23 Aug
2006
23 Aug
'06
8:55 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Wulf daMan wrote:
I've never blown one up, but I have cinged them
well beyond the
point of being even close to edible.
The effect is called Sodium-D Line Emission. There have been a few
papers written on the subject, including one by seven engineers from
DEC, titled "Characterization of Organic Illumination Systems". This
paper should be available on the Compaq website, but it can't seem to
find it right now. (Interestingly, they also studied stir-fried bok
choy and raw mandarin oranges.)
Penn & Teller printed directions for the pickle light in their book
"How To Play With Your Food" (great book, btw), and it really does
work. Pretty neat, gives off an odd yellowish glow.
You can find info on how it all works, and how to make your own at:
http://tinyurl.com/jku95
Best wishes, and always use a gfci or a really big stick.
Shaun
I did this in high school with a plain cord with a switch on it. The
pickle seemed to have enough resistance to not heat up the wire. It's
also a very good idea to do stuff like this outside otherwise you'll stink
up your house. The most interesting part of this stunt, I thought, was
that only one end of the pickle glowed.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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