How to film the inside of a microwave (2 ways)

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Published 2018-11-30

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Filming what's going on on the inside of a microwave is tricky. Here are two ways you can do it. Also, a really easy way to make a plasma in a microwave!

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All Comments (21)

@SteveMould 5 years ago

I do live microwave filming as part of a stage show with Festival Of The Spoken Nerd. Our latest show is available on DVD, HD download and floppy disk: fotsn.com/ycpandvd
@theCodyReeder 5 years ago

Turns out that my remade video is available; at least for the time being.
@manmansgotmans 5 years ago

- fixable? (image of broken glass) - Oh
@LiLi-or2gm 5 years ago

A note about using mesh screen vs. a perforated metal sheet as an attenuator: The woven nature of wire mesh results in what is effectively, a tiny resistor at each intersection of the wire mesh due to very small contact areas, and oxides on the surface of the wires. This results in ohmic heating and thus the hot spot as noted. Perforated metal doesn't have this problem.
@alexjackson2771 5 years ago

Honestly the screenshot of the chat is all I want in a relationship or in life in general
@matthewtrott 5 years ago

This is the best explanation of a camera aperture I have ever seen!
@ScopeofScience 5 years ago

I've built a digital camera but still had my mind blown with the aperture method. So cool!
@heke0 5 years ago

Your wife's a champ. Love the "Oh." as a reaction to the shattered glass. :D At least you now have a separate microwave oven for experiments! ... At least I hope you got a new one for Lianne.
@jamelia2208 5 years ago

Steve Mould, Nile red and Codyslab. 3 of the best channels on youtube
@TommyCallaway 5 years ago

What a fascinating way to explain how aperture works.. anyone who makes video should watch this.
@10_Bit 5 years ago

2:55 everything seems normal 3:00 wait a second... Did he lose hair during the process of making the video? 4:08 his hair reappeared...? 4:00 ahhhh nvm...
@Yossus 5 years ago

I've found that physicists are very good at explaining how exactly things did go wrong, with no ability to predict them beforehand
@EKUL34 6 months ago

thumbs up for slow mo guys research
@GiacomoPaganini997 4 years ago

2:49 that final "oh" it's poetry ahahah Lianne is an angel
@MrEDMeaner 5 years ago

I studied photography, but you still managed to give me an a-ha moment when you said 'it's more like a pinhole camera' when you closed down the aperture down. I've never heard that simple explanation before!
@ma5t 5 years ago

I have to say this is one of the best educational YouTube videos I've ever seen! (and I've seen a lot!) You touch on so many different topics, all of which are combined by a really cool theme, and the presentation of your explanations - the wording, the graphics, the humour, etc. - is sublime!
@waluigiliishere8842 5 years ago

He is the only one capable of cutting and uncutting his hair in the same video..... a true god of science
@badorastrome5418 5 years ago

2:58 before shaving 2:59 after shaving Thats the effect of Microwave it turn you into Time Machine
@iKlalter 5 years ago

2:55 instant haircut :)
@djdrav 5 years ago

The continuity on this vid hurts my brain 😂 good work as always though 👍