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From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we learn how to make aircrete (or aerocrete) using a new method that has no need for specialty tools, and only requires grocery store…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we explore several types of bioplastics for radiative cooling and sustainable materials research. Thanks to my special guest, Giestas for sharing his wealth of…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we explore the history of soap waterproofing methods, using sodium stearate to form hydrophobic coatings with a variety of metal salts. Linked below are…
From NightHawkInLight. Check out my sponsor Brilliant, free for 30 days (and get 20% off a premium subscription!) by using this link: https://brilliant.org/nighthawk In this video we dive into compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) and their incredible ability to focus light from multiple input angles onto a central target at once. This allows them to provide…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we learn how to recycle cardboard into durable, waterproof projects that can be built nearly for free! Here are a few channels that have…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video I build a mini camper from a zero-turn lawnmower. This camper is the start of my efforts to apply my projects on a practical…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we test a waste product of paper manufacturing to see if it can be used to improve PCM energy storage. My first video on…
From NightHawkInLight. In this video I reveal the secrets for making Japanese senko hanabi sparklers with a bicarbonate based powder composition. Because the powder contains bicarbonate instead of an oxidizer, it can rightly be categorized as non-flammable. In fact the key ingredient in these sparklers, potassium bicarbonate, is also the active ingredient in “purple k”…
From NightHawkInLight. Check out my sponsor Brilliant, free for 30 days (and get 20% off a premium subscription!) by using this link: https://brilliant.org/nighthawk In this video we’re back to one of my favorite projects that I started playing with more than 10 years ago: making giant bubbles. After experimenting with many of my own mixtures,…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we build a machine to make fabric from PLA that has been specially modified for high reflectivity. Because of PLA’s strong emissivity in the…
From NightHawkInLight. Ad: Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we explore a series of experiments to make radiative sky cooling fibers, starting with a cotton candy machine and ending with success from an…
From NightHawkInLight. Check out my sponsor Brilliant, free for 30 days (and get 20% off a premium subscription!) by using this link: https://brilliant.org/nighthawk The most useful resource I found while investigating phase change materials was the following paper which explores several different types of low temp salt based PCMs: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316893824_Preparation_and_thermal_properties_of_Glauber’s_salt-based_phase-change_materials_for_Qinghai-Tibet_Plateau_solar_greenhouses The key to reducing the…
From NightHawkInLight. Check out my sponsor and remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/nighthawk and use code NIGHTHAWK for 20% off. DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com In this video we explore a new fabric waterproofing method using wax, oil and several different application techniques for awesome results. This method is perfect for bedsheet or…
From NightHawkInLight. Check out my sponsor Brilliant, free for 30 days (and get 20% off a premium subscription!) by using this link: https://brilliant.org/nighthawk In this video we explore the creation of synthetic opal in the workshop with the end goal of improving our homemade radiative sky cooling coatings. The Thought Emporium’s video about making opal:…