Sparks Fly as Caged MythBuster Adam Savage Busts a Move

Complete video at: fora.tv/2011/05/22/Get_Inspire...
Tesla coils are great and all, but the real electricity in the room? The dance moves of "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage during Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
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MythBuster Adam Savage talks about inspiration with attendees of the 2011 Maker Faire Bay Area. What inspires you?
Adam Savage has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real. He's built everything from ancient Buddhas to futuristic weapons, from spaceships to dancing vegetables, from fine art sculptures to animated chocolate and just about anything else you can think of.
Since 1993, Adam has concentrated on the special-effects industry, honing his skills through more than 100 television commercials and a dozen feature films, including Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Quest, Terminator 3, A.I. and the Matrix sequels. He's also designed props and sets for Coca-Cola, Hershey's, Lexus and a host of New York and San Francisco theater companies. Not only has he worked and consulted in the research and development division for toy companies and made several short films, but Adam has also acted in several films and commercials -- including a Charmin ad, in which he played Mr. Whipple's stock boy, and a Billy Joel music video, "Second Wind," in which he drowns.
Today, in addition to co-hosting Discovery Channel's MythBusters, Adam teaches advanced model making, most recently in the industrial design department at the San Francisco Academy of Art. Somehow he also finds time to devote to his own art. His sculptures have been showcased in over 40 shows in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, W.Va.

[@stefaniatabares8506]

it's amazing, electricity and the doctor who theme.

[@jssherrard]

Adam Savage + Electricity = MEGAWIN! Best. Cage. Dance. Ever.

[@viveksargotra]

we can prevent body by keeping it inside the hollow body as there is no electric field inside the hollow body this phenomena is termed as electrostatic shielding and a body which used to perform electrostatic shielding is called *Faraday cages* .

[@CourtneyCoulson]

GEEK LEVELS: REACHING CRITICAL!

[@YY4Me133]

I moved 186 seconds into the future while watching this.

[@ayeshazia7136]

🤣 approximately

[@ayeshazia7136]

🤣 approximately

[@simisola]

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[@victoriaedge2011]

Doctor Who music... nice

[@demoneon9527]

A caged man dances for his life while onlookers cheer.

[@iwasjokingidiot8456]

DANCE FOR ME ADAM BOY DANCE FOR ME

[@Drakelx555]

Now if only the cage looked like the TARDIS

[@qasimmir9455]

What am I watching???

[@HedgieEirulf]

Adam goes to all the cool parties.

[@lifelyrics5659]

Imagine he accidentally touch the cage...his life will be gone

[@randomytpstation3261]

I bet that actually he would not die- Explanation: Flow of the current occurs only when there's difference in electric potentials. Let's say that those ''lightnings'' are 50kV. The cage must has been connected to the ground (0V). Obvious. We can get lightnings. If he is isolated from the ground there's no current that could go through him, meaning he is safe. Remember birds landing on ''voltage lines'' and nothing happening? Touching high voltages does nothing where current have no way to flow...

[@randomytpstation3261]

@@kenkku4004 left and right side of the cage? 50kV-50kV still means no current

[@randomytpstation3261]

@@kenkku4004 If he'd touched the ground AND the cage unisolated= bzbzbbzzppzpz

[@jayeshpanda2782]

This is a faraday's cage nothing will happen if he touches the interior of the cage

[@Morkindie]

@TheSunsLight What do you have against Savage?

[@mallharkhatua7374]

Application of Faraday's cage😂😂👍

[@Sheashay101]

Two of some of my favorite things combined?! I can die happily now

[@asluzun3437]

amazinh cheerful man

[@asanalmahathir2113]

What is going behind the cage in 2:22 in green color 😮

[@bhagyammash6670]

Faraday is a all time genius

[@AntiPeach]

This dance was for Science!

[@notmarypoppins]

To all those people talking about him touching the cage - if you look closely, you can see there's some clear glass or plastic lining the cage. It's easier to spot during the music as Adam is reflected in it, but it means it's not actually possible for him to make contact with the metal due to the glass/plastic in the way.

[@jorjiang1]

the point of a faraday cage is , EVEN IF you touch the cage, you will not get hurt, the metal is a much easier way for the electrons to go through than your body and they always find the easier way, so they will choose to pass through the metal and ignore your body and you will never get hurt

[@artsymamanana]

A faraday cage should be lined with something non conductive. Like plexiglass. I do believe that is what was is between him and the cage. That is how I was taught, but I am no expert.

[@Rusty170027]

@@jorjiang1 That's not the point of a Faraday Cage. What you've simply described is grounding (assuming the cage is grounded) through a path of least electrical resistance but that's not what defines or even what makes a Faraday Cage in anyway remarkable. Because the charge distribution only accumulates on the surface, if you touch the surface of the cage you'd just split the circuit and would be acting as a parallel resistor and so electricity still would run through you (although because a metal cage has a lower resistance than you, most of the current would go through the cage). But if the supply voltage was high enough and/or the cage had a higher resistance you could receive a bad shock. A Faraday Cage blocks external electromagnetic field lines. If you have a gaussian surface, a conductor, with a surface charge distribution with an empty space inside it, that empty space is cut off from any external electromagnetic field lines, since the interior field lines within that conductor act equally and oppositely, cancelling each other out (E-field = 0).

[@ricardomilos1784]

@@Rusty170027 doesn't Faraday cage cancel the charge?

[@wiilwaal258]

One wrong move and touch the cage.. He will be past in one nanosecond

[@MrGibbs189]

i see why they are dealing with time, they are summoning The Doctor

[@txdmsk]

@Morkindie Exactly.

[@yourdady8766]

Świetne doświadczenie 😉 poruszyło mnie to jak ten pan pieknie tańczy 😳🥵

[@maxkranbuhl8990]

cool

[@truvelocity]

Tesla coils. Noticed some of his movement influenced the magnetic electricity.

[@houmanpourzare6992]

What is the name if the thing that is creating sparks?

[@rso823]

1:25 the moment man beat electricity

[@n00dle985]

Omg I love this theme so much *__*

[@melaniehickman4334]

Way cool.

[@jayblair5733]

at 0:58 lol. "eh he shit"

[@Alexelectricalengineering]

Awesome !! Thumbs up :D Alex

[@veganath]

@RagingBubuli Yeah, that was my question to, but I understood that Tesla actual used his own body as the grounding point, ie all the electricity went thru him.

[@looyeeket2044]

Nope,he doesnt experience any electricity because he is protected by faraday's cage.

[@randomytpstation3261]

Plus he is isolated and the cage is propably connected to the ground

[@kumarrishabh7042]

i never trust the cage no matter what physics says

[@szymonpiotrbuczynski7653]

Who's from "The Sorcerer's Aprrentice"?

[@ludilanmarzano]

Ia ser doido se ele escorregasse e encostasse na grade! hahahahaha. Mas parece que tem vidro ou plastico recobrindo o metal....

[@internet146]

What energy crisis?! haha

[@bartoszpawowski4519]

If the Same person would touch cage (from inside), would He become electrocute?

[@kkansal171]

Are kuch Ni h just physics h By the way I love this experiment heartly

[@ZeroKelvin440]

Moving forward in time requires moving at nearly the speed of light...nearly, being the keyword. Moving backwards is more difficult, and requires a wormhole. As cool as Adam Savage is, he's not really equipped to do either of these :(

[@nb4032]

Zero Kelvin er... no? We can move forward in time while stationary.

[@Chris_winthers]

You are just plain wrong

[@Leggir]

Faraday Cage

[@avisbro]

Tardis is Faraday cage. Have Tardis, will time travel.

[@artsymamanana]

Boston Museum of Science has a nice little zapper

[@lennaylennay2]

doctor who theme nice catch

[@fionatsang9353]

The Doctor: What a rubbish TARDIS! I mean the framework is nice enough, maybe it'll be lovely once it's finished. Needs more round things though, and I hope they get the windows the right size.

[@muhammedseyda1191]

3 dk boyunca kafese dokunmasını bekledim

[@KingEhrys98]

apparently not Ban Yan

[@kingbrother9824]

Do you want to try without THE CAGE ?? ;)

[@sayadnabiatzaman5419]

Amazing experiment of FARADAY CAGE,🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Fractometry]

@TheSunsLight I take it your reply to me got deleted, but as you seem desperate to throw out insults, I think you're struggling with issues that have nothing to with this video or Adam Savage, and you should worry about that instead.

[@uniquelyabby0464]

The movie sorcerers apprentice anyone? With nick cage?

[@travellingspud7972]

How did this transport him 1 nanosecond into the future....? There's no explanation anywhere... I love this guy, he's my hero but..... what happened?

[@brian554xx]

+Cheeky Squirrels You missed it? It happens really fast. Watch again.

[@stixdave4032]

+Brian Schiefen ha ha

[@beadyslay]

Adam is such a joker XD

[@EyeOfJupiter28]

What a let down, he didn't get fried.

[@ryancranfield1954]

tesla coils arent EMP generators

[@Fractometry]

@TheSunsLight He might be a clown, but he's not a moron.

[@-PH-Ashvinth]

What will happen when he touches the cage being inside cage??!?

[@TheUltraMinebox]

he ded

[@2bsirius]

Is that an Orgasmatron?

[@Morkindie]

@TheSunsLight So, you knew him in high school? If not where do you get your info? I'd like to check your sources. Fluff? I would not suggest that his projects represent real scientific inquiry. I would say that he does a lot to promote enthusiasm in science. The simple idea that scientific inquiry can reveal the truth and uncover myths for what they are, is lacking in many American children. He may be a clown, but he inspires people to practice science. That is a worthy academic service.

[@anbayanyay]

I'd thumbs-down this but Mythbusters is usually cool, plus it did make me wonder how much of a Tesla coil you can unleash in a room with a bunch of expensive electronics without having a micro-meltdown. Otherwise this was Star-Trek-Fest-nerdworthy.

[@jaydem3624]

Copper cage with rife machine connecting that’s what I would like to see I would like to see a lot but this what I whant to see

[@cerenlennon]

ABİ İNANILMAZ BU NE

[@KiLLeRxxBuNNy]

so , WTF was that?

[@lagook]

@TheSunsLight and who are you again... o yeah nobody ok bye

[@zaquethebadass4672]

Fodastico!!

[@Bauks420]

Science Bitches ...It works :p

[@koalabear2]

Lol Love the singing arc, but if he touches the cage, wouldn't he get killed o-o?

[@9mycool]

I don't think so because the cage is grounded

[@richardgrant5105]

K R A P

[@DJdeliverance]

If only jpmorgan and Edison didn't fuck tesla over we would ALL have free electricity and all sorts of other crazy inventions maybe even time travel ffs! But nooo they had to ruin it smh now I could use a time machine more than ever

[@joshuahenderson7848]

It's just a Faraday cage. Yawn.

[@azynkron]

Maybe he should stick to his day job..

[@squizysword1874]

l vid

[@btsarenotdistractionbutani7747]

????

[@Thuangjai]

ha gayyyy 😘

[@yogeshkumargupta8852]

Cringe music

[@monsimand]

cool