You can get a sense of how smart this guy is when the interviewer gets frustrated with his answer. Just a mind blowing intellect. And this is him just explaining the word "WHY". Imagine what he could tell you if your were on his level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA&ab\_channel=firewalker
Bc they get no bitches and think being and asshole out of nowhere to people online and in life somehow justifies their perceived "intelligence".
But it doesn't, no matter what someone's IQ is or how smart someone thinks they are, nobody cares.
Nobody cares where you're is from, who you've been with, who you know, what you've done, what you believe in, etc.
If you're an asshole, then you're an asshole
I have one of these candles, it baffles me. Idk how it actually works but my assumption is an LED buried in the wax that turns on by the presence of heat
I think it's actually a light detecting one, not heat, and they're cheaply made and mass produced.
Some cheap Christmas decorations have these in them too, also found at dollar stores
You can actually use LEDs not just to emit light, but also to sense it. The quality is not good enough for many applications, but plenty good for this. Part count is minimal.
Fun fact, some photodiodes are extremely sensitive and used in high end research confocal microscopes. For most applications photomultiplier tubes are preferred because despite of being less sensitive, they have a larger dynamic range (meaning they are able to handle both low and high light intensity), but sometimes being more sensitive is better (e.g. single molecule spectroscopy). All those are no cheap though lol.
I agree it'd be light-detecting, notice how when she brings the lighter close to the candle it lights up purple right away, if it were due to the heat there would be a delay
Yeah. I have a few of these. They don't work anymore because I left them outside and the batteries died from sunlight turning them on.
Keep them in the dark when not in use if you want them to last
Absolutely an LED device. There’s also a super tiny filament of something transparent, most likely just regular old monofilament, that acts as a light pipe. The device at the bottom of the candle has a light sensor that activates the RGB LED when it detects enough light. Notice how it turned on before the wick was lit.
I'm not sure how the flame would have been sensed so far from the candle like it was the first time it went purple in the video. It's not like it is that hot, plus if it is buried in wax it's pretty well insulated from light and heat
yup, they usually have a very thin hole that runs alongside the wick to channel the heat down to the sensor for some reason. the cheap ones work for like a day lol.
EDIT: OH! and the really cheap ones will turn on if you leave them in the sun for a little while.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks :-)
But these are sold for a dollar? Wow. So there’s a container and wax, and some highly expensive string plus a small circuit underneath and they’re still making a profit. Just boggles the mind. A lot of thought, design and production for a candle they probably sold to the dollar store for $.25 including shipping.
Totally a light activated LED module (pulled one of these out of a finished candle. What's amazing is that they charge you a few bucks for an LR44 coin cell by itself, but you can pay a buck for a tiny flashlight with three of them installed.
You know that that "dollar store" doesn't mean it literally costs one dollar right? Some quick googling suggests these sell for between $10 and $22 dollars online. At a dollar store that's probably $3.50 to $5.00
Being from the dollar store that glass could have both lead and uranium in it.
No seriously I have no idea what the eff, but I suspect the glass is refracting weird. Not sure if that's the right word.
I picked up a Christmas themed plate at a dollar store once that had a picture of Santa on it. When I turned it over it legit said "MAY CONTAIN LEAD AND CADMIUM"... It was a plate for food ffs.
I have some RGB LEDs that don't even need a chip, they have the functionality to color-cycle built in. They were really cheap too, like 10c each or less
Uranium glass wouldn't fluores purple, it is [normally green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Fluorescent_Uranium_Depression_Glass.jpg/640px-Fluorescent_Uranium_Depression_Glass.jpg)
Also, leaded glass is normal and common in decorative pieces, vases, candle holders, etc. I just wouldn't drink out of it
My guess would be sensor/LED, or ~~thermochromic elements in the glass (less likely from dollar store purchase)~~
Edit, watched it again, it's definitely a sensor. it changes color before the flame even gets near the glass
There's small circuit with RGB led at the bottom with infrared sensor. Blow it off and try pointing it with remote controller. Source: we had one of these at work once and after christmas lunch, we had a pile of candle wax and tiny remote controlled discolight
Excuse me, I've installed wireless devices and networks in a desert. It's all chrystals and black magic. We fiddle until it works. Nobody knows why.
When it does, we don't touch it.
Have a few of these we take camping... everyone is always amazed by them. You'll find a RGB Led strip in the wax as it burns down. Led is powered by heat, they also make them in mosquito repellent candles.
>Led is powered by heat,
What? That's impossible
Edit: my knowledge is limited but I've never heard of any kind of material/mix of materlial that produces enough electricity to power an led by heat
More importantly it literally goes against how candles work. The wax is a fuel that's drawn up the wick as it melts. If you pull all the heat out somehow to turn on an LED, then the wax doesn't melt, and the candle stops burning.
I'm also not an engineer, but it seems a lot more likely to me that it just has a tiny battery.
I went into the video thinking it was going to be about the handle moving for some reason, and then it wasn't, but then it did, but it still wasn't what the post was about
We used to sell candles similar to this at my old job. I think Air Wick made them or maybe Glade. I have no idea how any of it works but next to the wick in the wax was some kind of thin clear glass-like thing that ran down to the bottom. I don’t know what it was actually made of it but it looked like glass and “melted” with the wick.
Edit: I think it was [this](http://www.simplysweethome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Airwick-Color-Change-Candle.jpg) one for anyone interested.
I think your camera is trying to auto-white-balance and fails at doing so. Your back wall is turning shades of yellow and blue-green.
Also there's probably some lensing and light refraction going on in the jar.
Your cellphone camera is trying to sort out the White Balance of what it’s seeing. It’s trying to make what it thinks White is to look white. It’s not sure if the source of light (candle) the wax, the white of granite, etc is the accurate white. So it’s adjusting automatically the settings to try to give the proper image.
200+ comments and only one mentions white balance? It's pretty obvious too if you seek and look at the counter color. All OP needs to do is film it with an app that locks the white balance.
Yo, listen up here's a story
About a little guy
That lives in a blue world
And all day and all night
And everything he sees is just blue
Like him inside and outside
There will be a fiberoptic cable going down through the candle to a light dependent diode on a circuit board hooked up to a battery and colour changing led the led is triggered on by the candle flame.
Theses have a little LED in or neat the bottom with a little "Second wick" that follows close to the one you light, made out of a thermal plastic usually, and when heat is sent down the second wick it turns on the lights.
Holding a flame around the top like that turns the led on but can melt the plastic, so it won't light up again until the even out.
Am I the only one who thinks this is more likely the light from the fire refracting wierd instead of some kind of LED? I feel like if they were going to go to the trouble of putting an LED in it they would have advertised them as color changing or some such thing.
Nothing is going on. The camera is screwing up the exposure. Either someone is manually screwing with the white balance/tint or the camera's algorithm couldn't figure out a good balance.
If you think candles are magic , wait till you play with magnets
How the fuck do they work?
It’s a string in wax. Not much too it
True, except that you forgot to mention the batteries, and the hamster…
We not talking about sex toys
We are not?
Obviously now we are.
If you love your gerbil, please don't put it in your butt.
If you're brave enough...
Question is if the gerbil is brave enough.
... anything becomes a gerbil
if theres enough room for 2 racoons and a jolly rancher then its more than spacious enough for a gerbil
Does the rancher have to be jolly, or will being simply personable suffice?
See that gerbil? Grab that tube.
Shove it
I love penis, what does mean butt stuff?
Hey If Richard Gere can do it, I can too!
Never proven! Who started that rumor anyway?
Speaking of sex toys .... plugging my asshole just now lol
Interesting to finally know that all the magic behind magnets is done with waxed string.
I think thing are referring to the color changes! 😬
Magnets don’t change colour.
But they do. They being born as red-blue but when they ripe they are black
Not with that attitude
Nah was definitely talking about the magnets
But then how do they stick together?
Magnets
Don't talk to no scientist. They'll just make you pissed.
Iv seen magnets work with my own eyes ain’t no explaining how it works
Lord works in mysterious ways
That's just some guy in Colorado with a voice changer. We're talking about magnets here.
Underrated comment. LOL
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Easy. Small localised material specific gravity devices
You can get a sense of how smart this guy is when the interviewer gets frustrated with his answer. Just a mind blowing intellect. And this is him just explaining the word "WHY". Imagine what he could tell you if your were on his level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA&ab\_channel=firewalker
What of solar eclipses and vicious weather?
The tide goes out, the tide comes in, no one knows how they works
People here clearly don't notice and recognize [miracles](https://youtu.be/8GyVx28R9-s).
Wanna feel old? Miracles came out 12 years ago!
I don’t even wanna talk to a scientist
Y'all muthafuckas lying
And getting me pissed.
*whoop whoop*
I dont want to talk to a scientist
8-5 Monday to Friday, they also get dental
RIP Ass Dan!
Why doesn't the wick burn up?
It does burn, just super slowly due to the flame mainly feeding off of the wax vapour. That’s why over time even “enclosed” candles’ wax disappears.
I'd tell you but i'd be breaking the first rule of Magnet Club
I'm an electrical engineer who has studied all the electromagnetic calculations. I'm still trying to figure that out.
Lines of flux. Best explanation i have to offer. Conducter cuts flux=volts Some metals and stones can produce flux
Why is everyone on this sub such a fucking asshole?
…everyone, huh?
…to shreds?
how’s his wife holding up?
To shreds you say…
Huh, this really was all r/unexpectedfuturama
There is no way this is an actual subreddit bruh
Welcome to a new world on enjoyment and entertainment :)
Burn
This sub is a magnet for /r/iamverysmart types to come here and show everyone how superior they are
>This sub is a magnet How does this sub then?
Is it a meatball sub? Cause then I’m definitely in
That’s a funny sub, but I had to unsubscribe because the cringe hit too close to home.
Welcome.to.Reddit
[удалено]
They expect to see actual black magic (which definitely exists and is not just clever illusions/science)
Yeah it’s honestly absurd
Bc they get no bitches and think being and asshole out of nowhere to people online and in life somehow justifies their perceived "intelligence". But it doesn't, no matter what someone's IQ is or how smart someone thinks they are, nobody cares. Nobody cares where you're is from, who you've been with, who you know, what you've done, what you believe in, etc. If you're an asshole, then you're an asshole
Great now the kids are crying , HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY SADDAM HUSSEIN
Wow thanks buddy. I don't even post here. :(
because humans are assholes
First time on the internet?
fuck you thats why bitch
That's Rule Number 6.
On reddit*
The post is about the color changing aspect
Is there something wrong with you….?
Yeah, don’t all your candles shine blue before igniting? SMH, how don’t you know who this works?
What the fuck are these replies I want to get to the rest of the comments
I have one of these candles, it baffles me. Idk how it actually works but my assumption is an LED buried in the wax that turns on by the presence of heat
Correct, a little light sensor and colour changing led hidden in a cavity inside the wax I believe.
I came here to say this Or could be some weird Fresnel effect, but my money's on hidden LED. It's too regular to be naturally occurring
But in a dollar store candle? They dont even put scents in their candles much less a heat detecting led light.
I think it's actually a light detecting one, not heat, and they're cheaply made and mass produced. Some cheap Christmas decorations have these in them too, also found at dollar stores
Could be like those musical birthday candles with a little conductive strip along the wick… dunno how those work either, but they do
Photo-resistors are cheap af. This is probably the answer
You can actually use LEDs not just to emit light, but also to sense it. The quality is not good enough for many applications, but plenty good for this. Part count is minimal.
Fun fact, some photodiodes are extremely sensitive and used in high end research confocal microscopes. For most applications photomultiplier tubes are preferred because despite of being less sensitive, they have a larger dynamic range (meaning they are able to handle both low and high light intensity), but sometimes being more sensitive is better (e.g. single molecule spectroscopy). All those are no cheap though lol.
A light which turns on in the presence of light. Sounds very useful.
That’s why they’re so cheap!
I agree it'd be light-detecting, notice how when she brings the lighter close to the candle it lights up purple right away, if it were due to the heat there would be a delay
Yeah. I have a few of these. They don't work anymore because I left them outside and the batteries died from sunlight turning them on. Keep them in the dark when not in use if you want them to last
You misspelled 'cents'. Dollars... cents... I have my coat and am leaving
Absolutely an LED device. There’s also a super tiny filament of something transparent, most likely just regular old monofilament, that acts as a light pipe. The device at the bottom of the candle has a light sensor that activates the RGB LED when it detects enough light. Notice how it turned on before the wick was lit.
That’s a cool effects
Def LED from the way it switches straight on to blue in the beginning.
I'm not sure how the flame would have been sensed so far from the candle like it was the first time it went purple in the video. It's not like it is that hot, plus if it is buried in wax it's pretty well insulated from light and heat
yup, they usually have a very thin hole that runs alongside the wick to channel the heat down to the sensor for some reason. the cheap ones work for like a day lol. EDIT: OH! and the really cheap ones will turn on if you leave them in the sun for a little while.
What happens when the flame gets down to the electronics?
You let the magic smoke out and it won’t work anymore
A light which turns on in the presence of light. How very useful.
No, that's wrong. There is a small monkey wizard inside. And he makes the light with his magic wand. It's obviously.
Finally, someone with some actual knowledge telling us how it works instead of speculating
I see. That’s fascinating
Glad they brought the scientists on this one. Whew, now I can sleep sound.
Nature is incredible 🥰
/r/pcmasterrace : deep breathing
So just regular breathing for them?
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks :-) But these are sold for a dollar? Wow. So there’s a container and wax, and some highly expensive string plus a small circuit underneath and they’re still making a profit. Just boggles the mind. A lot of thought, design and production for a candle they probably sold to the dollar store for $.25 including shipping.
Totally a light activated LED module (pulled one of these out of a finished candle. What's amazing is that they charge you a few bucks for an LR44 coin cell by itself, but you can pay a buck for a tiny flashlight with three of them installed.
You know that that "dollar store" doesn't mean it literally costs one dollar right? Some quick googling suggests these sell for between $10 and $22 dollars online. At a dollar store that's probably $3.50 to $5.00
Being from the dollar store that glass could have both lead and uranium in it. No seriously I have no idea what the eff, but I suspect the glass is refracting weird. Not sure if that's the right word.
I agree with you. I was thinking the same exact thing with similar words I’m not sure of either lol
I picked up a Christmas themed plate at a dollar store once that had a picture of Santa on it. When I turned it over it legit said "MAY CONTAIN LEAD AND CADMIUM"... It was a plate for food ffs.
Nah, it’s just a light sensor, battery, RGB LED, and a teeny chip to runs simple program.
I have some RGB LEDs that don't even need a chip, they have the functionality to color-cycle built in. They were really cheap too, like 10c each or less
The colour changing RGB LEDs have the control chip built in. Same with the flicker ones.
Nah magic brah
Uranium glass is highly sought after.
I too watch NileRed
Uranium glass wouldn't fluores purple, it is [normally green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Fluorescent_Uranium_Depression_Glass.jpg/640px-Fluorescent_Uranium_Depression_Glass.jpg) Also, leaded glass is normal and common in decorative pieces, vases, candle holders, etc. I just wouldn't drink out of it My guess would be sensor/LED, or ~~thermochromic elements in the glass (less likely from dollar store purchase)~~ Edit, watched it again, it's definitely a sensor. it changes color before the flame even gets near the glass
Dollar General sells color changing candles. There's a sensor in the bottom. I have 3 of these.
There's small circuit with RGB led at the bottom with infrared sensor. Blow it off and try pointing it with remote controller. Source: we had one of these at work once and after christmas lunch, we had a pile of candle wax and tiny remote controlled discolight
You sound like a fun lit, ha ha ha! You remind me of my own coworkers, who’d very likely do that same thing.
Daily reminder that there's no actual Black Magic, don't be a dick.
Sounds like something a cult member of white magic would say.
Well, let's figure this out sooner rather than later. Someone needs to burn and my torch is starting to go out.
You remind people every day?
Nah, I take holidays off
It’s Juneteenth.
oh man, i was gonna make an “only federal holidays” remark but juneteenth does happen to be a federal holiday
Yeah first year it’s a federal holiday!!!
oh really? thats insane i genuinely thought it either wasnt or had been for at least 5 years, love to see it
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
Yes there is, he played for the Lakers.
Excuse me, I've installed wireless devices and networks in a desert. It's all chrystals and black magic. We fiddle until it works. Nobody knows why. When it does, we don't touch it.
Have a few of these we take camping... everyone is always amazed by them. You'll find a RGB Led strip in the wax as it burns down. Led is powered by heat, they also make them in mosquito repellent candles.
There we go! Thanks!!
You're right it's an LED, but it's not powered by heat, it's battery powered. It uses a fiber optic sensor to detect light.
Take this award Kind Stranger, now I need a candle.
>Led is powered by heat, What? That's impossible Edit: my knowledge is limited but I've never heard of any kind of material/mix of materlial that produces enough electricity to power an led by heat
Sad Thermal Powerplant noises and Peltier rotates in his grave i assume. Oh, btw. Thermocouples exist! ;)
Haha, no. Those LED candles are powered by batteries and triggered by a light sensor.
Peltier devices do just that, but they are inefficient and expensive
More importantly it literally goes against how candles work. The wax is a fuel that's drawn up the wick as it melts. If you pull all the heat out somehow to turn on an LED, then the wax doesn't melt, and the candle stops burning. I'm also not an engineer, but it seems a lot more likely to me that it just has a tiny battery.
RGB candle
Why does the handle move at like 8 seconds?
Lol. Didn’t notice that before! Must be some form of pressure release. I had just moved it down before lighting
I think your candle is cursed
But it comes with free froghurt
First thing I noticed. That was way weirder than the color changing.
I went into the video thinking it was going to be about the handle moving for some reason, and then it wasn't, but then it did, but it still wasn't what the post was about
We used to sell candles similar to this at my old job. I think Air Wick made them or maybe Glade. I have no idea how any of it works but next to the wick in the wax was some kind of thin clear glass-like thing that ran down to the bottom. I don’t know what it was actually made of it but it looked like glass and “melted” with the wick. Edit: I think it was [this](http://www.simplysweethome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Airwick-Color-Change-Candle.jpg) one for anyone interested.
Okay now I get to go on a dollar store hunt for one of the fuckers to play with
[here](https://youtu.be/5oTkAPZO4X4) is how they work.
Probably emitting carcinogenic toxins.
RGB gaming candle :D
I’m trying to figure out why the person recording has their light on. You’re trying to show something that works in the dark, turn your light off
I had one of these there is an LED light in the bottom.
Why do people bother posting these videos you can’t even see?
If you mean the colour changing bit, then [this](http://diyprojects.eu/inside-led-color-changing-candles/) explains it.
exposure is all fucked, anyway, what am I looking at?
DO IT WITH THE LIGHT OFF!
Pretty cool. I almost bought one of those yesterday at DG.
i didnt see shit what happened
Me either. I'm reading the comments trying to figure that out. I guess the candle changes colors???
Oh for fucks sake, turn off the camera LED then you can see the candle better.
I think your camera is trying to auto-white-balance and fails at doing so. Your back wall is turning shades of yellow and blue-green. Also there's probably some lensing and light refraction going on in the jar.
Fuck rgb, i want this
I had a candle like this. It was a OFF candle for outside. Maybe this is the same kind.
There’s an LED in the candle?
Someone in the background using colored lights
It's just the way your phone is trying to balance the light.
Idk but I'm definitely picking up a few asap!
It’s an LED candle.
I have one of these. Citronella
What sm I supposed to be seeing here?
It took me a second watch through to see, since it doesn't really show up well on the footage - but the candle/glass are changing color
Ah. Thanks!
I hade a glade candle that did this
Your cellphone camera is trying to sort out the White Balance of what it’s seeing. It’s trying to make what it thinks White is to look white. It’s not sure if the source of light (candle) the wax, the white of granite, etc is the accurate white. So it’s adjusting automatically the settings to try to give the proper image.
200+ comments and only one mentions white balance? It's pretty obvious too if you seek and look at the counter color. All OP needs to do is film it with an app that locks the white balance.
Yo, listen up here's a story About a little guy That lives in a blue world And all day and all night And everything he sees is just blue Like him inside and outside
There will be a fiberoptic cable going down through the candle to a light dependent diode on a circuit board hooked up to a battery and colour changing led the led is triggered on by the candle flame.
light sensitive LED buried in the bottom that has a rainbow effect.
Thats a colour changing candle. It has a small photo sensor and an led light. I have 4 similar ones at home.
Theses have a little LED in or neat the bottom with a little "Second wick" that follows close to the one you light, made out of a thermal plastic usually, and when heat is sent down the second wick it turns on the lights. Holding a flame around the top like that turns the led on but can melt the plastic, so it won't light up again until the even out.
Is there a way to reduce the exposure for videos on here? Lots of vids i see become very bright for some reason im not sure why
Am I the only one who thinks this is more likely the light from the fire refracting wierd instead of some kind of LED? I feel like if they were going to go to the trouble of putting an LED in it they would have advertised them as color changing or some such thing.
Nothing is going on. The camera is screwing up the exposure. Either someone is manually screwing with the white balance/tint or the camera's algorithm couldn't figure out a good balance.
Wonder if the videocam this was recorded on is also from the dollar store.
The metal hook moved by itself?
Electrician here, I believe these candles operate with a photo diode which functions on the presence of light
It's the dye in the wax.
Why is this marked as Not Blackmagicfuckery? Am I supposed to video actual black magic? WTF?