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Make A Glowing Tomato! watch!

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  • hawk0168, on 10/10/2007, -1/+66Tomacco??
  • JesseJ, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4Yeah and someone ends up dead when it gets eaten accidentally. How about just buying an glow-stick and act gay with it instead.
    • nimawin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2you're an idiot if you don't get the difference between a glow stick and a glowing tomato
  • arzdb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32Whoever would eat a glowing tomato deserves whatever comes from eating one of those things.
    • Frozo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12The tomato isn't glowing the next day when the careless perpetrator leaves it out for his roommate to make a sandwich with it.
      • Aticper, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Well no, but I'd imagine you'd taste the phosphorous and peroxide before it killed you.

        Not to mention that, both of those things being rather corrosive, it is going to be a rather funny looking tomato by the next day.

  • androothebear, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2mmmmmmmmm tomacco
  • CatsAreGods, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Dugg for being cool science, a great video, and now thanks to my diabetic cat I even have syringes up the gazoo! (Well, not literally up the gazoo...)
  • vap0r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Attaaaaaack of the killer tomaaaaaatoes
    • Dreamfiend, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Return of the KILLER TOMAAAATOES!!!!!!!
      • Jacob, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Killer tomatoes strike back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • Frozo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Killer Tomatoes: The Complete Box Set (remastered and repackaged!!)
          • xyqxyq, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The joke killing squad does it again.
        • Frozo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Killer Tomatoes: The Complete Box Set (remastered and repackaged!!)
  • Frozo, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4...because we *all* have access to a syringes.
    • Jacob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10go to the drug store...
      • psygnisfive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Where are you gonna get the needles, buddy? No where, not without a script.
        • redfox2600, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6You can buy a ink re-filler kit they come with needles not the smallest point but small enough.
      • weoh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I don't know about the rest of the world, but where I live(Az), you don't need a prescription. It's up to the pharmacist to sell to you or not.
    • rjam710, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's a great day to be a heroin addict.
  • sodascape, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1LOVE IT!
  • tmbrwolf19, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2I for one welcome our glowing tomato overlords.
  • HPCELarry, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Nice. How long does it glow I wonder?
  • Ghoztt, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2heheh, cool little trick. Wouldn't really ever try it myself though. Seen one glowing tomato... you've seen em' all! A waste of a nice n' tasty tomato!
  • Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Why do the people who make these videos have such atrocious taste in music?
    • rezivor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yea.. I think we could all do with out that music in those videos.
  • tmbrwolf19, on 10/10/2007, -11/+5I, for one, welcome our new glowing tomato overlords.
    • a3r0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12It doesn't get any funnier the second time you say it
  • johanm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14yay! no more heroin abuse for me now that i've found another use for my syringes!
  • jester55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6how long does it last?
  • ChoclatOverlord, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20i'm gonna make my veins glow! weee!
  • mal1964, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13That will save energy you can eat them with no lights on. that's a green tomato.
  • Ghoztt, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1What the hell is with people burying other peoples comments in this story? Digg is getting really messed up when users have a problem with users like "Sodascape" saying "LOVE IT!"
    • Pbrane101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Comments like that get dugg down because they dont add anything new to the discussion. They dont give you any new insight towards the story at hand, and are for the most part a waste of time to read.
      • italianchia, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2What that guy meant to say, was that Digg is full of assholes that don't give a ***** about what other people think.
  • 4ndr3w, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3it's good to be diabetic for once.... all the access to syringes i need!
  • Cowfrommars, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Did anybody else see 'tornado'? :(
  • schrutefan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That would make a great model for the sun in some kid's science project.
  • jcastle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Does anyone know how this chemical reaction works or know a website that can provide an explanation?
    • 0crabby0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The reaction is similar to glow sticks in that they both use peroxide as a reactive agent.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_stick
      The tomato should glow brighter, if it's heated a little after it's injected with the peroxide.


      Don't not eat - will produce Phenols which can burn the skin and stain clothing.
  • stigma15, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What not to do on a first date
  • christoast, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2Making a glowing tomato wasn't on my to-do list today but since you insist...
  • one1plus1one, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11) New blend tech request:
    tomato juice made from several of these glowing tomatos.

    2) Which leads me to another thought:
    Wouldn't it be much easier if you injected the tomato with the liquid from an activated glow stick? (I'm just saying it might be faster than cutting up all those tiny matchheads with an exacto knife, minus the time taken to run to the clinic for stitches, when the knife slips, etc.)

    3) Anyone know:
    where can I find a good website about making glowing liquids, and the chemistry and science involved? I've always been into glowing liquids for some reason, which is why this tomato video peaked my interest.
    • residentskitz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11) does this even need a tomato to work?

      2) yes.

      3) i think you mean "piqued" your interest
      http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=piqued


      2 liters distilled water
      50 milliliters hydrogen peroxide (3% concentration)
      0.2 gram luminol
      4 grams sodium carbonate
      0.4 gram copper sulfate pentahydrate
      0.5 gram ammonium carbonate

      In medium sized mixing bowl add the hydrogen peroxide to 1 liter of water.

      In another bowl dissolve the luminol, sodium carbonate, copper sulfate and ammonium carbonate in the second liter of water.

      Lay out a few sealable, clear containers - test tubes with stoppers or Nalgene bottles are good.

      Pour in equal measures of each solution - and watch with glee as it lights up.

      The hydrogen peroxide solution oxidizes the luminol, producing 3-aminophthalic acid. As it's electrons settle to a more sedate quantum state, they emit photons at wavelengths between 430 and 470 nanometers -- purplish blue.

      SOURCE: Wired, editiionn 15.08, page 116
      http://howto.wired.com/wiredhowtos/index.cgi?action=revision_view;page_name=make_a_glowstick;revision_id=20070724173233
      • steve626, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Sure, but the luminol oxidation reaction is over in seconds. And there is no Phosphorus involved.
  • EvilFerret, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I'd have to get somebody to eat it. Anyone know if this works on other veggies? I'd like to do it on a jalapeño, just tell a dumbass friend it's glowing because of the extra hotness :) I can pretty much guarantee I know somebody who would try it too...... Before I begin this project, I suppose I should make sure a lethal dose of bleach isn't 1ml or something crazy like that. Not a huge problem either way, it would just help me determine which person to feed it to.

    Yes, I will post vids when the project goes down.
    • Coded1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Your ***** up buddy, not in the cool sence of the word either.
  • cheekdog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1when i was in grad school a teacher had a guy come in and tell us how meth is made. one of the things used is red phosphorous from matches. people have lost fingers scraping that ***** off of matches...very dangerous stuff.
  • lilmizchristina, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i wish i could do that, i only wish more i had a friend addicted to heroin
  • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh my *****... Glowing night-time food fights have arrived!!!! I want to make a bushel of these things!
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