Radioactive Tritium Tesseract Prototype

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[@donkrapf]

To "create a real life tesseract", you'll need a 4D printer.

[@swardinc]

i see what you did there and i approve =P

[@docarii]

I think we already account for the 4th, by printing different parts in the same relative space, at different *times*

[@hariseldon3786]

Yeah... this guy is a layer and has no respect

[@Sulq]

Yes. This object is a wireframe 3D projection of a hypothetical 4D tesseract, Sean needs to get his facts straight (in a non-wireframe the cells that form the 'sides' are solids). Saying he "made a tesseract" is wrong in the same way as drawing a cube on paper and saying you created a cube would be.

[@donkrapf]

@@Sulq Good analogy.

[@springwoodcottage4248]

The lab where i worked in Oxford (UK) had tritium fire escape signs because they worked with out power. One day some one stole two of them. This was classed as a radiation incident even though there was never any real danger causing the Safety Officer to fill in lots of forms. One sign was found dumped on a motor way many miles away, but I think the other was never found. Kind of amuzing that you can now buy tritium light sticks for fun projects.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thats cool, I never know they used them in those. Must have had a lot more tritium than what these little vials have!

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Searching on the net I found that the US has similar requirements to report stolen tritium exit signs: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/fs-tritium.html & that the signs contain a lot of tritium, 25 curries: www.state.nj.us/dep/rpp/rms/agreedown/tritium_exit.pdf A curries is 3.7e10 disintegrations per second, so quite a lot of activity & the signs are expensive

[@SeanHodgins]

@@springwoodcottage4248 Wow, that would be expensive. I want one now. haha

[@o0julek0o]

That's just the UK being UK. You need a licence for a licence for tritium vials.

[@magnuswf]

@@o0julek0o Oi! You got a loicence for that, chum?!

[@wonderp3574]

I assume that the tritium has a negligible amount of radiation so it is safe, so it’s pretty neat that the glow is from radiation

[@marcd7332]

Tritium was used as watch lume for some time

[@YD_.]

Neon has a similar property, because it’s a noble gas, it’s stable. Idk how it radiates but it does that.

[@maxortega8073]

@@YD_. dosnt it need electricity tho cause i know neon lights dont always stay on

[@YD_.]

@@maxortega8073yea, i think it’s stimulated by electricity

[@xcruell]

Yes its all safe, until injected into your body. Pollonium and americium for example are also safe to handle, but deadly if injected. Your skin is enough to block their alpha radiation.

[@SeanHodgins]

Just so everyone knows, this makes an awesome night light!

[@Peter_S_]

Are you aware that the tritium in those tubes is bathing you in soft x-rays from Bremsstrahlung radiation that you can only detect with scintillation counter? Speaking as somebody who usd to design Geiger and scintillation counters as well as scintillation spectrometers, I see idiocy like this and just think "Darwin in action". Genetic damage from radiation is a stochastic phenomenon and the only reason that tritium is allowed for use in safety signals is an arbitrary contrasting of received radiation vs. fire danger and typically these radiation sources are NOT NEAR people because they're in exit signs that people don't stay next to for extended periods. This is mind numbing stupidity.

[@carzoparazzo9698]

Nice one, but I dont like those "light sticks" with time they lost that light

[@Mukna132]

Peter S way to out yourself as a fake ‘expert’. The beta radiation from tritium does not penetrate skin. The only time it can be dangerous to us is if it is inhaled, ingested or through direct skin contact (which touching these tubes is not considered direct). It is also used in a wide range of products that are designed for night use such as survival wristwatches (closer to the body than this tesseract cube), hunting rifle sights, survival glow sticks, etc. And when I say ‘survival’ I’m meaning the colloquial term for tramping and orienteering products. Not specifically for use in emergency survival situations.

[@blackdragonwiccan]

Lucas Ryan is right. tritium has been used in many consumer products for near a century. @Peter S well as an electrical engineer I wouldn't expect you to know that the sun bathes you in more harmful radiation every day. personally, as a person who has to build and work on things engineers "design", saying you designed Geiger counters does not verify that you know anything about radiation or tritium. now I was just going to let SeanHodgins know you can "charge" the tritium with a bright light like holding it up to a light bulb and it will temporarily get brighter......then I saw this idiot post.

[@w4drone720]

@@Peter_S_ are you stupid? yes

[@samsungtelevision695]

Your dedication to trippy radioactive cubes is instant subscribed

[@17hmr243]

place it on magnetic levitation shelf and point a tiny air pump at it to spin

[@wheelch0ck]

Masking tape works for helping it not chip when you're cutting. Plus, it gives you a great spot to mark where to make your cut.

[@gravestoner2488]

Your outro is like moms before school. "Be good, have a good day"

[@ranganatennakoon]

nice idea ! love your works/style !!!

[@nerdaxic]

Would not mind one sitting on my shelf! Cool project and idea, thanks for sharing.

[@avicek1433]

5:45 I was really scared, my headphones f*** up again!! 😂😂😂

[@Master-rh9er]

Is that "vernier calliper" beside that cube. Plz tell Sean.

[@hypnoticpenguin666]

Sick idea i want one for the desk. Wondering how would it look lif you flipped the outer cube’s mirror surfaces; so the mirrors faced inwards🤔

[@petermarshall1634]

That looks amazing!

[@davidtoro9150]

Those tritium vials are very expensive 🙁

[@SeanHodgins]

I think tritium is very high on the dollars/g scale.

[@goodkrypollo1706]

@@Logically_Thinking Yep they retrieve it from decayed products inside a nuclear reactor.

[@Nukestarmaster]

@@goodkrypollo1706 No, tritium is obtained from the coolant of heavy water cooled reactors not from fission products or decay products.

[@Nukestarmaster]

@@Logically_Thinking Tritium is created by irradiating deuterium (not lithium or boron), this happens naturally in heavy water reactors. And since such reactor need to remove the tritium (so it doesn't build up too much), they might as well sell it.

[@psionicxxx]

@@Nukestarmaster "Naturally in heavy water reactors..." doesn't sound too "natural" to me :)

[@alfarouqaminufor3892]

So does a 5 dimensional cube have another outer cube?

[@leofreitasa9933]

Yup

[@btcannon2274]

it actually looks like a tesseract has another tesseract

[@hyperhektor7733]

no, not an outer cube, but an outer-inside-cube xD you can imagine it similar like this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle

[@anshsingh9644]

Actally, a 2d square is bounded by four 1d lines, a 3d cube is bounded by six 2d squares, similarly a 4d tesseract is bounded by eight 3d cubes and a 5d thing should be bounded by 10 4d tesseracts.

[@charadremur333]

@@anshsingh9644 is it +2 or 2x dimention

[@flimflam6652]

Love your videos man, and that's a really interesting concept, especially using a relatively exotic material like tritium to light it, even if it's a bit dim. I'd love to see a v2. Off-topic, but where did you get your plastic drawers? I need something like that since I'm just getting into electronic engineering and need something to store all my components.

[@SeanHodgins]

The small ones under my desk?I'm not sure where you're based out of but in Canada we have a store called Princess Auto, and another called CanadianTire. They're kind of cheap "everything" stores. I'm pretty sure I got one from each store.

[@Derek_Read]

Same physical design, 8 LEDs pointing into transparent plastic sticks (glue gun sticks?), solar panels for the inner cube, a recharging circuit with light sensor and small lithium battery. Now I need to see if anyone makes small-ish square solar panels. The overall size is likely going to be determined by the solar panels and how small a battery will fit in there that also holds a decent charge.

[@AmusementLabs]

Lithium battery would probably be the best via either wireless charging or charging through pads on the corners and an optional switch, capacitive or light sensor activation.

[@Derek_Read]

@@AmusementLabs Yes, I agree. Having looked at all the available solar panels I can find I think they would likely turn this into something ugly. A couple of tiny leads run out to one of the corners would not be very noticeable.

[@scottxfactoraudio8799]

Call "NASA", (seriously)! You may be surprised at the outcome. Also, if it comes to fruition as far as a build. Check out the NASA work handbook "Free and online" for how to wire it safely. They have a bit of experience that nobody else does. And they did learn from it. And that handbook is way thorough...

[@barnabywilde374]

NICE WORK! Impressive!

[@garyseaman6105]

Good build. Thank you.

[@threeleafclover6003]

I wonder if you could fit watch battery's on the inner cube and then mount LED's that are in a small plastic tube (with the wire for them inside the tube as well) and then run that into the battery's on the inner cube

[@tom95076]

Great build. open source even better.

[@cottonmouth71]

that is REALLY cool Mr. Hodgins.

[@That_One_Guy...]

But can it do weird "stretching", "cubes struggling up for dominance" kind of rotation that tesseract does ?

[@sushicat2148]

hey what size vials did you use, if you remember ?

[@robb4044]

That's really cool!

[@martinwiegand601]

Really nice! The inner cube does not reflect anything, maybe if it was not perpendicular to the outer cube? Rotate it by a bit around all axes? also, maye something could be inside the cube in the center. an rfid/nfc tag, so the tesseract unlocks something. Or a strong magnet. Then you put the tesseract on a hall sensor, and turning it controls something like the volume on your computer.

[@MuzikBike]

0:24 That looks like a weird 120-cell. I kind of want one.

[@ZAINALGUNS]

Я тебя уничтожу

[@MuzikBike]

ZAINAL GUNS what the fuck

[@erictheboringone5292]

Your roll...

[@tiporari]

Nicely done. I suspect the plastic two way mirrors are pretty poor compared to glass. Glass is harder to work with but you get deeper reflections and clearer views.

[@ChunkySteveo]

Nice work Sean! I could see someone adapting this to work with some LED filament lengths and a battery pack in the middle??

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! That is kind of the plan, but will need some more creative thinking. Not a lot of space, and needs to be able to be disassembled. Of course I want it to be small too.

[@daviddb1572]

@@SeanHodgins did you try to do it?

[@ryankern7943]

Dude youre awesome sick stuff.

[@flowinsounds]

needs more glow. that tesseract representation is meant to be a wireframe, so every edge needs to glow on the big and little cubes. Also, doped strontium aluminate / plastic extrusion would be way cheaper

[@MF99K]

I was gonna ask about that yea, I have a bunch of strontium aluminate somewhere but not sure where I put it lol. Also much cheaper

[@gorhino6446]

Can we use glow in the dark filament?

[@notahotshot]

It looks like you put the panels for the outside cube with the mirrored side facing out. In think they should have been mirror facing in. You want the interior of the cube reflecting what you see in the box to get the infinity effect.

[@enjaythelegend2214]

Where do I find your next video?

[@kesslerfox9858]

To make it have more of a cosmic Hue , Blue tritium vials glow surprisingly well. Nevertheless fantastic work on this. I really like it.

[@featherbrain7147]

Could you build a space-warping house like Robert Heinlein's character in "He Built a Crooked House"?

[@onyxonfiree6536]

where u got the tritium?

[@CharlieSolis]

Ahh I’ve met the guy who made the many sided one. At electric forest and imagine festival multiple times. Super cool dood. They made a massive like 8 foot tall one of it as an installation at electric forest a few years back too. It was super cool.

[@themonkeyminds7252]

Great sir,...keep it up Peace:)

[@danielcezario2419]

what about to make the smaller cube a infinity mirror itself? I think this would be more fractal, a cube inside a cube inside a cube and so on...

[@vovinlonshin3708]

Awesome!!

[@thomastsunami3422]

Very cool. Next one Needs a resin pour . . .

what if you put the outer mirror on with the blue face out? in that case you can see more easily in and the inward facing mirrors reflect more green light inside

[@SeanHodgins]

The way it is now allows the most reflective internally and the most easily to see inside.

@@SeanHodgins oh, ok, all good then. i didnt pay close enough attention then :D

[@exemida]

Make a Icosahedron next dude. Itd look incredible.

[@Cobra85291]

So whats the difference using tridium rods to just basic plastic ones?

[@stevenf5902]

Damn that thing is cool!

[@RAZREXE]

Sooo freaking cool!!

[@kezmsfilms1300]

Is there a way just to buy the STL file as I own a printer myself

[@ZaphX796]

that's sick

[@swardinc]

hmm wonder if you could store info in one?

[@Deuphus]

Shouldn't the trapezoidal planes also have partially silvered mirrors in place? Also if you could find a way to use clear plastic rather than black for the frame, the edges themselves "frame" could act as a conduit for light

[@SeanHodgins]

That would be cool. It could be made in cnc PMMA. But would be expensive and maybe brittle.

[@Gambiarte]

I like it very much!

[@MF99K]

could you use strontium aluminate instead of tritium?

[@TheWarGaming64]

can sommone tell me the title of the outro music ?

[@Dravis1995]

0:53 Radioactive isotope. Cancer: Let me stop you right there. Allow me to introduce myself.

[@randombloke82]

You do know that bananas emit antimatter particles, right?

[@Bitterbal05]

@@randombloke82 Don’t play the smart kid, not everyone knows these kind of things.

[@tbaker71]

I know this would take power, but making it with el wire might be interesting. You might need to rethink the design, but it can get pretty bright.

[@soundmapper]

Cool project. The inner cube I dont think is doing anything. You would need tritium on the inside edges of the large squares 12(ea) for effect.

[@SOFIJABORICIC]

We can see 2 real cubes inner and outer and 6 squashed cubes. In 4th dimension if we are able to visualize 4th dimension all this 6 cubes including first 2 will be real

[@jbatey31]

Me: Stay focused don't waste hours on youtube because you see something shiny... Me upon seeing this thumbnail: god dammit sean hodgins alright whats this about

[@tarochan3]

Did anyone notice his keyboard has no letters visible on it? Nothing says "Techie" like a well used keyboard, still in use. XD Great project btw!

[@Rossv2motion]

Wow, this sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie! Can't believe we're actually making things like this. The future is now! Is it just me, or does 'Radioactive Tritium Tesseract Prototype' sound like the name of a secret project in a spy novel?

[@ubacow7109]

have you considered using Liquid Acrylic instead of the supports~

[@SeanHodgins]

Had not actually, i have a bunch of clear resin I’ve been wanting to experiment with. That’s a good idea

[@cozzy124]

Cool, *now add a motor to it and make it rotate*

[@gazi427]

👍

[@beaclaster]

Powered with tritium reactor?

[@mattlewandowski73]

Tritium is a safe low level radioactive material. it is used in a number of self luminescent devices including watches, some telescope aiming devices, compasses, and more. It has a half life of approximately a decade meaning from the time the vial is made, in 10 years time it will be half as bright, in 20 years time it will be a quarter as bright.

[@fkingride.5500]

wouldnt put the outside mirrors facing in not out

[@ryanflipski3297]

God damn thats cool

[@tritiglowpendants3344]

Very cool 🤩

[@WhiteCranK]

Have you ever done v2 ?

[@I.S.C.]

People sleeping on this channel how do you not have a mill subscriber

[@CerebralDad]

pretty cool

[@MAANDR-bb2og]

how much radiation do those little guys put out and is it enough to do any damage to you?

[@SeanHodgins]

Nothing is able to make it past the glass/plastic of the vial. Then, if you break one open, there is such a tiny amount of tritium that you would likely not even detect a change on a dosimeter. You wouldn't want to get any in your lungs though.

[@KeyzKent]

See if you can use that for a power chip for a larger system

[@gabimurray5955]

Do u sell these?

[@mark2380]

i liked this video. great work but let me suggest a cheaper alternative to who would like to do this. i used glow in the dark solution...the good quality ones....and pen filters that was then sealed. cheaper and totally diy. thanks for this idea.

[@AlexandreSilva-sw4oo]

OMG now I understand the 4 dimension

[@scottxfactoraudio8799]

The one I built is that same size. But I used (32) tritium filled tubes instead of the eight in this one! And I assembled it with an alternate color scheme between blue and green tritium tubes. Also, I used a "Dichroic" film of two types alternating those between "Black Orchid and Rainbow", on the 1/4-inch-thick acrylic plates, [plus a mirrored film on one side]. The frame was printed in white, which was then covered in a glo-powder suspended is clear epoxy. These are very easy to put together by the way. Too bad I cannot post a pic! Damned expensive though... But worth it for the jaw drops!

[@SeanHodgins]

You can post an imgur link and ill approve it. Sounds cool, I want to see it!

[@scottxfactoraudio8799]

It is cool, very cool! THNX SHAWN! (FOR THE IDEA!) @@SeanHodgins

[@dumbdesigns4941]

What kind of blade was that?

[@BLACLUB733]

Radioactive tesseract is the coolest shit I’ve heard in a while

[@pauldoroff6973]

Awesome

[@fforetro]

no new version?

[@negativeplayer4446]

I wonder what Loki's doing right now.

[@maxm6713]

Amazing

[@rehetbutler]

I want one!

[@thegreyeyedcat9142]

This is perfect for a game of Paradox Billiards Vostroyan Roulette 4 dimensional Hypercube Chess Strip Poker

[@Michaelsloncehammr]

So how long do those glow.

[@SeanHodgins]

They slowly fade over 10-15 years.

[@newnews3510]

can i buy this?

[@neovalkyr]

i bought a tritium keychain off of instagram its pretty cool always glows

[@CygnusLaboratorys2056]

that's what i meant a radioluminescent tesseract CAN be made smaller and turned into a pendant

[@ChrisHiler4EG63T]

It be cool if you put uv leds in the middle

[@mclovin1498]

This video should be called. “I cut glass squares and glued them to my 3D printed cubes”

[@SeanHodgins]

You’re so creative. Please teach me your ways.

[@scottxfactoraudio8799]

I just posted a bunch of pics of my cube on the "Instructible's", website. Under the comments section of your tesseract project! Let me know what you think Shawn!

[@enl8ghtenmenttv476]

Niiice!!!

[@devrendar5027]

More Tritium!!!!!! Do each line and it will have a better effect.

[@SodiumInteresting]

nice

[@ynnHVH]

its cool but not a hyper cube a hyper cube is a 4th dimensional cube and think of it as 2-3 instead 3-4 a 3d cube head on is a square but when u get a 3d perspective u can see all of the dimensions up back and side and a 2d square is just up/down and left/right so in a 4d object u would see the 4th meaning u could see all 6 sides of the cube not just infinite reflections

[@Arcus3D]

Save yourself a load of trouble and use a fan when working with superglue and acrylic.

[@carlhumphreys9024]

Your Hypercube looks very similar to one on the 60's Star Trek, episode is (Spock's Brain). Thumbs up and Sub. I scratch build large Sci-Fi models, I'm in the middle of a 20" Invaders model from the 60's. The lights I'm looking to put in my UFO build I might put in a Hypercube. I'll send you the link soon as I find it. Thanks for a great video.

[@SeanHodgins]

Awesome! I would enjoy making more models and props.

[@FeedEgg]

Isn't a tesseract technically every version of a cube at the same time?

[@unknownworld8238]

So a tesseract can contain circles... when other faces are squares .... noice

[@barmetler]

Best band ever