Bananas can detect invisible light?!?

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  • čas přidán 29. 09. 2022
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    In this video, I will test if something as common as a banana can be used to detect invisible UVC light. Will it react to UVC only or does UVA and heat from a lamp have an effect too? And can you get sunscreen that protects against UVC?
    As a bonus, I also share a nice recipe for a barbeque banana dessert :)
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Komentáře • 163

  • @thegoldengood4725
    @thegoldengood4725 Před rokem +89

    casually wiping lotion on a banana

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +36

      Felt surprisingly natural to me :D I have done weirder things in my videos... Thanks for the early watch and comment!

    • @AdityaMehendale
      @AdityaMehendale Před rokem +2

      Imagine the comments' section on this shot, but then, in -say- 2012.. Ahh, the horror.

    • @user-pr6ed3ri2k
      @user-pr6ed3ri2k Před rokem +6

      @@brainiac75 …

  • @GQuack
    @GQuack Před rokem +95

    I didn't even know about the effect UVC has towards bananas, and it's honestly quite interesting. My real question is: How many people are gonna try the dessert recipe listed in the video? Other than that, this was a great watch, and I can't wait for your next experiment, whatever it may be!

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +27

      I was sceptical but had credible feedback from people sterilizing groceries with UVC and noticing bananas reaction. I wonder why they are particularly susceptible? In any case, it is a good demonstration of the impact of UVC light over visible light! More to come and thanks for watching :)

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV Před rokem +4

      @@brainiac75 It would be a cool little experiment/demonstration to try using a black and white photo negative (colour photo negatives don't work so well) against the banana skin with UVC lamp to try develop a photograph on the banana skin. I did this experiment back in 1990 with success. I posted a comment on your other video about how I did my experiment.
      Skeptics said it was impossible as the camera film doesn't let UVC pass through the clear film material. I guess I must have dreamed those several days experimenting or just got lucky with the photo film type, lol.

  • @Zagill
    @Zagill Před rokem +32

    As we can see from this video, the best sunscreen is actually electrical tape. I know that's what I use!

  • @karlharvymarx2650
    @karlharvymarx2650 Před rokem +12

    I think normal glass at least partially blocks UVC. That is why UVC bulbs are made of quartz glass. It is a shame quartz lenses are expensive because it would be cool to use a banana as photographic film. I'm not sure if aluminum reflects UVC but if it does, perhaps you could use an old aluminum coated telescope mirror to take a picture of a banana on a banana. Might need a very long exposure though.
    You can get a wide variety of near Infrared colored LEDs.

  • @theFLCLguy
    @theFLCLguy Před rokem +18

    I'm starting to wonder if he's secretly a super villain and these videos are research notes.

  • @alfepalfe
    @alfepalfe Před rokem +43

    What my family usually does with BBQ banana is to cut a slit in it, put milk chocolate in (more is better) wrap in foil and put on the coals after making a meal when they arnen't quite as hot anymore but still hot.

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +26

      Yummy, chocolate goes well with bananas too. Like in the classic banana split. Thanks for the early watch!

    • @sarahdaviscc
      @sarahdaviscc Před rokem +2

      What a fantastic idea!!

    • @EgonSorensen
      @EgonSorensen Před rokem

      If you have excess bananas after the coals have gone cold, try let them ripen well - peel them, add a popcicle stick in one end and freeze it.
      It makes a really good banana ice - even better after a few minutes (a fully frozen banana is a bit hard)
      I wonder how well it will go if you could freeze one of the BBQ'ed with milk chocolate in it :ø)

    • @alfepalfe
      @alfepalfe Před rokem

      @@EgonSorensen Interesting but probably not with the milk chocolate in my experience it becomes rock hard when frozen and what I like about chocolate bananas is the molten chocolate with hot banana.

    • @mrtbts
      @mrtbts Před rokem

      Sounds delicious

  • @codbug
    @codbug Před rokem +65

    UV LED technology has come a long way with some very recent breakthroughs. Just this year I got an 18W LED 255nm UVC flashlight, that I use for fluorescent rock/mineral hunting. It's tiny, but focused and has a similar output to a large 35W fluorescent bulb lamp I used to use. I was able to turn a banana red with about 5 minutes of exposure. (Yes, I wear appropriate safety gear.)

    • @torydavis10
      @torydavis10 Před rokem +5

      Wow!

    • @codbug
      @codbug Před rokem +11

      For anyone interested (and in the US), I got it from 'Engenious Designs.' (Not paid for this, just a happy customer.) Their LED flashlights range from $95-$350 and come in UVA, UVB and UVC, all with VIS block/UV pass filters. The latter two just came out earlier this year with new LED advancements.
      The UVB/midwave I most recently got, has helped me to discover new minerals and rocks previously unknown to fluoresce. It's a pretty exciting time for the hobby. :)

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV Před rokem +2

      @@codbug That's really interesting. I've always been fascinated with UV and fluorescent (and glow in the dark) items of all sorts since I was a kid (I'm 47 now). I just never had the money for the more serious equipment and materials. Though I have been messing about with a UV laser and a panel with a glow in the dark covering drawing stuff on it using the laser. I burned the back of my hand when I focused the beam to a fine point though there was no injury, it hurt. lol

    • @codbug
      @codbug Před rokem +3

      @@EzeePosseTV Nice, I've always wanted a decent UV laser, closest I've got is some cheap ~5mw 405nm purple laser pointer. With blue blocking safety glasses you can still see good fluorescence on some minerals with it though. I too am generally obsessed with fluorescence and phosphorescence (well, light and the EM spectrum in general). Started when I got a blacklight for my 13th birthday after having a cool science teacher who introduced us to them. I'm 40 now.

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV Před rokem +2

      @@codbug Aah, I was the same. I got a black-light 2 foot tube and ballast after seeing one for sale cheap in my mid teens. I then bought fluorescent model paints and painted trippy/psychedelic artistic designs on my bedroom wall that looked amazing under the black light. Yes I got the 405nm laser too but mine is more powerful than the 5mw stated on the label. I got a green and a red one too, I want a blue one too but they are pricey af. I love going outsie at night when there is a bit of fog/mist and fire up the lasers. Those beams are bright and go for miles, lol

  • @Chris47368
    @Chris47368 Před rokem +7

    I would like the banana to be exposed to the UVC in an inert atmosphere (such as argon) to eliminate the possibility for the browning of the banana skin being caused by actual ozone generation as opposed to the direct result of UVC.

  • @lordwelldown
    @lordwelldown Před rokem +5

    The opening line killed me XD

  • @torydavis10
    @torydavis10 Před rokem +16

    For the record I don't really expect this to be terribly significant, but for the sake of completeness if you ever do more banana testing you should actually measure the IR transmittance of your window. Also, when close enough some heat will conduct/convect down as well as radiate so even a perfect window will make a little difference to temperature experienced by banana. I also noticed that in every trial you placed the extra-hot base of the lamp at the UV-exposed end of the banana. I do not doubt the UVC sensitivity of the humble banana, but those would be interesting things to consider if you ever revisit this. Of course if your meter isn't good in that range it would do about as well to just feel the temperature difference with a thin leather work glove on your hand where the banana would be. Pretty well all of the temperature confusion goes away though if you just place the lamp a meter or so away and leave it for a couple of hours.

  • @welltell.
    @welltell. Před rokem +2

    Well I would not want to touch my banana for 15 minutes.

  • @itsevilbert
    @itsevilbert Před rokem +2

    They should have been eating bananas on the set in the Czech Republic of "Blade II", Guillermo del Toro thought that some old military blue lights looked extra special (UVC), and as it says on IMDB "Over 30 members of the cast and crew were temporarily blinded by the misuse of UV lights in the vampire autopsy scene."

  • @TehDPeh
    @TehDPeh Před rokem +5

    …let me lube up the banana 😂

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +4

      Wish I could say it is the weirdest thing I have done in a video, but no. Not even close x) Thanks for the early watch!

  • @kquote03
    @kquote03 Před rokem +2

    Kris, get the (slightly radioactive) banana!

  • @Kitsudote
    @Kitsudote Před rokem

    Outfitted like a burglar, puts sun screen on banana. Love your passion for science!

  • @bgezal
    @bgezal Před rokem +1

    Today I learned there exists industrial/professional sun cream.

  • @TheWanderer1000000
    @TheWanderer1000000 Před rokem +1

    4:58 He looks like a PMC in Tarkov

  • @Pickelhaube808
    @Pickelhaube808 Před rokem +1

    4:52 smart Anomaly

  • @dirtkingy
    @dirtkingy Před rokem

    I love your content so much, thank you for making it!!! 😊😊

  • @Aaronisbadattrumpet
    @Aaronisbadattrumpet Před rokem +2

    7:30 "Alright, let me lube up the banana" 🤣

  • @Jawst
    @Jawst Před rokem

    4:52 you can never be too safe, unless of course your PPE becomes a hazard 😆

  • @lyrooo326
    @lyrooo326 Před rokem

    I always learn something new and interesting with your videos thank you for your time and dedication.

  • @sulfie46
    @sulfie46 Před rokem +1

    Another banana experiment! Exciting!

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +2

      Radioactive, universal size scale and now UVC indicator. The science value of bananas is bonkers :D Thanks for the early watch!

  • @Zedigan
    @Zedigan Před 9 měsíci

    I remember going on a family road trip in the Northern Territory of Australia and we got some fresh bananas straight from the farm. They were sitting in the back of the car in direct sunlight for 3-4 hour drive. When we got to our destination they all looked like they had been cooked by UV like in your video. Makes sense as not only were we getting more direct sunlight but also the massive hole in the ozone layer over Australia.
    They still tasted wonderful though.

  • @moonlover5544
    @moonlover5544 Před rokem

    I simply love how you say "banana" :D

  • @Aeduo
    @Aeduo Před rokem +1

    Maybe some hardbass to go with that green ski mask haha.

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem

      Hehe, it is unbelievably warm to wear indoors. Slow movements to soothing music is more suitable ;) Thanks for the early watch!

  • @0rderofTheWhiteLotus
    @0rderofTheWhiteLotus Před 8 měsíci

    Best start to any video: HI! It's time, to tan a banana.

  • @photonik-luminescence
    @photonik-luminescence Před rokem +1

    Great video ! Also cool 400W Mercury Vapor lamp : )

  • @Frgg5fekrc
    @Frgg5fekrc Před rokem

    Hej Brian fedt at du stadig laver videoer🎉😊

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo Před rokem +2

    0:48 i typically think of UV as "higher" than visible light since it is of higher energy and frequency. but maybe your perspective is more accurate since it is based on the main characteristic of light, i.e., its wavelength.

    • @the_ALchannel
      @the_ALchannel Před rokem +1

      How exactly is wavelength any more important than the other characteristics? They're all pretty much interchangeable

    • @h7opolo
      @h7opolo Před rokem

      wavelength is independent of relativism.

  • @JustPyroYT
    @JustPyroYT Před rokem

    Great and Interesting Video! 👍

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +1

      Thanks, JustPyro. Much more to come. And thanks for the early watch!

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 Před rokem +1

    Oh No!
    Someone ate my UVC light detector! ;D :P

  • @Miho-ng6kn
    @Miho-ng6kn Před rokem

    You are legend on all video in yt app

  • @1234j
    @1234j Před rokem +3

    You can't even say, 'No 🍌🍌🍌 bananas were hurt during the making of this video.'😱😱😱🤔🤔🙄🙄 Not a good day to be a banana... A great day to learn some real science. And a recipe. Perfect Friday video. Cheers and thanks from England.

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter Před rokem

      I assume they were humanely despatched.

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 Před rokem

      I read somewhere online that in the UK, bananas that aren't compliant with CE Standards are labelled as "curved yellow fruit" 🍌😂

  • @keiyakins
    @keiyakins Před rokem

    I dunno why but the brief detour into cooking channel territory made me laugh. It makes sense don't get me wrong, cooking is a good source of preexisting knowledge on how bananas react to heat. It was just funny.

  • @spartanrinzler2622
    @spartanrinzler2622 Před 8 měsíci

    After this video, I love the word banana.

  • @mbainrot
    @mbainrot Před rokem +1

    I wonder if you could use cyanotype sensitiser that's been modified to have UVA/UVB absorbing compounds so to shift the spectral response to UVC? As a cheaper alternative to specialised glass filters that are UVC passband
    Mind you cyanotype reacts much differently to different UV sources, my UVC tubes I tried to use for PCB manufacturering (to much fail lol) would instantanously expose the sensitised paper, like, < 5 seconds. where is my blacklight tubes which had same rating took upwards of a few minutes

  • @MGRMoviesLOL
    @MGRMoviesLOL Před rokem

    Is it possible to focus the uvc light into a small spot with a lens and see how far or deep it burns into the banana.

  • @james10739
    @james10739 Před 8 měsíci

    You should do testing and see what uv is best for uv cure glues

  • @sharkinahat
    @sharkinahat Před rokem +1

    How is it that when You try to tan a banana it's Science and when I try to do it's Indecent Exposure?

  • @HashimotoDatsu
    @HashimotoDatsu Před rokem

    So, is the black tape absorbing the uvc, insulating the banana, or both?

  • @cancan-wq9un
    @cancan-wq9un Před rokem

    Yep, can confirm the result, had a very similar test myself back when corona was raging wild.

    • @cancan-wq9un
      @cancan-wq9un Před rokem

      @E Van Yeah, I am sure you were too busy licking door handles.

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 Před rokem

    just love a light the buzzzes great video 2x👍

  • @cURLybOi
    @cURLybOi Před rokem

    im thinking if sunscreen works by transforming the uvc light to heat, you should also notice a temperature difference between the treated and untreated side of the banana when watching the process with a thermal imaging camera

  • @ConnorSinclairCavin
    @ConnorSinclairCavin Před 9 měsíci

    Uvc is bloody scary. Is there a UVD spectrum section or is it all “sub UVC”? If so just how horrifying is that and what even creates that?

  • @yesman6559
    @yesman6559 Před rokem

    Yes

  • @dancoulson6579
    @dancoulson6579 Před rokem

    0:21 - I have the same 400w UV cannon. We use it for halloween. It's so good.
    Much better than the terrible LED blacklight options available on the market.

  • @guyh3403
    @guyh3403 Před rokem

    The lubed up banana made me pucker a little 😱

  • @ethzero
    @ethzero Před rokem

    >the first 8 seconds< 😧
    >the remaining seconds< 🤔🤯

  • @jclowe735
    @jclowe735 Před rokem +1

    My question is what did the banana taste like after the test?

  • @protocol6
    @protocol6 Před rokem +1

    Wouldn't a "specialized infrared lamp" just be known as a heating element?

  • @kevin_6217
    @kevin_6217 Před rokem +2

    Try using a ripe banana, those are super green...

  • @madixj
    @madixj Před rokem

    Imagine the people who didn't have their volume on and just saw a guy lubing a banana in the beginning 💀😂

  • @TheLaXandro
    @TheLaXandro Před rokem

    bananas are also really good at detecting visible light
    if you can see it, light is present

  • @BadPete81
    @BadPete81 Před rokem

    Doesn't that black tape take care of the blocking UVC and not blocking heat?

  • @donaldviszneki8251
    @donaldviszneki8251 Před rokem

    I want to see how diode laser linewidth and center wavelength are affected by diode temperature. Can you do a video on this? Thanks!

  • @Mr_Alex_K
    @Mr_Alex_K Před rokem

    Hi! Are you using the Ajax smart socket?

  • @Geniusinventor
    @Geniusinventor Před rokem +1

    Man found more users for a banana nice

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +1

      Bananas are surprisingly universal... Taste well too :D Thanks for the early watch!

    • @Geniusinventor
      @Geniusinventor Před rokem +1

      @@brainiac75 yeah :D

  • @exoticspeedefy7916
    @exoticspeedefy7916 Před rokem

    If it was the heat, you would expect the black tape to have warped or melted..

  • @Danny.._
    @Danny.._ Před rokem

    i have to point out that the infrared filter might be blocking some heat, and the sunscreen might be absorbing some of the heat. if you want to really prove it, maybe putting normal (uva/b only) sunscreen on one side and the industral (uva/b/c) sunscreen on the other side would be a more equivalent test

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 Před rokem

      I don't think that would change anything, but that is probably the better methodology there.

  • @abhilashasinha5186
    @abhilashasinha5186 Před rokem

    3:22 looks like chocolate icing on the banana

  • @justletmelistthese
    @justletmelistthese Před rokem +1

    but how does this effect bananas phoning capabilities?

  • @Qeswara
    @Qeswara Před rokem

    How do they use ultraviolet emissions for sterilization while it is destructive?

  • @ryanpenalosa3148
    @ryanpenalosa3148 Před rokem

    Bro, cameraman survived the radiation

  •  Před rokem

    Episode 2 of "banana for scale"

  • @bestintros6868
    @bestintros6868 Před rokem

    Good old man is back 😀

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +1

      Well, never really left? Been going with monthly uploads for years now :) Thanks for the early watch!

  • @Quickened1
    @Quickened1 Před rokem

    So, here's an idea; how about letting a bunch of bananas get to that over ripe state that illuminates the skin. Then try scraping that off to see if it will remain phosphorescent after it's dried...
    If so, maybe one could make a sensor out of that....?

  • @official-obama
    @official-obama Před rokem

    You investigated it further!
    The DNA eraser video is finally complete!

  • @jek__
    @jek__ Před rokem

    2:22 is it fluorescent, or is it... *phosphorouscent*
    lol

  • @waterbiscuit6907
    @waterbiscuit6907 Před rokem +1

    eyy new video :)

  • @TiagoCheregati
    @TiagoCheregati Před rokem

    +Brainiac75 Cinnamon with grilled bananas are very tasty too!

  • @srck4035
    @srck4035 Před rokem

    If you put a banana in the freezer it will also turn completely black and get limp like hell

  • @lotychannel6126
    @lotychannel6126 Před rokem

    👍

  • @karmakazi219
    @karmakazi219 Před rokem +1

    Is there such a thing as a UV-C laser? 🤔

  • @LegendSpecialist
    @LegendSpecialist Před rokem

    👌

  • @Poltard
    @Poltard Před rokem

    *OOO BANANA*

  • @cisarvialpando7412
    @cisarvialpando7412 Před rokem

    What about UV B ?

  • @RomanoPRODUCTION
    @RomanoPRODUCTION Před rokem

    honestly I don't want to be a banana under UVC...

  • @namshimaru
    @namshimaru Před rokem

    Quite a banana of a video.

  • @docwhogr
    @docwhogr Před rokem

    thumbnail: banana burglar?

  • @randomtube8226
    @randomtube8226 Před rokem

    It's said that UVC rays from the sun isn't supposed to reach ground level. I know my skin has not been lying to me for years. Seems to burn more when Im close to a cell tower 🤔

  • @Shonade_Malik
    @Shonade_Malik Před rokem

    Makes me feel sad that you can't even see a bit of 365 nm light :C

  • @pattheplanter
    @pattheplanter Před rokem

    I had assumed there would be cinnamon in the banana recipe. Forgive me for stereotyping Danish dessert practices.

  • @Spiralem
    @Spiralem Před rokem +1

    So... Answer is both Yes and No?

  • @jek__
    @jek__ Před rokem

    Bananatan, ba naa banana, bananatan ba bana na. Bananatan ba na banana banana bana ta ta ta tan

  • @mdrafiqul3358
    @mdrafiqul3358 Před 11 měsíci

    😀

  • @wow-roblox8370
    @wow-roblox8370 Před rokem +5

    Notification Squad!

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +1

      Thanks for the early watch ;) Glad to see notifications are working!

  • @zeltech-alpha
    @zeltech-alpha Před rokem

    Why is Boris's cousin testing bananas?

  • @biggerandbetterthings7222

    Okay fine i will use 30 SPF or more on my banana outside... grr

  • @GlenHunt
    @GlenHunt Před rokem +1

    Let's genetically modify bananas for UVC detection! How hard can it be??

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem +1

      Yes please :D Or just something to smear on them to make them more sensitive... Thanks for the early watch!

  • @jonmarquez128
    @jonmarquez128 Před rokem

    Honestly I would not do sun tans in sun beds it would likely cuase cancer! ☢️ 🌞

  • @ZiggityZeke
    @ZiggityZeke Před rokem

    That industrial sunscreen does not look good for the skin

  • @MYCUNNYsob
    @MYCUNNYsob Před rokem +1

    Brainiac is Anomaly?

  • @nicolaiholst
    @nicolaiholst Před rokem

    Sikke en skuffelse med den der røde lampe der kunne fornemme du også selv var skuffet hehe

  • @JustinKoenigSilica
    @JustinKoenigSilica Před rokem

    could you be a bit more specific with "contains heat"? i'm sure you mean "infrared radiation", right?

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  Před rokem

      I don't mention 'contains heat' in the video? I mention convective heat (not IR), conductive heat (not IR) and heat radiation (IR). Hope that clarifies. And thanks for the early watch, Justin!

  • @johnsmith34
    @johnsmith34 Před rokem

    I'm just going to conclude that anyone talking about the UV detection abilities of bananas is referring to 2:24.
    The browning from the UVC tests just seems like regular burning caused by the energy you're dumping into it rather than any particular interaction with UVC light.

  • @Stuckinawallgamingv2404
    @Stuckinawallgamingv2404 Před rokem +1

    Hi

  • @Splarkszter
    @Splarkszter Před rokem

    just buy something fluorescent. more simple and easy.

  • @Manish-nt8qk
    @Manish-nt8qk Před rokem

    He looks like boris.

  • @JacobCanote
    @JacobCanote Před rokem

    Dude. Don't use green banana. Use a ripe one. Face palm