone who uses van de graaf generators to teach children physics, watching linus hesitate to touch the bulb is hilarious

    • @SephBane
      @SephBane Год назад +39

      In middle school the teacher was using one to demonstrate and had a girl hold it. Everyone started poking and shocking her as she cried. All the needed to do was let go and it would have stopped. I don't think they were allowed to do that demo after that.

    • @noshotz5955
      @noshotz5955 Год назад +7

      I remember in one of my classes someone was touching one, and after a while vaguely pointed in the direction of some metal, and then there was a large enough electrical discharge that all the students were able to see the arc.

    • @windhelmguard5295
      @windhelmguard5295 Год назад +5

      as someone who used to work at a fleece factory, with miles upon miles of PES fleece going over aluminium rollers, i too get a chickle out of people being babies about stuff like that.
      like i have taken discharges so strong i could see a second spark crawling over my shoes to ground.

    • @Zyo117
      @Zyo117 Год назад +6

      Guys, he's in a video with electroboom. Of course he's scared to touch it 😂

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat Год назад +3

      I wonder if Linus knew he didn't have to touch the generator _after_ it was switched on.

  • @LanceMarino
    @LanceMarino Год назад +3

    These two together are simply one word. Gold.

  • @joeymillera
    @joeymillera 13 дней назад

    I had to rewind so many times. Such an enjoyable collab. Thank you both

  • @Chriss4123
    @Chriss4123 Год назад +713

    Always love more ElectroBOOM collabs!

    • @MarioGoatse
      @MarioGoatse Год назад +3

      Him and Linus have amazing chemistry. You can tell they genuinely enjoy each other’s company.

  • @austindavis8977
    @austindavis8977 23 дня назад +1

    I usually skip the ad at the beginning of a RUclips video but if you are willing to be electrobooms test subject then you deserve it

  • @THE___BULDI___
    @THE___BULDI___ Год назад +39

    12:50
    That short evil laugh and linus panic one just crack me up.

  • @mpf_agundipsht3619
    @mpf_agundipsht3619 Год назад +477

    Working in PTH, Not only did we have anti static ankle straps and anti static lab coats, We also had to drink enough water to insulate ourselves and pass the insulation test just to get through the door into the warehouse. The floor was also painted with anti static paint

    • @jezuconz7299
      @jezuconz7299 Год назад +34

      Oh wow those are indeed sone security measures😂

    • @1karanhasija
      @1karanhasija Год назад +9

      can you do one thing for me, go near a wall , form a star with 5 people who have hair, rub each others head, 1: you'll feel good like a dog. 2: if your hair rise, game over measures

    • @samim.Ali.
      @samim.Ali. Год назад +11

      Whats PTH?

    • @mpf_agundipsht3619
      @mpf_agundipsht3619 Год назад +23

      @@samim.Ali. put through hole pcb assembly. You know……. The stuff on a pcb board that has to be put through a hole and soldered, Eg capacitors, resistors, diodes, certain IC chips , transmission crystals, chokes , I/O sockets, pots mod controllers ect……… common basic knowledge in electronics would teach you what PTH assembly is. Say you buy a raspberry pi Pico and want to mount it to a breadboard, you’d have to solder pins to it. To do this you would put the “pins through the hole” and solder it to the copper pad etched out on the pcb. In large numbers you’d run it over a wave solder machine. Pcb’s that mix surface mount electronics and PTH electronics have to have a team soldering in the PTH parts by hand

    • @EIanordir
      @EIanordir Год назад +2

      ​@@mpf_agundipsht3619 and your place makes what kind of pcb or trying to make

  • @leftclickisbeterthanrightclick
    @leftclickisbeterthanrightclick Год назад +1

    brooo i love linus he just sometimes throws away formality to make funny but still educational content

  • @Fiztex553
    @Fiztex553 11 месяцев назад +1

    When I was a kid I've learned a hard way what an ESD does against electronics when I killed my first gaming console with it. I lived at the polar circuit, so having -40 degrees outside in winter was a norm and the air indoors during such times was so dry that you always had a charge on you. After that a standard ritual before touching any electronics or anything metallic was to come to a heating radiator and touch it with my warm socks. This way you don't feel pain, just see and hear a zapping lightning discharge. And then it was ok switching on the TV and console to play some Contra.

  • @bikespike4150
    @bikespike4150 Год назад +536

    Mehdi is actually hilarious- especially given that he is an Electrical Engineer (I say this as someone in engineering). Some might say he is a little bit too funny and chilled. Almost shockingly so.

    • @Collector123k
      @Collector123k Год назад +9

      He's Electroboomer 😅

    • @NaniTheFrick
      @NaniTheFrick Год назад +7

      heh shocking 😀

    • @Giratina871
      @Giratina871 Год назад +2

      take your like and go

    • @discipleofdagon8195
      @discipleofdagon8195 Год назад +2

      I feel like if you put him in the same room as someone like Alex or Tynan, the room would no longer exist.

    • @nicholasjoseph9062
      @nicholasjoseph9062 Год назад +2

      We’re all in shock. Shocking i dare say

  • @brandonlett
    @brandonlett Год назад +370

    Some of my favorite colaborations ever with Linus and ElectroBOOM. It's like watching two kids play and jack around with each other after school on their dads old PC or electronics in the garage. I love this content and the fact Linus is so damn scared of getting shocked every time lol.

    • @akaraven66
      @akaraven66 Год назад

      When a real certified electrical engineer makes a wand of death you too would be scared.

  • @scottishwonders4810
    @scottishwonders4810 Год назад +1

    Big fan of both channels! Your colabs are awesome :)

  • @Addakhel
    @Addakhel Год назад +2

    This is genuinely one of the best videos on this channel!

  • @gorkskoal9315
    @gorkskoal9315 Год назад +206

    I'm so proud of you linus. You have graduated from dropping things to shocking yourself.

  • @tommasocastelli91
    @tommasocastelli91 Год назад +513

    Mehdi and Linus are probably the only "big" youtubers I follow that look genuine while on screen. Love you guys!

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh Год назад

      Linus could kill it in Hollywood.

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg Год назад +1

      Dave of EEVblog would qualify as well.

    • @vamwolf
      @vamwolf Год назад

      @@gblargg good channel to

  • @ghost_ship_supreme
    @ghost_ship_supreme Год назад

    The “wind” analogy of charges flowing from sources is very interesting! It would explain how leader bolts on lightning work more effectively! And how the strongest “wind” from the biggest leader is what attracts the lightning bolt…

  • @tyranosurasmax
    @tyranosurasmax Год назад

    Hey good timing! I just had two separate asic's more or less explode right in front of me. Came WAY too close to completing that 16-amp circuit. Fairly certain it was due to static discharge. Thank goodness I was wearing an actual esd band.

  • @me2olive
    @me2olive Год назад +273

    This should be a regular monthly collab I think, it's always incredible 😂

    • @BlueKnight87
      @BlueKnight87 Год назад +3

      Linus be like: "OH PLEASE NO! GOD, NO, F**K NO!!!

    • @gorkskoal9315
      @gorkskoal9315 Год назад +2

      Yeah they can't resist it. Pretty shocking actually.

    • @me2olive
      @me2olive Год назад

      @@gorkskoal9315 Positively electrifying, really!

  • @JeffGeerling
    @JeffGeerling Год назад +35

    8:59 has to be my favorite moment in the LinusBOOM universe of all time

  • @pirig-gal
    @pirig-gal Год назад +3

    I get shocked much more often during winter. I started touching my pocket knife on grouded objects, like radiators, and it works really nice. I don't work with sensitive devices though, so it's not like I have to discharge all that often.

  • @isavv_
    @isavv_ Год назад +1

    I am in tears!!😂😂😂 That's the best colab!!!!

  • @tales9476
    @tales9476 Год назад +24

    17:37 - "That's actually the reason this collab got off the ground." ... I see what you did there.

  • @phatbman
    @phatbman Год назад +677

    I love it when Linus and ElectroBOOM work together! This is world class!

    • @WHOMEGALULz
      @WHOMEGALULz Год назад +5

      literally two of the pioneers that helped me pass my units, I owe so much to these two guys it's crazy

    • @CarlosGomez-sd9ey
      @CarlosGomez-sd9ey Год назад

      FACTS !! I agree man.. funny stuff man

  • @arielerosa3204
    @arielerosa3204 3 месяца назад

    This is just one of the best episodes of both channels so far, is like a twisted flinstones meet the jetsons.

  • @alvamiga
    @alvamiga 8 месяцев назад

    I know there's a resistor in there to protect against shocks, but I wouldn't put one hand on a high voltage and have the other grounded.
    Always act like your safety net isn't there, it case it lets you down one day.

  • @jakeharms1386
    @jakeharms1386 Год назад +115

    you might want to make sure that rubber wristband isn't radioactive -- there are a lot of products with similar looks out there that contain radioactive powders, etc

    • @patrickelliott2169
      @patrickelliott2169 Год назад +15

      Especially if they have "small metallic glitter or crystals" in them and made in China. Mind the radiation is safe enough to wear for the brief time you tested, but it is potentially dangerous if worn constantly for long periods (as most of such crap bands are intended to be).

    • @EternityRemembered
      @EternityRemembered Год назад

      Seriously Linus, don't ignore this

  • @Ghisisan_
    @Ghisisan_ Год назад +246

    "We learn by pain" - 😂. This collab was GENIUS!
    Congrats! I enjoyed it sooo much!🎉

  • @zefellowbud5970
    @zefellowbud5970 9 месяцев назад

    it honestly baffles me that like how fast this occurs when ive seen those videos talk of how electrons basically move like a liquid inside the solid material and stuff

  • @armedprofessional2569
    @armedprofessional2569 9 месяцев назад

    I’d love to see these wrist strap things get tested vs a Taser X26P.

  • @starchief93
    @starchief93 Год назад +393

    Mehdi and Linus always have fun together. Glad to see it's more than a one-time thing!

    • @greywhite2903
      @greywhite2903 Год назад +8

      It needs to be a thing.

    • @CosmicAnteater
      @CosmicAnteater Год назад

      @@greywhite2903It needs to be a regular thing. I’d pay to see these two do these “experiments” regularly lol.

    • @starchief93
      @starchief93 Год назад +1

      @@greywhite2903 Oh heck yeah! I'd love that.

  • @M4rk-_-
    @M4rk-_- Год назад +33

    That dust in the wristband could be radioactive. It looks a lot like "negative ion" wristbands that were actual nuclear hazards

    • @danielschuett
      @danielschuett Год назад +8

      At 18:11, you can see in the Amazon description that it's advertising "negative ions".

  • @LimabeanStudios
    @LimabeanStudios Год назад +1

    What a great duo. Perfect questions and answers

  • @rodrigosanay4351
    @rodrigosanay4351 Месяц назад +1

    13:37 so thats how earth generates the "wind"... thats actually very interesting, I never thought about it until now

  • @Diablo-jt4tv
    @Diablo-jt4tv Год назад +353

    I love Mehdi. He is both educational and entertaining at the same time. I'm glad you did another collab with him.

    • @exazebra
      @exazebra Год назад +7

      He's a great gateway drug. Science and engineering can be a bit dry sometimes, but he's doing a great job at making it fun even for casual viewers!

  • @braydenkenney3313
    @braydenkenney3313 Год назад +654

    Mehdi is one of my favorite people of all time. I started watching his goofy videos to watch him shock himself of course, but over time I grew to realize he's actually a genius when it comes to electrical engineering. He shocks himself to teach others about how electricity works and spark their interest in the field (pun intended.)
    Amazing guy, thanks for the interest in electrical engineering you've given me and for all the laughs along the way Mr. Sadaghdar.
    And thanks for shocking Linus.

    • @BrockBoB
      @BrockBoB 8 месяцев назад +2

      It's Mehdi not Medhi

    • @braydenkenney3313
      @braydenkenney3313 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@BrockBoB I didn't realize I had made that mistake. Fixed.

    • @BrockBoB
      @BrockBoB 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@braydenkenney3313 Oh wow, it was a comment of months ago, thanks for fixing then :)

    • @Zygola
      @Zygola 3 месяца назад +1

      what a peaceful moment

  • @rhythmdude
    @rhythmdude 10 месяцев назад

    im very happy to see electroboom partnering with very large youtubers. i watched him loooooong before he got his huge lead 5.7 mil subs.

  • @WildWolfGaming54
    @WildWolfGaming54 Год назад

    We need more of these collabs

  • @maxtuledo5688
    @maxtuledo5688 Год назад +26

    18:48 WE LEARN BY PAINNN

  • @chell8738
    @chell8738 Год назад +166

    Probably 2 of the most inspirational people I've seen (but don't personally know) to motivate me to go into stem in one video. Love to see it. Hope we can see more collabs between these 2.

    • @JoshLathamTutorials
      @JoshLathamTutorials Год назад

      Yes! Literally watched these guys religiously before, during and even after my education into my career.

  • @rickklein5136
    @rickklein5136 Год назад +2

    The fear in Linus's eyes and flinching every time EB gets close, tells me there was more behind the scenes than made it in the video 🤣

  • @linuxrant
    @linuxrant 4 месяца назад

    Man these guys have an amazing chemistry! And even greater physics!
    This performance is electrifying!

  • @Tenchigumi
    @Tenchigumi Год назад +29

    7:18 You can literally see the fear (and blood) drain from Linus' face in real time.

  • @funtechu
    @funtechu Год назад +69

    You might want to get that "Japanese" bracelet tested with a geiger counter. Some scammers like to put thorium in silicone bracelets like that, and that might be what the white powder is.

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force Год назад +1

      Why would they do that?

    • @funtechu
      @funtechu Год назад

      @@THE-X-Force There is a whole set of production of "negative ion" "health" products that supposedly have healing properties. They get taken down from time to time, but occasionally pop up under other fake claims as they try to get rid of excess inventory when they are shut down for selling them as a health product.
      The Thought Emporium has done several videos on the topic, including this one: ruclips.net/video/C7TwBUxxIC0/видео.html

    • @FreshSmog
      @FreshSmog Год назад

      @@THE-X-Force Recycled inventory from "negative ions" scams.

    • @funtechu
      @funtechu Год назад +16

      In particular, the little white specs they show on the close up look pretty similar to the thorium oxide that is used in the negative ion bracelets.

    • @Kate335
      @Kate335 Год назад

      @thethoughtemporium made two videos reviewing these bracelets and explaining how they’re radioactive.
      m.ruclips.net/video/C7TwBUxxIC0/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/3BA5bw1EV5I/видео.html
      At 2:30 in the 2nd video, he showed a bracelet with a similar cross section to the one Mehdi wore.

  • @jalilseguel7
    @jalilseguel7 3 месяца назад +1

    This has to be the most epic tech collab on the entire history of internet.

  • @TehPwnerer
    @TehPwnerer Год назад

    There is a sort of way to wirelessly electrostatic discharge, using a very pointy spike and ideally a lot of them. Spikes concentrate the electric field and electrons will flow off of the tips or into them as needed so you would be "grounded" to the atmospheric electric field so depending on how high from the ground you are and how far away you are from ground wires will determine how high above ground potential you'll still be. Assuming you are within 1 meter of a ground wire or the ground itself, you should be less than 150 volts above ground wish will prevent electrostatic discharge as that requires thousands of volts.

  • @Baarkszz
    @Baarkszz Год назад +172

    The last video with electroboom was one of the most cool colabs you’ve ever done, so let me tell you I almost exploded in excitement when I saw a NEW electro boom and Linus colab. Love you guys both, two of my favorite channels ever!

    • @NebulousCrafter
      @NebulousCrafter Год назад +4

      Same here, as soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew it would be a good video

  • @stephenhall3515
    @stephenhall3515 Год назад +276

    Mehdi kept the 'poker face' of the lecture room until he had Linus's confidence then had his usual fun while the two men gave the wire-less bands enough of a test as they deserved.
    As Mehdi is a professional highly qualified engineer Linus of course felt 'sort of safe' but still has a lot of the undergraduate about him.
    This is education at its best and Linus probably knew how Mehdi concocted the pantie fabric VdG generator. That is worth looking up on ElectroBoom!

    • @jbutler8585
      @jbutler8585 Год назад +13

      Mehdi is a highly qualified engineer, BUT he is also a masochist, so there's still risk.