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Mark Robers CrunchLabs S03E01 Lava vs Laser Destruction Test H 264
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00:00Which has more destructive power? Lava or lasers?
00:04Well, today we're going to answer that age-old question with a bit of a scientific face-off
00:08by testing each against seven objects, including a row of glass bottles,
00:12a bunch of popcorn kernels, a metal maize, a can of beans, a bunch of matches,
00:17a canister of highly flammable butane, and finally, an actual boat.
00:23And since lava won the last showdown between acid versus lava,
00:26your questionable safety method practicing Hawaiian-shirted reigning champion is back,
00:32Kevin, the backyard scientist.
00:35And his laser-wielding opponent in this matchup will be a former middle school science teacher
00:39and a man who has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, possibly more than Jimmy Kimmel himself,
00:44science Bob Flugfelder.
00:46But once again, I'm not just going to be watching from the sidelines,
00:49because each of the seven objects will have to face my X-Factor method of destruction
00:54that will be different for each object.
00:56So, for example, that highly flammable canister of butane gas
00:59might be dropping into the path of two katanas spitting at 1,500 RPM
01:03in a small room filled with open flames.
01:06And as expected, the nerd trash talk commenced immediately.
01:09I love Kevin's cute little backyard build.
01:12You're going down, Bob.
01:13Don't go sleeping on the X-Factor.
01:15You got another excavator hiding outside?
01:18I'm basically Oprah here, because the winner of today's competition gets a boat.
01:22Last time you said I'd win a car, we ended up burning all the cars.
01:25Did you win a car?
01:26Technically, but...
01:27Well, with that, we can...
01:29William!
01:30Will's back!
01:31It smells like farts in here, Mark.
01:33Somebody farted.
01:34I'll get you out, Will.
01:35Ah!
01:35William!
01:36Yeah?
01:36Don't you have better things to do?
01:38So in exchange for once again crashing the party,
01:40I sent William off to find the official Crunch Labs bin of spare referee uniforms.
01:45I forgot about that thing.
01:46It was time to commence our seven-item showdown of destruction,
01:49starting first with a row of glass bottles.
01:52What I have in my hand is a 3,000-watt water-cooled high-powered laser.
01:56This thing gets hotter than lava, Kevin.
01:58Only in a tiny spot.
01:59It's all we need.
01:59I'm not even going to wear my glasses.
02:01You have to wear your glasses.
02:02Okay, sorry.
02:03Here we go.
02:04Oh, my goodness.
02:06Whoa!
02:07It's like a mini-volcano!
02:09Holy...
02:09Volcano!
02:10Bob slowly worked his laser through every bottle, setting them up...
02:13Oh!
02:15So he could breezily knock them down.
02:18So that's a good way to cut a glass in half.
02:20Which was fair enough, but could lava do better?
02:23Let's do it.
02:24Nice.
02:25And by the way, if you've ever wondered how to make lava,
02:27all you do is stick rocks in a graphite crucible,
02:30then heat them up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit
02:32so that the rocks just literally melt and turn into their liquid form.
02:36Look at that!
02:38Wow!
02:38That's actually hot!
02:40Hot lava!
02:41Whoa!
02:46Whoa!
02:53Whoa!
02:55I still got one!
02:58Whoa!
03:01That was awesome!
03:01Horrifying and amazing.
03:03That was also a lot faster than Bob!
03:05Can't argue with that.
03:06And with the flames safely doused, it was now my turn.
03:09I would say Kevin wins.
03:10I haven't gone yet!
03:12I think I won that one, right?
03:13And they would soon live to regret ever discounting the X Factor.
03:17Because what they didn't know is when it comes to oversized,
03:19quadruple-banded trigger-locked slingshots,
03:21I'm a bit of a sharpshooter.
03:23What?
03:25Darn it.
03:26Darn it!
03:27It's harder than it looks, alright?
03:29First try.
03:36Yes!
03:38And, uh, yeah.
03:39My slingshot eventually handled all of them.
03:42Mark, you made this easy.
03:43It's Kevin.
03:44Let's go!
03:45Next round!
03:46So Lava put the first points on the board
03:48as we moved into the second event of the day
03:49to see which of us could most effectively pop some popcorn.
03:53How did no one think of using a laser to pop popcorn?
03:56That's a no-brainer, just like you.
03:58Don't insult a guy with a military-grade laser.
04:01Three, two, one!
04:02Wow!
04:04Oh, I see a kernel!
04:05What?
04:06Are they popping?
04:07Yes!
04:07What?
04:08The car may have set it on fire.
04:10This looks repulsive.
04:11You haven't tasted it yet.
04:12Just, like, a little bit burnt.
04:13See?
04:14Oh!
04:15Oh!
04:15Yay!
04:16Just needs more time.
04:18But Bob's time was up.
04:19Do you have a plan, Kevin?
04:20No.
04:21First, just like this.
04:23Oh, man, dude.
04:24That's clever.
04:25That's Guy Fieri right there.
04:26And then, here we go.
04:27Popcorn at top.
04:29Oh, you really went for it.
04:30Oh, yeah.
04:31Wow, look at the smoke.
04:33Is it off-gassing and then burning?
04:35That is cruel!
04:36That's one of the craziest things I've ever seen in my life.
04:39I think it's-
04:40Oh!
04:42We got some popcorn!
04:45Kevin's popcorn was the clear winner in quantity.
04:48Oh!
04:51Oh!
04:51Taste test.
04:52But how is the quality?
04:54Oh, it's chewy.
04:55Huh.
04:56Oh!
04:56Oh, no, that's not good.
04:57Wow!
04:58Lacking.
05:00Severely lacking.
05:01It didn't taste like smoke.
05:02That's horrible.
05:03Oh!
05:04Which brought us to the X Factor and this odd-looking contraption.
05:07Okay.
05:08Now, I just turn.
05:10This should make popcorn really, really fast.
05:13Basically, the way it works is you put the kernels in the top of this mini-chamber
05:16and then you lock it closed and heat it up over a small fire, which causes the air pressure to
05:21rise really high
05:22because the air can't expand out like it wants to as it heats up.
05:26This new pressure, then, pushes back on each kernel, squeezing them in all around like a weighted blanket
05:32to keep their kernel shape even though they're now totally hot enough to pop into popcorn.
05:37So, after putting a liberal amount of butter and salt into this bag here
05:40and then prying off the lid to the chamber...
05:43Three, two, one!
05:48You instantly pop a thousand pieces of popcorn as they're free to expand now without all the extra air pushing
05:55them in.
05:55Whoa!
05:57Whoa!
05:57And after a quick shake...
05:58I'll be the judge.
06:01That's pretty good.
06:02That's really good, actually.
06:02No.
06:03If mine was covered in salt and butter, it would taste good, too.
06:05Yeah, let's test it.
06:06Okay, wait, no.
06:07The winner is Mark!
06:08Ugh!
06:09And that meant the underdog X factor was tied with lava as we moved into round three, the metal maze.
06:13And Science Bob's plan was to use a series of mirrors to send his beam through the maze straight to
06:19a balloon filled with flammable gas.
06:21Ooh, balloon!
06:21The fastest way to solve a maze is to use the speed of light.
06:24Three, two, one, powering.
06:27And while it instantly got through the maze, all of the mirrors did too much to weaken the intensity of
06:32the beam.
06:32Bob, it didn't light your flash paper.
06:34Can we just do it manually?
06:37Only barely being salvaged...
06:39Whoa!
06:40...by the explosive ending.
06:42And Kevin's take on the maze was to turn it on its head.
06:44You have to follow your own path in life.
06:46Don't listen to the walls society puts up for you.
06:49You take the maze and you just melt it down.
06:51Oh, gosh.
06:51Then I miss lava.
06:55Oh, it's beautiful!
06:57It already went through.
06:58And the lava wasted no time in just melting its way through every wall.
07:02Whoa!
07:07I might burn through this side, too.
07:09I can solve the maze ten different ways.
07:11But one was more than enough.
07:13I think that was really cool, Kevin.
07:14That's beautiful, Kevin.
07:16I also think you didn't solve the maze.
07:17Yeah.
07:18My submission for X Factor on maze should be arriving...
07:23...now.
07:24Right on time.
07:26This...
07:26There's no way she's fitting in that maze.
07:28...is my adorable niece Kaylee.
07:30And Kaylee, what do we have in this box?
07:32We have my pet Squeaky.
07:34Squeaky can do the maze?
07:36Yeah.
07:36So we put a little motivation at the end of the maze and let Squeaky get to work.
07:40And Squeaky wasted no time in leaving the competition in the dust.
07:45Come on.
07:46Come on, Squeaky.
07:47Come on, Squeaky.
07:48Turn around.
07:48I can't believe this worked.
07:51No!
07:52Oh, that's so embarrassing.
07:53Squeaky.
07:55This is so bad.
07:55Kaylee, can you tell him to go to the finish line?
07:58I can, but I don't want to.
08:00Wait, what?
08:01Come on.
08:01There's something wrong with this mouse.
08:03Okay.
08:04Okay.
08:04Okay.
08:05Okay.
08:05Okay.
08:06Full body out.
08:07Full body out.
08:09And...
08:15Science Bob attempted to console me with a scientific explanation for Squeaky's cold feet.
08:20Mammals don't like being out in the open because that's where predators are.
08:23That's right.
08:23Right now it's probably feeling a little more protection.
08:26So knowing this, we gave Squeaky a nice protected VIP line straight to the cheese.
08:32And soon enough...
08:34Oh, that's it.
08:35Yeah!
08:37Go into Science Bob's clothes.
08:38That would be awesome.
08:39Yes.
08:39Yes.
08:40Do it.
08:41Do it.
08:41Yeah.
08:42So I sent my adorable niece Kaylee off to wait.
08:44It's your call.
08:45How do you want to play this?
08:45While we all waited for William's final call.
08:48I will say, she cries easy.
08:49Easy choice to make.
08:50Make eye contact with Kaylee first.
08:52Okay, fine.
08:53Everybody wins.
08:55You're a winner.
08:56You're a winner.
08:56The points are negated.
08:57No one gets any points.
08:59Which was, perhaps deservedly, a way to call us all losers on that round as we moved
09:03on to the tastiest round.
09:04Yet, beans.
09:05Welcome to the Crunch Labs kitchen.
09:08Chef, chef, chef.
09:09Here we go.
09:11Warm them up gently.
09:13Then they will be delicious.
09:15Looks like he's welding beans.
09:17Once they're warmed up gently.
09:19Besides Bob, you're leaking beans everywhere.
09:21This is a crime against beans.
09:23Just like grandma makes it.
09:25It smells like grandma.
09:27Mmm.
09:28It's like mildly room temperature beans.
09:29Five stars.
09:30So all Kevin's lava had to do was beat room temperature beans.
09:34This is gonna be way better than your laser beans.
09:36Kevin, you look like a chef from the future.
09:43Whoa.
09:44Whoa.
09:48Whoa.
09:53Whoa.
09:54Oh my.
09:55Whoa.
09:57Get away from it, Kevin.
09:58Okay.
09:59Okay.
10:00Okay.
10:01Cool, Kevin.
10:04I have never seen that happen before.
10:07Yeah.
10:07It's like an alien egg omelet.
10:09You are a futuristic chef.
10:10Look at that.
10:11Look at that.
10:11But to be kind.
10:12And the floor is lava.
10:14We gave him the mulligan.
10:15Oh, the power of a volcano versus these beans.
10:18Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
10:24Oh, my God.
10:25Yeah.
10:25Wait, that can of beans is gonna explode.
10:27That's what I'm kind of worried about.
10:28Wait.
10:29Is it gonna explode?
10:30Kevin, I would put that down and get away from the beans.
10:31Get away, get away, get away, get away.
10:33Get away.
10:34Is that getting bigger?
10:35Kevin, get away from the beans.
10:36Kevin, get away from the beans.
10:36Kevin, join us.
10:37It's getting bigger.
10:38It's gonna explode, bro.
10:39Well, I know.
10:39I want to get covered in beans.
10:40So we waited to see if these were truly some ticking time beans.
10:44This is horrible.
10:47The second I let my guard down, it's gonna explode.
10:49You look like a muppet.
10:50Oh! Oh! Is that it? Okay.
10:53It punctured. I knew you wouldn't do it.
10:55And with these beans being more bust than boom,
10:57we had to grab a can opener, sing us how Kevin's lo-
11:06Whoa!
11:07Whoa!
11:09Never mind!
11:12Are we rolling?
11:14Oh my god.
11:16My ceiling!
11:17They'll come back down any minute now.
11:19That is quite possibly the biggest and loudest explosion we've ever had at Crunch Labs.
11:24And we've had a lot.
11:26Dude, the floor is slippery.
11:28Dude, there's no beans!
11:30Wait, there's no more beans!
11:32What?!
11:33Fortunately, we found just enough for a taste test.
11:35Aw.
11:36Oh good.
11:37Before moving on to the X Factor,
11:39there's more than one way to boil a can of beans.
11:43With a twist they never saw coming.
11:45Because that clear container is actually a vacuum chamber,
11:48and by sucking out the air on the chamber, I would lower the pressure on the beans, causing them to
11:52boil.
11:52You might have noticed this effect when you're at higher elevation in the mountains, where the air pressure is lower,
11:57and it takes longer for something like your ramen noodles to become soft, even though the water is boiling.
12:02With less air pressure, the boiling point of water is as much as 10 degrees lower, so the water just
12:07can't get as hot before it turns to steam.
12:09Oh, yes!
12:11They're like rising out with the foam.
12:13This is disgusting, Mark.
12:14Looks like a root beer float.
12:15Wait till you taste it!
12:16And once it had been given enough time to really boil, I switched off the vacuum, letting the air rush
12:22back in, as I prepared to plate.
12:24Oh!
12:25Oh my gosh!
12:26Judge?
12:28They're colder than the room temperature.
12:30You get negative points, because you made the beans colder.
12:32There's only one of these that was memorable, and it was Kevin's bean bomb.
12:36Yes!
12:36So Kevin pulled ahead by one point, but it was still anybody's game going into the matches round.
12:42Alright, arguably the most expensive way to light a match.
12:45Oh!
12:46Oh my god!
12:47Whoa!
12:47The laser worked great, although thanks to Bob's protective eyewear...
12:51You've basically missed the entire back half.
12:53It's so hard to see!
12:54Don't tell him!
12:55Don't tell him!
12:55Alright, mate, you're doing great, Bob.
12:57But even with his helmet handicap, Bob got the rest quickly.
13:00Wow!
13:02And now for Kevin's contraption, a spaghetti pot with slots he had cut in the bottom, and then bolted it
13:08to the end of a router motor, hoping a centrifugal force would fire the rapidly spinning lava into the matches.
13:14Three, two, one!
13:16Yeah, nice!
13:17Whoa!
13:25It was quick, beautiful, and left a ton of flames.
13:29I can't believe it!
13:30Unfortunately for Kevin, the flames just weren't on the matches.
13:33No!
13:35Oh, you're burning it with a crucible, it's not even lava anymore.
13:38It got kinda sad.
13:39Here we go!
13:40For the X-Factor, I filled a squirt gun with acid in the hopes it would create an exothermic reaction
13:45on the match heads, causing them to ignite.
13:47I can have the minions bring you some lava.
13:49I don't need your big lava!
13:51Whoa!
13:52Whoa!
13:53Oh, fire!
13:54Chemistry!
13:55What's up?
13:57I think you need a time-lapse instead of high-speed, Mark.
13:59That's nerd trash talk right there.
14:02And so we did put it to a time-lapse, and we found out that if we gave it enough
14:05time, it still burnt out.
14:08Science Bob had the most effective method of lighting on fire.
14:11Laser!
14:12No way!
14:13So Science Bob was finally on the board as we moved into the flammable butane cans.
14:17We've been trying to answer some important science questions here, and the world wants to know what happens if we
14:22hit a laser on a can of highly flammable butane.
14:25What happened?
14:26Well, I don't know, so we're gonna find out.
14:27Oh.
14:28Three, two, one!
14:31Okay, okay.
14:32Going down, going down.
14:42Whoa!
14:42That's not what I was expecting!
14:46Well, that's how you laser.
14:47It was a strong start for laser, and now it was over to lava to see if it could be
14:52topped.
14:52Kevin, I see we need bunker protection for this.
14:55Oh, why?
14:56Because it's gonna be so good?
14:57Because it's gonna be dangerous.
15:02That means it's good.
15:03Despite my best judgment, I allowed Kevin to continue as he attempted to ignite a butane canister by dumping a
15:09bunch of lava on it.
15:11Oh!
15:11Oh!
15:12And the result was actually gorgeous.
15:15Oh!
15:18As the venting butane forced the viscous flow of lava streaming back up into the air.
15:24Whoa!
15:25And when it was finally through.
15:27Look at the bubble on the floor!
15:28It left so much to see.
15:30Whoa, look at the lava spike on that. Obsidian dagger.
15:34And a lot to here.
15:35Oh!
15:37Oh!
15:38Ah!
15:41It's like lava ASMR.
15:43And even some stuff to wear.
15:44I think we officially have the world's most dangerous contact lenses.
15:47But I could beat all that.
15:48Gentlemen, you'll find your butane can attached to the ceiling here with an electromagnet.
15:52If I push this button, it drops.
15:55Drops onto what?
15:56Well, it drops onto this helicopter that spins these little arms.
16:01They're not wooden arms.
16:02They are...
16:04Swords.
16:05Those are katanas, I believe.
16:07Then what?
16:07Sterno flames all around in the container to ignite the butane.
16:12So you took two swords and bolted them to a motor.
16:141500 RPM motor.
16:15They're gonna stay on it?
16:17In theory.
16:18I lit the candles as I prepared to say hello to victory and potentially goodbye to crunch slabs.
16:24Mwah!
16:24Here we go!
16:25Spin her up!
16:26Oh!
16:27Is that as fast as it can go?
16:29No.
16:30Oh, no.
16:31You should say stuff like that, Kevin.
16:33Oh!
16:36Okay!
16:36I'm good there!
16:37Oh!
16:38Okay, here we go!
16:39Mark, this is terrifying!
16:40Three, two, one!
16:53Oh!
16:55Yes!
16:57Yes!
16:57That was so cool!
16:59It blew up!
17:01Yeah!
17:01Look.
17:02Perfect slice.
17:04I feel like the X Factor finally brought something interesting to the table.
17:07Which put the scores here, headed into the final two-point showdown.
17:11All right, gentlemen.
17:12What do you think?
17:13That one kind of looks like me.
17:14Yeah, that's by design.
17:15Uh-oh.
17:15I'm guessing this is not a race.
17:17Yeah, your goal is to sink a boat.
17:18The lake had three boats in it, each filled with a self-portrait mannequin and a few gas
17:22cans to make things more interesting.
17:24Quite simply, first to sink a boat wins, starting with Kevin, who is resorting to some medieval
17:29tactics.
17:30Hey, Kevin, you know what I think of your little catapult?
17:32What do you think, Bob?
17:34I think it's really cool.
17:35I hope it works.
17:36Uh, Bob.
17:37Sorry, I'm not good at trash talk.
17:38Bring in the lava!
17:40You guys don't have any minions.
17:41All right, Kevin.
17:42This better be cool.
17:43Oh, we're locked and loaded.
17:44Here you go.
17:45You guys ready?
17:45Yeah!
17:45Three!
17:46Two!
17:47One!
17:48Fire!
18:04You didn't even get close to the boat.
18:07I don't want to hurt myself.
18:08Oh look, it's sizzling.
18:10Whoa!
18:11All right, more lava.
18:12Three!
18:13Two!
18:13One!
18:13Fire!
18:17Yeah!
18:20Fire!
18:21Fire!
18:22Fire!
18:23Fire!
18:23Fire!
18:23Fire!
18:23Fire!
18:24I would've hit it, but it missed.
18:26Is this it, Kevin?
18:27Launch lava at you, like normal people do.
18:31Yeah!
18:35Ah!
18:36Come on!
18:38i think if we take the lava out of the crucible it'll go farther straight projectiles yeah just
18:43a red hot crucible no lava okay it was his last shot three two one so he gave it everything
18:54and by sheer luck he hit one of the gas can triggers
19:04oh he just dropped the bomb and kept going and we waited for the ship to sink but alas
19:09it did not wow coming my lava minions are fired all right gentlemen my strategy here
19:16is kind of simple simple man simple strategy continuing with the medieval theme flaming arrow
19:24he doesn't even have a quiver he's just like strapping him to his back
19:26by the way i got my archery mirror badge in boy scouts is that why it's not catching on fire
19:31it looks like it's supposed to catch on fire oh yeah
19:37okay it's great and true
19:44oh my god that was supposed to look cooler baby here we go got it oh definitely the win there
19:53is no win
19:55this is so sad the lake is littered with arrows oh people look up to you mark
20:06hey arrow boy wait i thought you were gonna trash talk i was just gonna say
20:10good luck and i'm rooting for you well now i feel bad quit being nice bob this is the last
20:16arrow all
20:17all right i gotta make this one count okay here we go flaming arrow
20:31dang it and then there was one this game is rigged and with my boat even less sunk than kevin's
20:39the
20:39stage was perfectly set for science bob to steal away the victory all right boys now we have added an
20:46extender on here this is a big moment because you're down by one but this is a two-pointer
20:50i literally have to light myself on fire out there oh yeah sorry bob me and a ryan seacrest hairdo
20:56i think it's a good look it's way better than my regular hair all right bob bob's about to pull
21:01a
21:11titanic cut the bone back bob we have to let it cool
21:42it's sinking i think it's sinking bob you animal relentless i mean i think you win so far
21:49okay and as the uss laser sunk into the watery depths like any good captain science bob seacrest
21:56went down with the ship look it could be anyone's game at this point will what's the call golden hour
22:02you look incredibly handsome but you're still the loser bob bob did damage
22:09what you get a hug yeah and of course i promised you a brand new boat so there it is
22:14oh that's my boat
22:19but i don't want that boat
22:52so
23:00you
23:02so
23:02you
23:02you
23:03you
23:06you
23:06you
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