Lighting Cigarette with a Laser - Smarter Every Day 37
So, hey, it's me, Destin. Welcome to Smarter Every Day. I do a YouTube show.
- Okay, well, that's so cool.
(Destin) Yeah.
- She's like, "What do I have to..." 
- Hello! [Destin laughs] 
(Destin) We're here with Johan's roommate and friend.
- Yeah.
And we're going to... I don't condone smoking, ever. However, Johan's roommate smokes, and we're going to light her cigarette with a high powered laser. Because we... because we can, really. Goggle up.
- The professional's here, so...
(Destin) Are you ready? Everyone have goggles?
- Yeah.
(Destin) Okay, you come to this side. Okay. Yep, hold on, are you powering up? Hold on, let me step over the beam.
- [Speaks Dutch]
(Destin) Okay.
- [Speaks Dutch]
(Johan) [Unintelligible]
(Destin) Yeah.
(Johan) ...High power.
(Johan) [Speaks Dutch]
- Oh.
(Johan) [Speaks Dutch]
- Oh, nice!
(Destin) Yeah. [Conversation in Dutch]
(Destin) Yeah, there you go.
- [Speaks Dutch]
(Destin) There you go.
(Johan) [Speaks Dutch]
(Destin) Smoking is wrong. [Everybody laughs]
(Destin) Did it work?
- Yeah, nice! [Destin and girl laugh]
(Johan) [Mutters in Dutch]
(Destin) Alright. There you have it. That's how a physicist and an engineer light cigarettes that they don't smoke, in the Netherlands. [Girl laughs] Thumbs up, Johan. [Destin laughs]
Let's see.
(Johan) This is where it gets silly. If I rotate the block...
(Destin) Yeah, hold on. It's hard to adjust the focus ring at the same time. Hold the goggles please. There we go.
Holland or the Netherlands?
- You can actually use both. 
- Really? 
- Yeah. I usually say the Netherlands. It's, uh... it's like, more professional than "we're in Holland!" [Destin laughs] 
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