How to Break Glass with Your Voice - Hard Science

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  • čas přidán 28. 01. 2014
  • Watch outtakes here! testu.be/1grk4GC
    Michael Thurber of cdza joins Tara and Anthony as they attempt to break glass with the human voice. Will Michael's vocal cords be enough to get the job done? Watch to find out!
    Experiment Tips:
    - Place a straw inside the glass. When the straw starts to bounce around your voice has reached the natural frequency of the glass.
    - Leaded, crystal glasses work best for this experiment because they are more delicate.
    - A horn driver helps center the sound in one place.
    List of Materials Used
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    How To Breakdown
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    Best Glasses To Use
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    The glass needs to contain a small flaw. The shattering starts with this small crack. The blemish can be too small to be seen by the naked eye.
    High fives to our special guest Michael Thurber of cdza! www.cdzamusic.com
    Special thanks to the Jewish Community High School of the Bay (www.jchsofthebay.org) and to our Science Advisors: Kishore Hari (www.bayareascience.org) and Marc "Zeke" Kossover (www.kossover.net) and Sound Consultant Meara O'Reilly (www.mearaoreilly.com).
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    Hard Science Crew Credits:
    Executive Producer: Barry Pousman
    Producer: Nicolette Bethea
    Shooter: Michael Baca
    Second Shooter: Matt Piniol
    Editor: Conor Gordon
    Production Assistant: Kendall Long
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Komentáře • 736

  • @BrutalRandon
    @BrutalRandon Před 8 lety +1229

    please! i can shatter a mirror just by looking at it

  • @hardscienceshow
    @hardscienceshow  Před 10 lety +96

    Can you really break glass with your voice? YUP. Look: testu.be/1grlEYT

    • @kfussene
      @kfussene Před 10 lety +9

      AWSOME!!!!! you guys need some slowmo cameras!!!

    • @willbrine1404
      @willbrine1404 Před 10 lety +1

      That was pretty good. The ability to impact objects at a distance. Sound waves, like magic.

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox Před 10 lety +4

      Now you guys can all apply to join the Kwisatz Haderach's army!

    • @imludwig
      @imludwig Před 10 lety +3

      Karim Ussene Yup they need The Slow Mo guys..

    • @jaakko200987654321
      @jaakko200987654321 Před 10 lety

      i think i can beacuse i have 3kw PA system

  • @bailiespangler42
    @bailiespangler42 Před 8 lety +364

    My mother would practice singing hit the same frequency as the door bell and make the door bell ring XD

    • @yeehaw42
      @yeehaw42 Před 8 lety +4

      Wow XD

    • @theelectricraft806
      @theelectricraft806 Před 8 lety

      +Bailie Spangler not the same concept, but good try.

    • @bailiespangler42
      @bailiespangler42 Před 8 lety +19

      What do you mean by the same concept? They were using their voice to mess with physical objects, so I just wanted to tell a story about my mother using her voice to mess with physical objects.

    • @theelectricraft806
      @theelectricraft806 Před 8 lety +1

      Bailie Spangler Theres a difference between triggering electromagnetic forces by singing and breaking something by singing at the same frequency.

    • @bailiespangler42
      @bailiespangler42 Před 8 lety +4

      it wasn't an electric doorbell...

  • @ystconnection
    @ystconnection Před 9 lety +736

    lol they spent so much money to break a glass with a speaker, when it has been done by a kid attempting it on youtube soley with his own voice.

  • @Atomicbarb
    @Atomicbarb Před 8 lety +161

    But can you break it without all that fancy equipment and just use your voice?

    • @briankiprono4580
      @briankiprono4580 Před 8 lety +13

      +Jonathan L yes if you can reach or excede the normal vibration of the object ,i hope you know that all matter is always un a constant random motion' then you can breaak it

    • @rustyzerg3344
      @rustyzerg3344 Před 8 lety +1

      +im that niqqa#YRN No its fake

    • @briankiprono4580
      @briankiprono4580 Před 8 lety +3

      no its not from experience and theory,as i said earlier there is brownian which states that all matter exists in a constant random motion at the molecular level ,whaat happens when you heat a tin glass like that it cracks if not break,because the increase in temp made the particles to vibrate faster than the normal rate,same applies to sound if it can make it vibrate faster than normal

    • @rustyzerg3344
      @rustyzerg3344 Před 8 lety

      only in the matrix world m!!!!1

    • @Sabrintb
      @Sabrintb Před 7 lety +1

      Opera singers use that as training. Yes, its possible but also extremely difficult for commoners like us.

  • @panos8434
    @panos8434 Před 9 lety +16

    seriously this guy's scream at 3:00 would have broken the glass in the first place without amplification :3

  • @LochNessHamster
    @LochNessHamster Před 9 lety +36

    "RAAAHHH!! WHY WONT YOU DIE??"
    Anthony is so fucking adorable.

  • @cdza
    @cdza Před 10 lety +128

    what a 'smashing' success!

    • @ZioStalin
      @ZioStalin Před 10 lety +5

      To me, it's a failure. They were supposed to break the glass with their voice, not with a powerful amplifier. Too easy this way, and doesn't prove anything because it's OBVIOUS that such a strong vibration from a powerful amplifier with a directional speaker would make it. The whole point of the experiment should have been doing it with their voice and no electric amplification at all. Maybe they could have used the reverb of an auditorium to achieve some degree of amplification to their "natural" decibel level. ;)

    • @ZioStalin
      @ZioStalin Před 10 lety

      Quite weak imo

    • @mollybrown2064
      @mollybrown2064 Před 6 lety

      Cracking joke

    • @fred-is-eternal5185
      @fred-is-eternal5185 Před 6 lety

      They didn't smash it

    • @fred-is-eternal5185
      @fred-is-eternal5185 Před 6 lety

      collectivecadenza i just "broke" your joke

  • @omnivoid8963
    @omnivoid8963 Před 10 lety +17

    Hard Science is amazing. It makes Science more accessible, and really really fun. Awesome work. ^-^

  • @lulu21tmntlover27
    @lulu21tmntlover27 Před 7 lety +14

    What is wrong with people? Yelling to the poor glass

    • @Megumi_991
      @Megumi_991 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Who tf cares abt it bro its litro an experiment

  • @Cb9611
    @Cb9611 Před 7 lety +145

    Just think, I'm pretty sure there is a sound high enough to possibly turn us into a pile of goo.

    • @SanaSamaha
      @SanaSamaha Před 7 lety +14

      Pretty sure it would be a really low bass sound that would turn people into goo.

    • @gx0dbxy817
      @gx0dbxy817 Před 6 lety +7

      KidOnTheNet you ever listened to dubstep :/

    • @hellaawesome842
      @hellaawesome842 Před 6 lety +9

      yeah, brendon urie

    • @TheJoker-dy4es
      @TheJoker-dy4es Před 6 lety

      Hella Awesome yes bitch

    • @magicmonkey8543
      @magicmonkey8543 Před 6 lety +1

      Yep. And a sound to make us shatter.

  • @Jojifans
    @Jojifans Před 9 lety +39

    warning, many glass were harmed in the making of this video. viewer direction is advised

  • @ThrowingShade
    @ThrowingShade Před 9 lety +1

    You guys rock. Love the science behind this.

  • @detsister
    @detsister Před 9 lety +1

    Great video! The scientists are speaking so rapidly, however, that it is difficult for my exceptional needs students to process what they are saying unless I stop the film and translate. Thanks for putting this video out. We need more.

  • @JrKikis
    @JrKikis Před 10 lety +22

    Mythbusters did it with only their voice, no amplifiers or equipment.

  • @brendanmatelan2129
    @brendanmatelan2129 Před 9 lety +3

    2:04, favorite part of the video!

  • @TheVirIngens
    @TheVirIngens Před 9 lety +12

    2:43 "so we can make sure that the pitch is over a 100 decibels"

  • @destroyramen
    @destroyramen Před 10 lety +8

    Anthony's laugh @ 3:28 = Mario 64 lava death lolllll

  • @huong.christina1
    @huong.christina1 Před 7 lety +17

    2:06 "Ahh!!!, Why won't you die?!?!?!" 😂

  • @samthesuperdude2368
    @samthesuperdude2368 Před 7 lety +35

    Who came here from absolutely nothing? Like seriously, why is this in my recommended?

    • @Rep0007
      @Rep0007 Před 4 lety

      Cause someone else, who recently viewed a video that you viewed, also looked at this one. So youtube is like, hey he likes the same first video as person B, so show him the next video that person B looked at recently. It's diabolical Matrix shit, and it gets way more sophisticated than that...

  • @dollyshowboaty4768
    @dollyshowboaty4768 Před 7 lety +5

    The glass didn't break at first because pure crystal wine glasses are the ones you can break with nothing but voice. This is why they had to use amplifiers.

  • @laenaeverwood7453
    @laenaeverwood7453 Před 7 lety +6

    There was a lil kid who was able to shatter the glass by himself. Lol he must have a voice of an angel XD

  • @torikitty28
    @torikitty28 Před 10 lety

    Yay for CDZA!

  • @cinnamonmlg235
    @cinnamonmlg235 Před 7 lety +25

    Donald Trump: I'll reward $10,000,000 whoever break a security glass with their voice.

  • @ZarliWin
    @ZarliWin Před 10 lety +2

    You guys should do this again, but film it with one of those phantom high speed cameras...

  • @onedollarbleach6891
    @onedollarbleach6891 Před 7 lety +16

    4 minutes and 17 seconds of my life I can't get bek

  • @breeziemitchell2454
    @breeziemitchell2454 Před 9 lety

    YOU NEED MORE SUBS! IM RECOMMENDING U GUYS TO EVERYONE I KNOW!

  • @penyuwan
    @penyuwan Před 10 lety +11

    my mistake hearing this from headphone, RIPS my ear drum, but the vision of Tara compensates me.

  • @josh.0220
    @josh.0220 Před 8 lety +1

    I was looking for a terribly produced video with low quality but I found a well produced video with OK quality.

    • @psychpile
      @psychpile Před 8 lety +1

      no this video was wack. they cheated
      and they were talking major bullshiy because you dont need to have 100 fucking decibels to break glass. your voicr just need to resonate with the glass

  • @jocelynmusic1
    @jocelynmusic1 Před 8 lety

    the end is what true joy looks like

  • @marquez2390
    @marquez2390 Před 6 lety

    They SMASHED this challenge!

  • @joedips
    @joedips Před 10 lety +13

    I love their reactions! Such great hosts. Also want to know what the music in the background during the glass shattering was.

    • @SZR298
      @SZR298 Před 8 lety

      +Joseph DiPierno same here

  • @dcmhsotaeh
    @dcmhsotaeh Před 3 lety +1

    Great indian classical singers were routinely singing raagas to make clouds rain and ragas to light lamps
    Raag megh malhar for bringing rain
    Raag Deepak to make an unlit lamp burst into fire

  • @Odin50Cal
    @Odin50Cal Před 10 lety +3

    Shoulda captured it in high speed, I would have liked to see it break on it's own from sound, at massive frames per second.

  • @mario101395
    @mario101395 Před 10 lety

    Awesome Micheal is on this

  • @Garreista
    @Garreista Před 10 lety

    Would this work with noise too? White noise is all frequencies at the same time and roughly the same level with constant variation. If you had a handful of glasses on a table, could you break all of them at one time with white noise projected at 100db?

  • @johannesvahlkvist
    @johannesvahlkvist Před 10 lety +68

    RIP headphone users

  • @adarw0089
    @adarw0089 Před 10 lety +7

    Guys... this was done by Mythbusters years ago, thanks for the effort though

    • @GeekFurious
      @GeekFurious Před 10 lety +8

      Saying Mythbusters did it is like saying South Park did it. They've been around for a long time. At this point, they've done so much they're desperate to find new material. So when someone does it for a scratch of the same budget, it's fun.

    • @MrRizeAG
      @MrRizeAG Před 10 lety +3

      GeekFurious Except Mythbusters did it without all this fancy equipment. Just the human voice.

    • @adarw0089
      @adarw0089 Před 10 lety

      Yup

  • @AshaiTides
    @AshaiTides Před 10 lety

    Great topic!

  • @satellite964
    @satellite964 Před 10 lety +1

    Richard Hammond did it more elegantly in Engineering Connections. But nice to see it done in a different way. I really like Hard Science.

  • @kategrimm8536
    @kategrimm8536 Před 4 lety +5

    "It's unbreakable. It's Bruce Willis."
    Wow.

  • @LinFiles
    @LinFiles Před 3 lety

    Can you please tell me how to find the kind of glasses that will break? I bought a box at Walmart and then found out they are not actually Chrystal. So it can get expensive trying to buy ones that won’t break. Please help me find some, thank you.

  • @AontheArtist
    @AontheArtist Před 3 lety +1

    Just watched a 10 year old effortless break glass. Yet 3 grown adults struggle

  • @Soepsas
    @Soepsas Před 10 lety +1

    Two awesome channels working together. Awesome!

  • @PlayZGamer
    @PlayZGamer Před 10 lety

    i love the color-correction *-*

  • @deszaniflemmings8541
    @deszaniflemmings8541 Před 10 lety

    so much fun! I think you should have called in the Mythbusters on this one.

  • @leonborgersen8166
    @leonborgersen8166 Před 7 lety

    0:12 I love how the music just drops out when Michael is introduced.. :D

  • @SuperLoyx
    @SuperLoyx Před 8 lety +65

    RIP headphones

    • @drewgazmik1618
      @drewgazmik1618 Před 8 lety +5

      +SuperLoyx I had a feeling this would be loud, So I turned it right down lolol

    • @dameek3285
      @dameek3285 Před 8 lety +1

      +Anon Ymous in the arms of the angel fly away from here

    • @dianelotin7898
      @dianelotin7898 Před 7 lety

      SuperLoyx ikr and he sounded like mario at the end

  • @cretinkiller1
    @cretinkiller1 Před 10 lety +1

    This was amazing xD

  • @Samanthayeoqy
    @Samanthayeoqy Před 10 lety

    My ears! Haha. I shouldn't have plugged in with headphones! This is awesome!
    I would totally want to see them try it at windows!

  • @toontownawxsomenews
    @toontownawxsomenews Před 8 lety

    now kids, when it comes to videos like this, YOU WILL DIE FROM WEARING HEADPHONES.

  • @theaslchannel3100
    @theaslchannel3100 Před 8 lety

    your videos are awsome

  • @Elvings92
    @Elvings92 Před 10 lety +1

    That scream at 3:00 so happy.

  • @AldridgeWolf
    @AldridgeWolf Před 10 lety

    All I can ever think about when I see these is that Alexander Pope quote:
    "A little learning is a dangerous thing;
    drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring"

  • @SwaggieVortex733
    @SwaggieVortex733 Před 3 lety

    2:05 The struggle when you're playing video games and the boss you despised is still alive

  • @4x4Productionz
    @4x4Productionz Před 10 lety +6

    can you break bulletproof glass like that

    • @xxaquaticgamingxx3089
      @xxaquaticgamingxx3089 Před 10 lety

      no

    • @4x4Productionz
      @4x4Productionz Před 10 lety

      psh

    • @Hallowed_Ground
      @Hallowed_Ground Před 10 lety

      Not like that, but if you could produce ENOUGH sound you could.. But that would take a lot.. idk if it's within our technological reach or not. Probably if we REALLY wanted to build it.

  • @lazxrev
    @lazxrev Před 7 lety

    I've never seen someone so exited about breaking glass

  • @PTunnelly
    @PTunnelly Před 9 lety

    Can't believe these guys broke a glass with just that. I watched a documentary wherein a male with very high vocal range and a soprano coloratura from the philippine madrigal singers tried to use their voices to break a glass..They tried singing directly through the glass, used amplifiers to make the sound louder and a device that directly puts the sound to the glass. They tried evreything but didn't work tho.

  • @kffpruductiuns
    @kffpruductiuns Před 10 lety +1

    I'm amazing at this i don't need special equipment or my voice to break a glass, I just do it with my hand and floor in fact I'm so good at it I do it by mistake and that takes skill.

  • @CeceCharles
    @CeceCharles Před 10 lety +1

    Awesome!!!

  • @lornamagboo9875
    @lornamagboo9875 Před 3 lety

    fantastic!

  • @ashleymarshall3709
    @ashleymarshall3709 Před 8 lety

    this is so cool, if only i had the equipment hahaha

  • @snoorunge704
    @snoorunge704 Před 7 lety

    I have questian does it work if I did it with a high light voice or a high dark voice?

  • @jor4283
    @jor4283 Před 8 lety +11

    I believe my neighbour's singing can

  • @prakash4190
    @prakash4190 Před 3 dny

    Science is always fun!!

  • @IMakeItNasty
    @IMakeItNasty Před 10 lety

    Anthony, that's an awesome shirt. Where did you get it! hahaha

  • @almc2560
    @almc2560 Před 8 lety

    How do you guys not have 7 million subscribers

  • @Machu_channel
    @Machu_channel Před 4 měsíci

    You don't need that much decibel to break it. You need only the right frequency to obtain the resonant condition.

  • @SoraHjort
    @SoraHjort Před 10 lety +6

    Where's the slowmoguys when you want them to record this!

  • @aceofspades02
    @aceofspades02 Před 8 lety

    It is not only a matter of "db", it is a matter of "hrz". Find the tune the glass vibrate, "sing" in the same tune, and ye won't need so much power of amplification to brake it.

  • @SpamFaceJr
    @SpamFaceJr Před 10 lety +1

    You guys are hilarious :D

  • @austinandce4504
    @austinandce4504 Před 6 lety

    I have a question, can a conch shell break a glass if I tried hard?

  • @starryeyedrealist
    @starryeyedrealist Před 8 lety

    Direct the sound waves directly into the glass
    takes a few minute
    2 boards hot melt the glass base to the "L" BOARDS WHICH can also be hot melted together.

  • @epicemo1618
    @epicemo1618 Před 9 lety +10

    Female Singers Be Like: Ohhhhhhhhh "Glass Brakes"
    Me: "uses hammer" =3 I broke it

  • @fharris1948
    @fharris1948 Před 10 lety

    Most enthusiastic hug I've ever seen 3:52

  • @lorenzonotarianni1667
    @lorenzonotarianni1667 Před 7 lety

    I shattered a glass by checking if it would resonate with my kitchen floor. It worked really good !

  • @FKasa
    @FKasa Před 10 lety

    Female advanced self defence:
    In case of emergency, scream at glass object to weaponize it.

  • @Trithis2077
    @Trithis2077 Před 10 lety +2

    its funny because my physics class just finished going over the physics of this today

  • @redhotchilipepperou
    @redhotchilipepperou Před 10 lety

    does this mean that you can't actually break a glass without using all that equipement (speakers, microphones etc)??

  • @StrawberryPigeons
    @StrawberryPigeons Před 9 lety

    good job

  • @tremems2781
    @tremems2781 Před 7 lety

    WOW‼️ This is interesting you guys are cool! 👩🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬

  • @johnyramble
    @johnyramble Před 8 lety

    Apparently they don't get that when we say "break the glass with your voice" we mean just by singing at it, not by bringing your Caltech equipment to help you along. Otherwise you might as well just use a hammer.

  • @matthewthemaster1773
    @matthewthemaster1773 Před 7 lety +6

    2:03 AAAAGGGGHHH!! WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!

    • @damonjackson5857
      @damonjackson5857 Před 7 lety

      Matthew TheMaster me when I see gay people

    • @kates7613
      @kates7613 Před 6 lety

      The Real Damon Jackson excuse me that's really offensive to gay people

  • @ShadowSlayer144
    @ShadowSlayer144 Před 6 lety

    At 2:56 if u double tap the right then back(if u want) its perfectly synchronized

  • @Hallowed_Ground
    @Hallowed_Ground Před 10 lety

    Honestly any sound loud enough and direct like that would break it. It's just vibrations through the atmosphere. yes the resonance of the glass itself helps, but how much?

  • @Horgirithor
    @Horgirithor Před 10 lety +3

    Why the repost?

  • @BXFISTIcefreestylers
    @BXFISTIcefreestylers Před 10 lety

    My friend broke a pint glass with Run DMC - Jump Around. The trumpet at the start was too much for it.

  • @fazearcalex1669
    @fazearcalex1669 Před 7 lety +3

    it's weird looking at glass break by itself. lol. BTW I KNOW IT'S BY SOUND AND VIBRATION

  • @jdanon203
    @jdanon203 Před 5 lety

    I watched this with the volume down just in case. Didn't want all the glass in my house to start shattering.

  • @kit4341
    @kit4341 Před 5 lety

    You can break glass with your voice, meanwhile ear rape memes can destroy my ears easily.

  • @woofwinkle1467
    @woofwinkle1467 Před 8 lety

    2:55 Michael is so happy xD

  • @darkyami12141
    @darkyami12141 Před 5 lety

    2:04 when you’re fighting a video game enemy that refuses to let you win

  • @RodrigoGraca31
    @RodrigoGraca31 Před 10 lety

    Slow motion of this would be nice!!!

  • @Charlie-cx2zg
    @Charlie-cx2zg Před 8 lety

    Whats the song at the beggining when they ask him if its possible

  • @nmg6248
    @nmg6248 Před rokem

    You have to match to resonant frequency of the glass and sing it loudly enough to basically vibrate the glass to death

  • @dankydrankH20
    @dankydrankH20 Před 10 lety +4

    On Mythbusters they did it without an amp...

  • @divine308
    @divine308 Před 7 lety

    I played this so loud that my window shattered

  • @jamescalder4760
    @jamescalder4760 Před 4 lety

    This looks interesting

  • @hassenfenni3541
    @hassenfenni3541 Před 8 lety

    Things you will need for this experiment :
    -A glass
    -Your voice
    .

  • @DoNotPushHere
    @DoNotPushHere Před 10 lety +2

    I shouldn't have played this video in front of my grandpa's old glasses collection... XD

    • @annikadalley7397
      @annikadalley7397 Před 10 lety

      What happened? Did they actually break?

    • @DoNotPushHere
      @DoNotPushHere Před 10 lety +1

      Nah, not really =) but kinda unbearable for his ears...