• Question: what's the most dangerous test you've done and what's the worst injuries or cautions (I voted for you)?

    Asked by changemyusername to Dave, David on 15 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by zuzkarap.
    • Photo: Dave Farmer

      Dave Farmer answered on 15 Jun 2013:

      Hello changemyusername,

      First of all, thanks for the vote, hopefully I won’t do anything to mess that up!

      Secondly, to answer your question: I’m not quite sure, quite possibly some stuff I’ve done at home, away from the lab. Things like touching the bottom of a disposable bbq to see how hot it was (not recommended, so many blisters). Unfortunately having a physics degree doesn’t give you any common sense!

      If you’ve seen the video of my nitrogen cloud on YouTube, then you might be interested to know that it was actually me second choice. Initially, I wanted to do something like this:

      Unfortunately, I mentioned the words ‘bomb’ and ‘live audience’ in the same sentence to the school manager. I was told that the only way I would be allowed is if every member of the audience was equipped with a military grade riot shield. This proved to be cost ineffective!

      Dave

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