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The material is so black, the human eye has trouble understanding it. It's the closest we've ever been from a clack hole, and by far; it absorbs 99,965% of light!
Here we can see the difference between Vantablack and "normal" black.
The Vantablack sheet on the left is as wrinkled as the one on the right, but our eye can't see it. How crazy/confusing is that??
The fashion industry has seen a lot of potential in this material (with reason!), but the price is so high their creators won't even release it. Nobody knows how much it costs, but they are planning to use it in telescopes and astronomy gadgets.
justactlikewedontknoweachother
I wanna touch it
RedReddington
First thing I thought of was Archer: http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h23je7Ze1r4lquro1_1280.png
BurtMaklinFBI
Tactleneck
frankbrodie
Clacker than the clackest clack.
JudgeNotByTheColorOfOnesSkinButByTheContentsOfOnesDumps
Stop i almost pissed myself
WhatzitTooya
This coating is made of carbon nanotubes, and a protective coating would of course ruin the effect, so fashion is no option for this at all.
DiracsDelta
Not necessarily carbon nanotubes. Many vertically aligned nanostructures look like this. I grew ones that looked identical out of nickel.
WhatzitTooya
Of course you can use other materials, but Vantablack is made of said carbon nanotubes. I know that cause google told me.
PhoManCho
/a/VvKd2
SeniorStrangelove
Vantablack lives matter.
MikeHanley
*slow clap*
YouScruffyNerfHerder
The answer is none. None more black.
tipitiwitchet
Well, I think it looks like death.
JDTHOMPSON21
Couldn't we just make black darker and then that be the darkest color?
bismuthtechnetiumhydrogen
Banned from teen arts.
Rainsthendazed
A haha!
EmCeeUndies
Clack hole sun, won't you bum?
subieroo66
I've seen darker...in my ex-wife's heart
unicornsandwizardsleeves
LOL
poopkidney
It's ok Drake
VinnyVinnVin
God dammit, you beat me to it. I was going to say ex-gf but whatever. +1 for you
visce
Shouldn't that just make you guys rethink how predictable your jokes are?
OhLordNotAgain
For some reason, this just creeps me out. It looks like it could suck you in, and you'd never see the light of day ever again.
creecreehoneybee
I'm scared....
jnnnnn
Vertically Aligned NanoTube Arrays
DiracsDelta
I did something similar as an undergrad research assistant! You know something of my life! though I was just growing nanowires. Not tubes.
hammersquirrel
I'm picturing this guy saying that
psupride
How much more black can it get? The answer is none. None more black.
handninjas
Lionskull
well it says right there that you can get .035% blacker soooooo, your reference has been rejected.
eggmuffin
You're right, but you come off as a dick.
Lionskull
making sentences sound nice has never been my forte (english is my second language)
BurtMaklinFBI
You're also ruining a really funny movie reference "Spinal Tap" FYI
mmmmmmwhatyousaaaaay
I always said I'll starting wearing something different when they come out with a color darker than black. Whelp, here it is.
PoppinLochNessHopster
Does black's darkness level qualify it -as- being black, ie this stuff is a new color entirely? or is it just a "real" black?
LordLauron
so you're wednesday addams?
eetsumkaus
or batman
Lionskull
well since black is not a color it should be fine. (based on the light colors not the paint colors)
Arabella505
You must be so fun at parties.
PoppinLochNessHopster
The spectrum is strong with this one. And I sure as shit ain't talking about the color spectrum.
Lionskull
the emotional spectrum?
mmmmmmwhatyousaaaaay
Dammit I JUST KNEW someone was going to say that!
Lionskull
you're welcome for me being so predictable.
eggmuffin
Depressingly predictable, isn't it?
TheLivinLegend
Blacker than the blackest black, times infinity.
ceandros
Here's the only video, it is pretty black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvlaNLkf-BU
Akirareturns
DUNCAN HILLS COFFEE!
Broken27Arrow
I could really go for some coffee now...
JustSomeRandomGuyWhoDidThatOneThingWithTheOtherThing
Clack coffee?
lemmonjello
we're here to make coffee metal
MandaloreIncognito
DO YOU FOLKS LIKE COFFEE?
TheBurritoConfederacy
Real coffee?
UhOhImAnOreo
You can deduce that this fabric costs 3/5 as much as the "lily white" does.
ImpartialityWolf
Acme portable holes
TheDoctormoriarty
Just rewatched this earlier this week
ACMECustomerSupportRepresentative
One of our most popular products. Be aware that spontaneous train movement may occur if the hole is large enough.
VSERNAME123
I remember that ... Was that looney tunes or tiny toons?
one1deuce
Wasn't it Who framed Roger Rabbit
JoshVita
It was actually from Looney Tunes first, but it also appeared in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
ImpartialityWolf
Loony tunes
SierraKiloBravo
So black Angelina Jolie wants to adopt it
ittybittyfeets
It'd probably be pretty useful in cinematography as well.
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NotAnImgurEmployee
It is made of carbon nanotubes so the tech hasn't existed that long, also, the post isn't kidding, it would be very expensive to produce
hjf2011
and photography.I would LOVE to have a piece of this to use as a black background, ditch the glass i'm using now: i.imgur.com/areDW9g.jpg
csilver24
Exactly what I was thinking.
eatmyass121
oh hell yeah
medicofdeath
Looking at that...... Unsettles me
BlackMatteLine
Yes but how does it handle cat hair?
somegoodusernames
brb googling clack hole
TheBurritoConfederacy
Find anything interesting?
somegoodusernames
only on urban dictionary and I was very confused as how a sheet of fabric is the closest we have to a gay mans anus
Linhy
Both look dark, deep and easily penetrable?
somegoodusernames
I considered doing a side by side photo analysis but I'll just take your word on it because there are just somethings better left ungoogled.
Thezander
Crazy idea- one of those sound cancelling rooms painted with this. I feel like it would be terrifyingly mind scrambling.
DiViCWall
That's actually a real method of torture called sensory deprivation... Truly scary
nacko
Or, and bear with me here, you could shut off the lights. It'll be even blacker than a clack hole.
Cere4l
Oh shit i want to try that and see how long id last :O
BhataktiAtma
Sounds like fun. I'd try that
Thezander
The answer is not long haha.
Cere4l
time is relative, you say not long but if average people last 10 minutes and id last 11 minutes id call it long and id be proud :P
Thezander
I suppose haha, the average is about 30 minutes I believe and the longest was over an hour and may cause hallucinations.
Cere4l
youre just saying that to make me want it more
Foaly
http://imgur.com/IG8fOVP
renakunisaki
...you can't DO that!
reallyImnotwastingtime
Make a monolith out of it.
Slorpthegillman
I may not be able too see it, but I can see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
TravelerOfBothTimeAndSpace
Its made from carbon. Carbon nanotubes are also black like this and have a lot of amazing conductive properties... Fashion will be the (1/)
DiracsDelta
Not necessarily carbon nanotubes. Many vertically aligned nanostructures look like this. I grew ones that looked identical out of nickel.
TravelerOfBothTimeAndSpace
(2/2) to use it, there's a lot more science to be done before making clothes and accessories
smellyboots
Ordinary shops sell what look like black socks, but if you look closely, you'll see that they're actually very very very very very very very
smellyboots
very very very very very very dark blue.
pyronoia
Haha thanks, scrolled down looking for this! Now we know what priest's socks are made from
IPlayWithFire
i want a ninja suit made of this
WuTangNinja
I want to make Batman's Cape with it
JulieMuse
Me too
Itdo
You wouldnt find your pockets
audioknob
I want to cover my car with this stuff.
Equinox13
I want a pair of contacts colored with this. Look into my eyes, and stare into the depths of the abyss.
IMainReinhardt
Weeeeeeellcome to feed dump.
Blastyschmoo
I'd imagine it would get warm with your suit absorbing so much light.
prairiedoggin
Isn't this really just black velvet, which is why it is less reflective material?
kjob6
I want a suit & tie made out of this
JulieMuse
They say if you wear a suit made of this, it'll look like you're just a head floating over a black void, since the eye won't understand
kainslasher
Perfect!
PermenantlyBannedClubMember
Thanks, Jaden
falzetla
Cool, I'll take two.
ffgkrwcqrq
I imagine eventually you'd look like a man wearing a dusty black suit. You can see dust in the last aluminum foil image.
ffgkrwcqrq
There's also a hair. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Vantablack_01.JPG
Reg06
It'd look really cool, but be super ineffective. The night is made up of really dark blues, so to blend in wear really dark navy.
busdriverdan
Probably not effective as you want to blend in with low light not just darkness. Ninjas used dark blue to blend in, black stands out.
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Also light Grey
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Also light Grey
wutnold124
Also light grey?
YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
Also light Grey.
wutnold124
But are there fifty shades of it?
PermenantlyBannedClubMember
and green
Rips4w
So black it wont be attending this year's Academy Awards.
Laylah77
Lol
ArtemiusPrime
Lol! Shots fired!!! From another cop at an unarmed minority
haybringer
So black Flint City Management is thinking of putting lead in it.
DiViCWall
Shots fired!
birder098
So black even BET won't show it
AmbiguouslyPunny
Sarcasm? Check. Current social topic? Check! Deliver? WIN! congratulations, your joke just made this post!
PulpFreeNonFiction
This made me OOHHHHHHHHHH
Writingthiswhileonthwtoilet
No hockey for Vantablack...
Sairvous
That was bullshit and you know it lol
Rips4w
:)
dfrnz
I feel like this post only exists so this comment could be made.
nauticals15
You could not be any more correct
ggmax
So black it gave me its mixtape.
EnolaBi
So dark it stole my bike
TacoFlavoredBurritos
Too soon.
xaamy
Too black to see. That's the blackest black ever, fam. That's blacker than my cousin Femi.
atrielienz
I too have a cousin Femi...
Akirareturns
That's how I like my coffee. Blacker than the blackest black times infinity.
WhitePhoenix
So black it got pulled over by the police and beaten for carrying weed.
bud467
WookieWookieWookie
So it got off light huh?
icelandicsealbear
Son I'm going to have you put your hands against the wall. Now are you carrying any weapons? We don't take lightly to those kind around here
MOTHERFUCKINGTACOCAT
So black it's eating watermelon and wearing oversized hoodies.
SolidestCurve
Holy shit. Shots fired. No pun intended ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
VonRichtofenlw
I think you missed the joke and were just racist
Candyman216
So black it gets an extra 10 points on the civil service exam
eggmuffin
So black it can't attend prom in Georgia.
Clueis13
So black, I can't even tell if it cracks.
lucadollar
Hehe
TheGirafe
So black it has to sit in the back of the bus
LoudAngryJerk
that's not so much black as stupid.
ickythump555
And the award for best joke goes to...
Sairvous
That was bullshit and you know it lol
Unwizzo
They should build a room with that as "paint" for floor, walls and roof and then have someone sit there just with candlelight 1/2
howcanmirrorsbereal
Or... we could just blind them in their sleep, same thing right?
Radix865
Would you be able to see the corners?
danabella
No. Can't imagine you would if it doesn't reflect light there wouldn't be shadows to show you the corners
galeontiger
If they want that much black in one room...just go to a welfare office. Zing!!!
spunzombie
I had to tell a joke just to find my way out.
Onennon
Floor is an omnidirectional treadmill.
ilooveboobs
This was my first thought when I saw the post; to paint a whole room with this and put someone in.
allfouledup
OOH AND THEN HAVE THE FOUR KINGS SHOW UP
IsaacLane
Trip acid in that room and you'll have the time of your life.
bullbaz
and also make the walls absorb so much sound all you can hear is your own body. Yay.
szepasszony
I think this needs to be combined with the quietest room on earth
understandable
They should use that for the quietest room in the world. Pitch black and soundproof!
OneFroToRuleThemAll
It be like the same thing as white room torture. Wouldn't take very long. 15-30 maybe
NotTheUserYoureLookingFor
And murder the first person to enter as a sacrifice 2/2
Gsgeoffrey
You fucking cracked me up bro
RenamedUser
And have a second guy wearing a suit/mask made of this stuff but leave his hands and feet uncovered
BlueStringsAttached
Volunteering?
CduffyEXP
Calm down Satan
Defia
Nigga plz
SuperDuperSkateTeam
.
fuckingreferencesman
In 50 or so years some country will either release their own statement about using this as torture or be exposed by someone.
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodywalkthedinosaur
I once walked into a freshly painted black-box theatre with closed doors, no lights, and curtains in front of the closed doors.
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodywalkthedinosaur
I felt like I was in the void, and ready to go insane. 10/10 would recommend.
Richardglute
With that crazy sound proofing that absorbs all the sound.. I've been in recording studios that have it..I can't be in them for very long
SqueezeTheDay
Um...what does 1/2 mean?
joelixny
One half. It's a fraction. You know, math and stuff.
SqueezeTheDay
Oh......yeah......I see it now. Thanks. :-)
ballpeenX
At the end of a comment it indicates that the comment continues in another reply. Its a way to comment beyond the character limit.
SqueezeTheDay
Thank you 1/1 :-)
IAmThePermabannedAccountOfMyNameIsMrTorgue
That would actually give the impression of floating in an empty room.
RoninSven
Oooh and also make it those super sound proof rooms, if we want to be extra evil.
WolfOfMay
ahh that was my dream room as i child.. purely for the hilarity that you wouldnt find anything and look like you're floating in mid air
qqkikilicious
Evil. Mindfuck.
KnightOfRuefulCountenance
(2/2) and these guys https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5560/14379826436_9cd9f916b9.jpg
RoboGumbo
Sir Anish Kapoor is an artist who plans to do just that. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29326916 (warning: autoplaying video)
LQTM
Savage
YouBannedMeForNothing
And make one of the walls a mirror just to fuck with you.
Vijo
Why would I want to fuck a mirror in a black room..?
TresusIbor
EASY THERE, SATAN!
OdysseusLost
I love this idea.
SpaghettiFox
Fudginator393
nfamouscj
And paint a few mousetraps with this too
youarethesumofyourcontradictions
That would certainly save on the cost of the paint.
Unwizzo
na that would be too evil
YouBannedMeForNothing
not as evil as making 2 facing walls mirrors to make an infinite string of the candlelight while a tape is played questioning your existence
nfamouscj
And paint a few mousetraps with this too
AlphaMistique
This sounds like Fallout Vaults levels if fucked up experiments
Mopey
OMG you would only see your own floating clone in an ocean of complete darkness. That's fucking terrifying.
ashipthatshipsshippingships
*vomits*
eatmyass121
holyshittt
doofus1234
Meh. I'd just start masturbating...
deodorantinmybutt
I bet if you came all over the walls then you would know there were walls and not complete darkness. Just saying, probably a good idea.
YouBannedMeForNothing
Exactly. Now imagine two facing mirror walls: An infinite string of you floating in nothingness.
ramdomInk
Pays extra for that
LowfatGooch
Calm down satan
GamermanRPGKing
I didn't need sleep...
Mopey
We have just created purgatory. Forced to exist in a void alongside infinite reflections of yourself stretching on forever. I need a drink.
pookieeatworld
If the two mirrors are perfectly aligned, you wouldn't be able to see past the first reflection of yourself...
YouBannedMeForNothing
It's not that simple iirc.
Unwizzo
2/2 to see how fast he/she goes crazy by the sheer amount of black
ICanChangeMyNameLater
Calm down, satan.
LetsGetThisOverWith
I think in China they do that with white as a torture method.
ChirpChirpMotherFuckers
Calm down Satan
Blud4BludGod
Maybe they can double up and build it in that room that's so quiet it drives people insane.
FenrirOdinslayer
I'd do it
Halfton81
Itdo
Isnt a sensory deprivation chamber just that?
thatarrogantchild
Ask your mom .
SSgtObvious
They should use that in the quitest room in the world!
demaniak
Jeezuz. That is...dark.
debotehzombie
Maybe use the material to make the dampeners in an anechoic chamber. No sound, no light..
faggotstein
That sounds terrifying, but I'd really like to try that
cliojayne
-_- did you do social experiments in the 60's? Cuz that's the kind of shit they would have done....
Desertp1
And, to see if he/she ever goes back.
thisiskissel
Settle down there, Satan!
extraoniondary
You evil son of a... I like it!
IWishIWereNotAllergicToCats
Meh, people say that those soundproof rooms do that but it's total BS. Would definitely be interesting though.
Kamekami23
I always want to try things like this. Sounds like fun!
mrsfunsocks
Calm down Satan
fromdusttolava
I volunteer!
usersarah
I would highly enjoy that. Seriously, I've been numb from all the meds from my chronic medical condition, I would love to feel crazy again.
BYERE
I volunteer to try that :D
elliepeek
Easy there, Satan
StripperGloves
Whoa there Satan
FartBoner69
Satin
UpsetFace
Stan.
StripperGloves
Stain
DeepReaver
Paint the sound dampeners in the quietest room in the world, Lets see how long a person can last.
Icecold11111
I'm actually 99% sure I would be just fine until the whole food and water thing kicked in
DeepReaver
Actually no one has lasted in that room for more than 45 minutes being able to hear your internal organs function fucks with you.
OnlyPostsGetRekt
Once you go into the black, you never come back, something something
InSovietRussiaNudesSendYou
I volunteer as tribute!
ProfessorFlora
as someone with migraines, the only part of this that sounds bad to me is the flickering candle.
TXMedic
Can that room be the world's most quiet room?
PoppinLochNessHopster
It would probably be the world's most expensive room at least. If it's too pricey for douchey millionaire fashion designers to afford.
kenesisiscool
There is a room that does something similar only with sound. It is absolutely 0DB in that room. No-one has made it longer than 30 minutes.
OneLoonyLuna
Like the sound proof room challenge thingy!
feryooday
In total darkness 3km into a cave was pretty trippy. Started 'seeing' shapes within about 5 minutes.
istealthetopcommentandrepost
Whilst also experiencing 500 micrograms of LSD
gingerchick95
Calm down there satan.
Jyoumon
Paint the room all with vanta-black, then speckle it with thousands of tiny multi-colored dots of glow-in-the-dark paint. Stardust :D
beccerz777
But put it int he world's quietest room
chiplizard
I volunteer if I get to die
TheOldNewSlowFast
Even better if it's a completely sound dampening room, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVGIb3bzHI That alone makes you crazy.
thisnameisntfunny
They actually have a room somewhere that is pitch black and completely silent. The challenge is how long can you last in it.
PoppinLochNessHopster
Where did you hear it was pitch black?
thisnameisntfunny
Here it is! http://gizmodo.com/5899502/the-quietest-place-on-earth-will-drive-you-insane-within-45-minutes
GIsLife
That sounds like hell, yet I'm still intrigued to go in
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
Well when I went to the source awards it took about three hours
AsABlackMan
Listen here you mother fucker
Queyonce
#thatsracist #vantablacklivesmatter
Unlightened0
Would only cause hallucinations. A person with a sound mind would not go crazy
Unwizzo
but in this time and age which one of us is really of sound mind?
SuperiorPosterior
I for one have no delusions about my being crazy. I am about as crazy as one can be while still being "normal."
irememberwhentheyfirstinventedchocolate
Like a sensory deprivation tank?
PoppinLochNessHopster
You don't even need a sensory deprivation tank. Go find a white wall in your house and stare at it without blinking for a few minutes.
PoppinLochNessHopster
You'll see some crazy shit as your brain searches for meaning/stimulation.
Speldrawng
How about putting someone in there while they're sleeping? It'd freak you out that you could see your body and nothing else.
SwitchPusher
Well if the entire room were black then light can't even reflect so it would technically be darker than your closed eyelids
PoppinLochNessHopster
You would see your own body and the light source, and be able to make out where the ground is because of that.
bendoverandbraceyourself
and make it an ultra sound proof room like this
bloomingdalera
Hah! I been in a sound proof room once. It was...spooky.
KarlDelany
The sound of their own blood pumping would eventually wake them up.
UpvoteTotem
Waking death, that's what that would be like. Especially if floating or couldn't hit any walls
freedomofnow
Yah just make all the sound proof thingies in vantablack!
override367
yeaah you don't even need the black, soundproof rooms drive people batty
nistegord
Actually! that is a misconception, they actually don't. Veritasium spent a long time in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVGIb3bzHI
Dictatorschmitty
And put them in it while they're asleep, so they don't expect it
RandomBystander
Calm down, multiple Satans.
askmeboutmywiener
Yeah...and then take their dog and bang their girlfriend while they're in there.
Leralith
You, I like you! Also, may I ask about your wiener?
doubleormuffin
My guess is that I would actually think I'd died during my sleep, and that this room is what I'd got. Until I feel up the walls, that is.
Xeller
Solution: we put you in a very large room. Like a gymnasium.
IReadEverythingInMickeysVoice
Yeah... them sexy, sexy walls...