The fascinating science of bubbles, from soap to champagne | Li Wei Tan

[@MetallicReg]

I don't understand how the audience could ignore the fact that this method could save 15% of the marine fuel consumption. If any point of the speech deserved applause then this one!

[@veditakapoor9698]

I agree

[@dangtrieupham55]

Maybe the 15% is not impressive enough.

[@mmmk1616]

Yes, I was wondering the same, that is a huge amount.

[@Jacob-sb3su]

@@dangtrieupham55 it is when youre talking about millions of gallons of fuel.

[@dangtrieupham55]

@@Jacob-sb3su Yes, man. But "15%" is not as clearly huge as "millions of gallons of fuel".

[@katekp4648]

why is she literally the sweetest AND the most informative person. this is how i want to be spoken to at all times by all my professors tbh

[@katekp4648]

an actual QUEEN sippin on that champagne in the end. An icon

[@rea8585]

You know you're a really curious person when you've watched a woman talking about bubbles for 14 minutes.

[@valeriahelena3699]

Exactly!! 🙋🏻‍♀️😂😂

[@sparker9409]

14 minutes and 17 seconds.

[@dreamoftheendless7159]

ME

[@habibchawkimokni5338]

Just to improve my english 🤪😂😂

[@ルトヴィク]

every simple thing that occurs in our daily life, can be studied to extremes to find results that can create solutions to much bigger problems.

[@Jacob-sb3su]

Welcome to quantum physics

[@PresidentialWinner]

14:15 i can see a lot of smiling faces in the audience. I can see why. She is really funny and her accent is great. Also..who doesn't love bubbles!

[@hanifasabilla3666]

First, I have satisfied with the one that shows when the 6 bubbles added together, so a magical cube appears.. And furthermore she gives more and more satisfying things about bubbles and that's what I like it relates with science moreover in our daily life.. And the way she explains is so easy to hear, it's like I'm hearing a storyteller about amazing bubbles can be. So good 👏 lots of thumb up for her.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*The bubble scientist is funny.* Who would have known that bubbles are that useful and funny :-) Passionate teachers can make every subject more fun and interesting. The bubbles under the ship hull can save a lot of fuel and energy. We must incorporate bubble technology into the shipping industry. Great idea ! We can be glad to have such people on our planet !

[@zhubajie6940]

As a heat transfer engineer, bubbles formation is crucial in reducing the size of things for cooling in heating. Perhaps someday their study may enhance chip performance, air conditioners, heat pumps, and thermal solar systems to make a greener planet.

[@Rickbearcat]

One of the most fun TED talks I've seen to date. And I learned something to boot.

[@Elvis-jx8zt]

just the standard 1 AM viewing

[@ルトヴィク]

Yea same for me.

[@mmmk1616]

Yep, 3:45am here :)

[@melanieh.3091]

11:40 pm over here

[@Phyto.]

4 bongs deep.

[@jvasut3650]

the way she says bubbles is so cheerful! I love it aaa I was feeling sad but like. this lady. I love her

[@4G12]

It's fitting to have such a bubbly character so passionately studying bubbles.

[@OnLevel37]

I bet her personality is bubbly 😋

[@lukas11xxf2]

Lol

[@Rickbearcat]

And the best pun award goes too...

[@Kelly-td5uf]

I would have loved to have this woman as a science teacher. She made me smile the whole time.

[@ilyesgharbi7362]

one of the best ted talks ive ever seen, so informative and well presented

[@CyberSamurai4Life]

She's a fantastic presenter. Science and not feelings. Much better TED.

[@HaseoOkami]

lol this is a bloody moronic comment.

[@wideface]

TED is not exclusively about science. It’s great to be able to listen to talks about a wide variety of themes.

[@CyberSamurai4Life]

​@@HaseoOkami That's funny coming from a person with a playlist dedicated to Trolls, Elves and Orcs. Shouldn't you be on another quest to find your last brain cell?

[@CyberSamurai4Life]

@@wideface *smh TEDs science focused talks are much better than anything with the topic ending in "studies"

[@psycharol]

Great talk, funny intelligent lady!

[@calebstevenson6069]

I was completely mesmerized the entire time I was watching.

[@methatguy]

I saw Bubbles : Ted Talks and instantly clicked................why? I had to know how this Amazing Woman could possibly be on Ted Talks............... talking about (LOL) Bubbles?! I was Not Disappointed.

[@stephaniesmith3544]

Another fun application of bubbles - in very cold climates where frost damage is common, engineers will deliberately force bubbles into concrete mixtures used for construction (referred to as air-entrainment), so when water in the concrete freezes (and thus expands), it has “space” within the air bubbles to move into. Without the air bubbles, cracking and therefore concrete failure can occur and cause disastrous effects.

[@vuldrae1638]

The best buddy, is Bubble Buddy

[@leveljoe]

@ 2:30 "Surface tension" Finally!

[@DaylightDigital]

One of the hardest classes I ever took was inviscid flow theory, half of which was about bubble vibrations.

[@MinkytheMinkY]

Hmmm good to know, sounds fascinating, what sort of background would get u up to speed that subject matter? I love bubbles

[@DaylightDigital]

@@MinkytheMinkY I study aerospace engineering, but any subject which covers advanced fluid mechanics will likely cover this material

[@MinkytheMinkY]

@@DaylightDigital challenge accepted ! Thank u, will look into this

[@MinkytheMinkY]

This further affirms my love for bubbles. I make sparkling wine bc I love bubbles. My favorite thing is to open a bottle of bubbly and watch bubbles rise to the top in intricate patterns. The longer the time bubbles rise, the happier I am.

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

*I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become! :)*

[@jasenkavukelic5047]

Discover Your Awesomeness I am a bubble.

[@tsunamininja]

Thought it would be about architecture and minimal surface area, surprised to hear about penguins and bio mimicry in ships that's pretty neat

[@daututhinhvuong68]

Hài hước

[@rafisw160]

She came all the way from the future just to show us this.

[@gerardshorticultureculture7579]

Im glad she explained this . fascinating☺☺☺

[@androgenius_alisa]

Her ascent is charming

[@hisham_as]

nothing beats the bubble presentation that Finn made in adventure time!!!

[@valeriahelena3699]

Amazingly interesting! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@evolve101]

I like her. It's good to be curious. Bubbles are awesome. ;)

[@osoloco3651]

if you play the video in reverse, its a champagne drunken asian lady eating bubbles with a straw

[@QubilahHarden]

I really enjoyed this talk. I learned something new about bubbles.

[@mdmayen3952]

Great lady, fascinating talk, I wish her very well.

[@bliewafflesxdhehehteehe7114]

sometimes you gotta like your own comment to get the snow ball rolling

[@bliewafflesxdhehehteehe7114]

Santa was the first like

[@thENDweDIE]

But what happens to the bubbles in the glass when you drop it???

[@beryl5739]

I recently have been so fascinated by bubbles no kidding, not bubble on the water but underwater bubbles, I'm really curious about tye science behind it

[@mmmk1616]

Great talk!

[@216trixie]

I almost lost it when she said bubbles "were froting".

[@ExtraterrestrialIntelligence]

i like her accent

[@thENDweDIE]

Did she just solve the Traveling Salesman Algorithm question??? The answer to which is literally worth a million dollhairs!!!

[@megdoyle47]

Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys should watch this

[@invox9490]

To remove bubbles from OLED's maybe use centrifugion?

[@Jacob-sb3su]

This lady is so cool

[@bobreesjr9501]

I can spell words out of bubble foam with my Bubble-Worm(r) invention. I even created some bubble foam characters for 3 of my comic book series I have published.

[@Daggeira]

* cracks open another Rolling Rock * Great time for a Ted ralk about bubbles :3

[@dreamoftheendless7159]

*SPONGEBOB WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@TheAcc7080]

That's amazing pops techology

[@vuldrae1638]

All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by every able-bodied patron in the bar. Except for her, she's cool...

[@panicraptor2837]

The Bubble Bobble dragons knew this long before silly Penguins, they stole their #1 invention and payed no royalties whatsoever.

[@fleXcope]

Incomparable eyebrow movement

[@celestialcircledance]

Wonder if I could utilise air bubbles swim faster ?

[@kwattsoon]

drink every time she says bubbles.

[@SunriseFireberry]

Bubble bubble toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble

[@RandyJames22]

Sadistically, Moe _loved_ Shemp pain -- mostly because of those bobbles.

[@christinecornish3178]

I hope the bubbles used by ships ARE only air

[@IgorMikeshin]

well, that's what I call science

[@spiralinguniverse8159]

Theirs bubbles in outer space well pockets of space. Search terminal shock, heliosheath , heliopause.

[@BassDavis94]

RIP Caesar Zeppeli

[@jamesc9882]

lmao biggest clap was for staking a chapagne bottle

[@hoggybhoy1967]

All this blowing is why Michael Jackson called his boyfriend Bubbles

[@monsieurlemon]

Soft and Wet

[@嵐影湖光-r9z]

Reminds me of Nemo.

[@winterspectre]

Bubbles.

[@picklevoncrunchnmunch7946]

bubbo! me ruv-a da bubbo!

[@staceyc8780]

Don't ruin this guys hustle by telling people how to do this at home!

[@mynaimrie]

BUBBLES. MY BUBBLES!

[@gluskinlee1085]

I hate ZOE's sleeping bubble.

[@nogbert5906]

『Soft & Wet』

[@bliewafflesxdhehehteehe7114]

*HAHAHA* steps on them bubbles.

[@b33lze6u6]

orange man bad >:(

[@suting1364]

fighting

[@dougg1075]

She’s cute. Smart

[@tranquilbean51]

Is this a JoJo reference?

[@HemangJoshi]

She is over acting...

[@HemangJoshi]

Seriously TED?? Come on...

[@aberrantartist]

Why hello there (6th comment)

[@salemsaberhagan]

As entertaining & endearing as this lady is, it's not a good idea to insert bubbles into your bloodstream for delivering drugs. That air has nowhere to go when it pops & that messes with your blood pressure & your heart. If a bubble ends up in an IV tube for example, the patient can have have a heart attack. If you want a safe way to deliver drugs precisely inside the body using the blood stream, you want to make a tiny water-baloon of sorts that you can pop from outside, NOT a bubble.