Hey everybody.
Welcome back to SciJinks.
So I see you're pouring a glass of wine there.
Do I get to drink that, or are you pranking me now?
Well, you could drink it, but then we wouldn't be able to use it for science.
So, we do need a volunteer though.
Oh, right over there.
What's your name?
Taylor.
Let's give Taylor a round of applause!
Thank you.
Taylor, I need you to take these tongs.
Alrighty.
And use those to take this cotton ball, and place it into that wine.
Alright.
Alright?
And let's show everybody what it looks like.
Can you describe what you see?
It is a completely white cotton ball now.
It's completely clean.
It didn't absorb a thing.
And that is just a plain old cotton ball, but it's actually been coated in superhydrophobic
nanoparticles.
I've never heard of those.
Apparently, neither has Johnny!
I'm just nodding along back here as if I know anything.
Do you guys wanna see a prank entirely covered in superhydrophobic nanoparticles?
Yeah.
Alright, take a look at this.
We set up our hidden cameras at a chemical lab.
These unsuspecting new hires: Darius, Niko and Vishani, think they've been brought on
to test a ground breaking new product.
We are developing a new technology to help different materials become hydrophobic.
Saladin's playing the inventor of this stain free technology.
Tamara's playing a lab technician.
One of our camera guys, Jordan, is helping document the product test.
And Jason's alongside our unsuspecting new hires.
This experiment is a smear campaign.
We actually, here at Base Inc, are developing a new technology to help different materials
become hydrophobic.
Hydrophobic means that instead of taking in any form of moisture, it makes it so that
it's basically a repellent.
We haven't had any success so far, but these materials have all been coated in a brand
new hydrophobic formula.
Really hope it works because the owner of this company put every last dime he has into it.
And helping me today is Jordan.
Jordan will actually be filming all of this.
If we can put on gloves and goggles.
These do stain so I don't want you to get any stains on your hands.
Doctor Gregg's in the house.
You're going to be holding this kinda out and away from yourself.
Like this?
Yeah.
And we're gonna go in three, two one.
For one, two, three.
That's crazy.
What the...?
Wow that's dope!
Did you.. did you actually spray it? There's nothing on it.
Yes!
Look at it!
That's insane.
Oh my God, it actually works!
We have to try the Holy Grail.
We have to go to the chef jacket.
The Holy Grail?
These unsuspecting lab workers, Darius, Niko and Vishani, have been testing a new stain
proof fabric coating.
That's crazy.
What the...?
We have to try the Holy Grail.
We have to go to the chef jacket.
The Holy Grail?
The Holy Grail.
And Marinara is a huge issue in the industry.
One of the things that you see, if you meet the chef, right? and you walks out in a stained
jacket, what are you gonna think?
You're gonna automatically...
He's not a good cook.
He's not a good cook.
It's not a clean place, right?
So, the Holy Grail for us is definitely chef's jackets.
Holy Grail right here.
Alright.
If this works, we have to get the owner of the company in here.
This has never happened before.
Okay, we are gonna do chef's jacket with sample C, in three, two, one.
For one, two, three.
Oh my God!
That's it.
It's not even on you.
It's all on the floor.
That is absolutely incredible.
This is fantastic.
I'm gonna grab the owner.
That is wild!
Cause I can feel it on my gloves, but I can't feel it here.
You guys about to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
You're gonna save humanity like this.
You guys are gonna make some money, that's for sure.
I know that.
It's running straight off.
It's like... it's not even... it's not even staying on, anyway.
This is the owner of the company, Mr Saladin.
Hi.
Everything that I've been squirting on these different materials, it's just been beading
up and falling off.
I'm, I'm terribly excited about this.
I mean, you know, I, I've invested so much into this.
I gotta see this for myself.
Let's start with our worst case: spicy marinara sauce.
Okay, and I'll do the same thing again.
I'll count you down.
This means so much to me.
Have you got your goggles on?
This is gonna be chef jacket Sample E in three, two one.
For one, two...
three.
Oh.
Uhmm...
You didn't shake it or anything?
Shake it?
Look, it rolled off.
And this is what you tell me...
It, it rolls... it rolled right off.
It's rolling on.
I mean, look at this.
Is this the same thing?
Yes!
I was just wearing that jacket.
This is not the result that I was looking for.
Maybe it's just this formula.
You know what, we used C last time.
Yeah, it worked great.
This, this worked last time.
So, we are going to try that again in...
Wait, with the pitcher?
We're gonna go with this, okay?
In three, two, one.
For one...
Oh-ho.
This is not what I asked for.
This is not at all what I asked for.
It doesn't work at all.
It worked, it worked before.
It really did.
It was, like, so beautiful.
It just would, like, bead up and fall off.
It was, it was beading off.
It's imperative I get some results here today.
You will, probably.
I'm ruined if this does not work.
It, it did work.
Let's try regular marinara sauce.
We've got a whole pot of it and this one's less acidic than the spicy marinara.
Okay.
We're gonna go.
Can you get on your mark, just right here and put your goggles on.
I mean, come on.
This is very important to me, please.
Come on, something's gotta work.
I don't know about this.
And just throw it.
Just throw it on me.
You're helping me with this.
Oh!
Just give it to me, man.
Ah!
Oh!
I'm ruined
I think we're gonna have to try the chocolate though, because Jordan was not rolling.
I'm so... chef...
What, that's crazy!
The, the marinara and the chocolate worked.
If the marinara didn't work, what makes you think the chocolate will?
They, they both...
Different consistency.
Yeah, so different consistency...
Let's try the chocolate.
Okay.
Are you ready?
Come on, hit me up.
Okay, in three...
Oh, he didn't even do the countdown.
Two...
Careful.
Oh man!
This, right here, is terribly upsetting.
You went on two.
I went on... no!
Wait, this is what?
You threw it too soon.
So, what... the chemicals mess up when you don't balance or something?
I don't know.
But on three, it works.
I mean, if you wanna get him back in here, we could try it again.
Obviously he's got his heart set on this.
Is this the first time you've brought him in here?
Yeah, I mean, all the results were so good.
But I think it's really important that, that you know that you're on TV
Oh, what are you saying?
Oh!
Okay.
Vishani, you're on television.
But don't sit down in the spaghetti sauce cause it is truly staining.
But if you could stay over there.
Oh my God!
Oh, alright.
I'm sorry!
I'm like, you sure you don't wanna try the cloth?
He's like, no!
You were just so concerned, man.
Well, you did a great job.
That was very sweet, how emotionally invested they were.
That was very, very sweet.
And why isn't that used?
Why don't chefs use that?
That seems like a bri...
It actually is.
It is?
Yes.
Never mind.
It was funny because there's pants that have hydrophobic technology on 'em.
There's tons of napkins, table cloths, everything at restaurants.
We're like, what if they know?
But no-one knew and they were all, like, "Oh you guys could make millions off of this."
Like, Niko was like, total business plan for you guys.
We gotta sell this.
We're gonna make tons of money.
That did not cross my mind, while watching that.
Alright.
So, you're probably wondering why did the technology work on one jacket, and not the
other.
The science behind that is extremely complicated, actually.
I switched the jackets.
Alright.
When I went to go grab the company owner some goggles...
Are these the goggles you're looking for?
Yes.
I swapped the hydrophobic jacket I was wearing, with an untreated coat.
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