Wow. I regret posting this.
O don’t be, its really pretty cool, Thanks for doing so
Don’t worry about it - lots of folks here cannot help but try showing how smart they are. It’s unbecoming.
Here is the same effect, and it is no 'trick'.
THE PISTOL SHRIMP (from Wikipedia)
The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from the collapsing cavitation bubble. As it collapses, the cavitation bubble reaches temperatures of over 5,000 K (4,700 °C).[15] In comparison, the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,800 K (5,500 °C). The light is of lower intensity than the light produced by typical sonoluminescence and is not visible to the naked eye. It is most likely a by-product of the shock wave with no biological significance. However, it was the first known instance of an animal producing light by this effect. It has subsequently been discovered that another group of crustaceans, the mantis shrimp, contains species whose club-like forelimbs can strike so quickly and with such force as to induce sonoluminescent cavitation bubbles upon impact.[16]
Don’t apologize. You have to think outside the box, er bubble.
I went to the link given under your WIMP vid and found more info at Seth Putterman's website:
Good info - thanks.
Don’t be. It’s the nature of luddites to be dragged kicking and screaming and cursing into the future. It’s been so since the first luddite heard about the wheel thousands of years ago and scoffed, “What the eff can you do with it except roll it down a hill???”
Don;t regret sharing new stuff. In our near future energy production will be flowing from such innovations. Then the bubbas will be glad to have the power to their beer coolers and forget all about how they poo pooed the things they don’t comprehend.