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Oyster smart card melted down to the the copper wiring watch!

flickr.com — An Oyster card for the London Underground completely melted with acetone down to the copper wiring - and it still works!

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  • edenseager, on 05/05/2008, -3/+13Cool?
    • d3athr1d3r, on 05/05/2008, -8/+3Wow those sounds are annoying... go to hell!
    • formergthing, on 05/05/2008, -3/+3Cool! An advertisement for oyster cards, whatever the hell they are!
  • FuckThaMeme, on 05/05/2008, -18/+4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2b1D5w82yU
  • testprojects, on 05/05/2008, -15/+2i m cmmnting
  • Tyrghast, on 05/05/2008, -1/+108A cool experiment, unfortunately the video suffers from what I can only assume are a large flock of mosquito's that follow the camera around.
    • Ikulus, on 05/05/2008, -2/+15Oh I just assumed that was new Aphex Twin or something.
    • inverselogic, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3So the jumanji chest is in the UK now aye?
  • Diderotten, on 05/05/2008, -6/+3pretty pointless but awesome nonetheless.
  • fsweep, on 05/05/2008, -11/+4Of course it still works.
  • fsweep, on 05/05/2008, -10/+4Of course it still works.
  • quomen, on 05/05/2008, -1/+71Wow this is the first flickr video on the front page!
    However, my ears are suffering from that awful music.
    • JudgeMonkey, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3Damn, is that even music? It sounds like sounds from a raw source if you choose the wrong bitrate etc..
  • TheNateGBent, on 05/05/2008, -2/+46What was that sound?
  • Fullvinyl, on 05/05/2008, -1/+4I have a spare Oyster card as well...too bad I'm not actually IN London, otherwise I could try it for myself.
    • zongamin, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2That would be a worthwhile way to spend your time for sure!
  • Rhodamine, on 05/05/2008, -8/+3Look! Now you can see Big Brother through the use of Acetone. Better living through science!
  • gl77, on 05/05/2008, -5/+5that's that's very very cool cool.
    • dpcamp, on 05/05/2008, -1/+3i'm surprised this got on the the front page.
  • toliseju, on 05/05/2008, -1/+30It's all cool and all, but seriously, that background noise (music?) is doing my ***** head in
    • phenom2k7, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3Well don't listen to it then DUH !

      Jeeez
  • AlphaArietis, on 05/05/2008, -1/+4RFID Is Creepy
  • dotpoo, on 05/05/2008, -0/+11It would be pretty cool to press the remaining contents into your own card; like two of your own business cards pressed and then laminated together....no doubt it would raise eyebrows from the underground staff.
    Then again, who actually ever takes the card out of their wallet....okay, so that was a stupid idea.
    • JudgeMonkey, on 05/05/2008, -1/+3I was thinking of sewing it into the sleeve of a jacket (well, If i lived where these were used that is.).
    • JeffMaster, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0inside a phone?
    • magicmarc, on 05/06/2008, -1/+2A watch, definitely.
      Or, as some people do, an implant? Like, the palm of your hand or something. If the implant was invisible, that would be awesome.
      • dacheetah, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Exactly what I was thinking...
        Although the sleeve idea would work just as well without the complication of having a band that can be undone.
  • bakkouz, on 05/05/2008, -11/+1"This video is no longer available on flickr"
  • garywoo, on 05/05/2008, -1/+24the music sounds like some jingle bells fapping.
  • bakkouz, on 05/05/2008, -9/+1Ok now its available again, I swear to god it wasn't a minute ago, i have no idea what happened :
  • roblawton, on 05/05/2008, -1/+8That's pretty cool!
    Might try it (somehow) and put together a little oyster keyfob!
  • EmileVictor, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2I've wanted to modify our local version of the oyster card (same system, same card, etc) to be built into a mobile... Unfortunately, we're not at the stage yet where one can beep it while hidden.
  • damawa42, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Very cool - now I'm stuck racking my brains of cool stuff to do with it!
    Any ideas?
  • ogore, on 05/05/2008, -0/+36It should be modded to fit inside an actual oyster
  • bahmich, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0cool. It also release the frustration with the tube system: vengeance on the plastic!!!
  • spamalot69, on 05/05/2008, -2/+3couldnt you make the aerial huge and sew it into ur jacket sleeve???
    or the bottom of a bag, or into the material of ur wallet. it annoys me how u have to take it out to swipe. it should be proximity sensitive.
    • acidandspatter, on 05/05/2008, -0/+8You don't have to take it out to swipe it. Everyone just swipes their wallet/purse. The readers are pretty sensitive.
  • VVCephei, on 05/05/2008, -3/+1Yeah I implanted mine into my palm... not really but I want to...
    • OMGsplosion, on 05/05/2008, -1/+3Put it under your foreskin... should be fun.
  • breakerjump, on 05/05/2008, -1/+16That sound that makes you believe that somehow you have an itch on the inside of your ear that could only be scratched by a .44 magnum, that's the work of one Ryoji Ikeda.

    http://www.ryojiikeda.com/
  • dilbert, on 05/05/2008, -0/+21Melted? Rly? Didn't you mean: dissolved?
  • marksmayo, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3What gets me is that the Oyster is usable for weeklies, one months, etc but if you want an annual pass to save money, you get issued with this regular card which requires taking out of your wallet and passing through the card slot to get through. It's such a nuisance - at least you save money, but damn I miss the convenience of the Oyster...
  • itsthebrod, on 05/05/2008, -5/+5Buried because of that ***** annoying sound, and being generally lame.
  • russellgrimm, on 05/05/2008, -5/+1Great idea for a vid, but the BEEPING throughout it constitutes burial.
  • Lubinski, on 05/05/2008, -1/+1how long till the hacks come out now.... lest make a receiver with a cool antenna to steal it...
  • SilverSeraph, on 05/05/2008, -3/+0Whats up "the the copper wiring"!!
  • ramiro, on 05/05/2008, -4/+1Flagged for later perusal.
  • aaronmcdonald, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3They should of just played that music to the oyster card to see what happens, cause its made my ***** ears melt off!!
  • MITpianoman, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I've decided to give this a try so I can put the resulting copper ring into my cell phone (Treo) battery compartment and carry around one less card in my wallet. Can any chemistry-types on here comment whether or not acetic acid will work as well as acetone? Nail polish remover wasn't strong enough, and a friend can get me some 100% acetic acid if that'll work.
    • terencec, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2From what I learned in high school Chemistry, acetic acid will work, but it also depends on the molarity(concentration) of your acetic acid. If it is too high, it might damage the microchip, but if its too low, it won't do anything
      • MITpianoman, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I decided to go ahead with the acetic acid. Even in glacial (100%) form, in an hour, I still don't see any observable change in the card.
      • vertigoacid, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Guess you didn't learn much in High School Chemistry.
        You need a non-polar organic solvent, not an acid
  • bbendele, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Next step: Embed the RFID in your hand
  • terencec, on 05/05/2008, -3/+1HONG KONG OCTOPUS CARD FTW
  • stasis88, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Nice
  • stasis88, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Smart cards rock.
  • YodaJones, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Dude, I think the black helicopters were following you when you made your video RFID experiment.
    • UltX, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2They were our new flying CCTV cameras that follow us citizens around.
  • craigsanatomy, on 05/05/2008, -1/+0If I knew what an oyster smart card was, I would be blown away right now!
  • mrnoob, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3wtf is an oyster card?
    • Atomic1fire, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2A london railway card... I think
      I had no clue until now with wikipedia
  • choopie911, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1He deserves a punch in the eye for that song choice.
  • Lemonion, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Why not take the remains and mount it into an acrylic ring, or perhaps a wooden ring?
    It should work just the same right?

    RFID Ring Key for me!
  • Sillywombat, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1funny idea
  • plasticated, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Where can you buy pure acetone in the UK? I assume nail polish remover isn't strong enough?
  • cianuro, on 05/08/2008, -0/+1Some others who have melted down their oyster cards and put the RFID into other things:
    http://www.endorsedcards.co.uk/featured-cards/barc ...
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