The British Rail Flying Saucer

[THEBOLSHEVIK]

Tom, as someone who loves language and dialect, I appreciate your making the effort to pronounce the UK Patent Office and the US Patent Office differently, without judging either as "correct".

[freyaj]

Announcer: We are sorry to announce that the 14:44 flying saucer to Edinburgh Waverly has been delayed due to the unexpected pickup of Mr Scott.

[timvanwaardenburg]

It so annoying when you get teleported and the camera you're holding is not. They should invent something to prevent this.

[DaHaiZhu]

True. Time travel was once thought impossible, and yet every night I climb into my time machine and am instantly transported to the next day!

[BulletDrummer]

A perpetual motion machine?

In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!!!

[AliazGamer]

You can always rely on Tom for a laugh and the british spirit

[AngryKittens]

British Rail might own the patent to the saucer, but the abduction rays are Mitsubishi. We are preparing a lawsuit in the near future.

[MashAttack]

I looked at the most recent patents through the link in the description, and the top one was simply labeled “A Cure For Cancer”.

Neat!

[qwerty]

This is alien. Tom Scott with me. You give Earth and I give Tom Scott back. Go to moon.

[jamestanis]

You *can* patent a perpetual motion machine in the US; you simply *must* provide a working prototype. It's the *only* patent application requires such.

[VinceWeston]

Interesting THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW (as always)!  It was well worth the two hours doing the ridiculous special effects.  It added a good giggle to a strange patent...

[jbuller]

I didn't know you could catch The Flying Scott Man at Marylebone :)

[oafkad]

"But then who uploaded it!" :p

[MartijnvandeStreek]

Meanwhile, the headquarters of the Dutch rail management company ProRail (like Network Rail) has a flying saucer embedded in its side.

[PixelOutlaw]

Unfortunately the ability to pass patents without much proofing means that companies can use them as weapons to try to stifle technological progression. You can pass a patent, never produce anything with it, then collect lawsuit fees for anyone who attempts to use your patent illegally.

[SodAlmighty]

Actually, that teleport effect was really good. Very reminiscent of the Asgard in Stargate.

[Josephmarx]

i love these videos please never stop making them.

[hellcat]

You have to admit it's interesting that someone actually predicted that lasers would be used to create a fusion reaction and control it with magnetic fields so long ago, only for us to be working on things like the Tocamak now.

[merciadragon]

Tom you are just wonderful with all these things are you able to find. How about doing a video on how you go about your research?

[thepussygrabbingfamilyvalu]

you're not only entirely allowed to make it in england, but all over the world! the patent itself constitutes prior art, and because it was filed more than 20 years ago, no other patents could have been granted anywhere else in the world that would prevent you from commercially exploiting this flying saucer in, say, nigeria.