UV Sensitive Beads are fun to play around with, it is interesting to see that there is no UV light present in indoor light and there it lots available in natural sun light. There are so many possibilities, bracelets, secret words with letters made of different colored beads, kids guessing games, etc. On the label it shows pictures of blue, orange, yellow, pink and purple beads. But the bag of beads didn’t contain blue and orange beads so don’t expect to get a variety of all colors. Thanks to Edmund Scientific for providing the beads. |
June 9th, 2007
wow, thats pretty spiffy. It kind of reminds me of the whole glow in the dark beads and products that absorb light then and then glow in the dark.
June 9th, 2007
Great stuff, love the video. I found a bikini that uses these beads about a year ago. The premise is that the color change will warn you of too much UV exposure in lieu of simply using a time based method.
June 9th, 2007
oh i have some of those!! yeah i should probably find them….
June 9th, 2007
Cool I want a shirt thats uv reactive, just so It changes colors.
June 9th, 2007
Kevin:
I had a shirt from the bahamas that went from outline of lizards on the beach, to colored lizards on the beach! omgz!
June 9th, 2007
You can test sunscreen lotions with those. Apply em to these and calculate the various time it takes for diff beads to change etc..
Where does one find these types of things?
June 9th, 2007
btw, any idea what are the chemicles used? And how can one make them at home? I would like my car to change colours!
June 9th, 2007
Hey Haseeb,
This is where the ones shown came from:
http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3082363
That would be interesting to add to a paint color, not sure if it is possible to do but this stuff may work for that application:
http://www.riskreactor.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RR&Category_Code=UVDYES
June 9th, 2007
this gave me the strangest urge to go chew on some beads… dont know why…
June 9th, 2007
Educational Innovations sells these. http://teachersource.com/catalog/page/Color_Light_Sound/UV_Detecting_Products/
June 10th, 2007
Hey , thanks Alan, looks like I’ll need to start saving some money to experiment with these
March 3rd, 2008
THAT WAZ COOL!
I LIKE HOW THE LITTLE GIRL SPOKE. SHE’S CUTE. PHYSICS ROCKS
June 26th, 2008
SolarBeads.com only charges $7.95 for a 100 pack with FREE SHIPPING!! And they give back to schools too.