1619 Whatever Happened To Starlite The Wonder Material

[kbbacon]

Mid 1990s, I headed up a corporation that focused on specialized concrete building materials. We were approached by a local "fire proof coatings" upstart. The owners were so secretive that I dismissed them quickly. What they were after was my corporation bankrolling them without any disclosure or promise of disclosure. I later came to believe that they were adding perlite to latex paint.

[ianelley]

Fascinating ! I remember the Tomorrows world program and always wondered what happened to it !! Last I heard Maurice was meeting people from NASA, that was ages ago !! Thanks for the detailed update, keep up the great work !!

[mikedrop]

I think that he wanted all that money up front because once they figured out it was cake batter made with glue he would already have the money.

[jamespossible]

An exceptional video with a brilliant lesson.

[miken]

I remember when Starlite first made the news and he said it came from kitchen materials. I think Borax, standard household laundry detergent, is a key ingredient. Borosilicate glass is high temp glass used in Pyrex. The CEO of Borax led the team in developing the Space Shuttle heat shield tiles.

[tolkienfan]

Tomorrow's World was a live show, and I watched that demonstration when it first aired! I LOVED that show.

[MrCptAmazing]

I'm sure you have heard this before, but if I were KNEW that I would be cut from the internet and there would be no way to access this information unless I saved a limited amount of data before hand, your videos would be right at the top. From explaining the actual scientific properties and phenomena behind so many INTEGRAL parts of everyday modern society, to super interesting tidbits of science past like this video here, you provide entertainment and knowledge all in one, all the time. Thank you!!

[leighmurrell]

Morris is typical of a lot of inventors. I attended a meeting of inventors in Melbourne, Australia many years ago and the room was full of strange, paranoid men, only some of whom would actually give you a brief synopsis of their brainchild, and all of whom were too scared to subject their inventions to public and commercial scrutiny for fear of it being stolen. I suspect that a lot of their ideas went to the grave with them.

[antonnym]

Mr. Hopkins, these tech videos are great and I think it is very cool you are branching out like this. Please also keep up your acting career. You are the BEST at what you do. All good wishes.

[amazac]

Hey ROB, You always hit a nerve about every single subject you shared, tons of appreciations for your efforts and time throwing a light at the Alchemy of life, yeah its a wizardry way of humans tedious thinking about endorsement of thoughts, inventors eventually either flattered or flattened, money speaks ''investors takes it all''. Cheers Mate.

[richardlove]

This works well….
40 g flour
20 g corn flour/starch
20 g icing sugar
20 g bicarbonate of soda.
5 g borax (if it needs to be bug and mould proof)
25 g water.
Mix with enough pva glue to make a putty like substance and you’re done.

[Johnbro]

Thanks for sharing, I always wondered where it ended up from Tomorrows World.

[veeanon]

It never stops amazing me how you seem to read my mind rob not only have you been turning out vids for years about everything I'm interested in you also seem to have the exact same opinions on the same subjects ... love what you do and how you put it across mate keep it up 👍

[misamsung]

Thanks for the update on Starlite. I always wondered about what happened to it and the guy who made it.

[dansonthetube]

Yes, its interesting Robert 😊 Invention is often something in the zeitgeist of the moment that many stumble across at similar times! Good ideas are all around but special people bring special qualities! It's interesting to note that 'By design' the very best design is often not noticed at all! As should be the case! Keep up the good work! 😊 Dan

[dans-designs]

I loved that episode of Tomorrow's World as a kid, as an inventor it is one of the things that stuck with me and I always wondered what happened to it.. Thank you for sharing this knowledge on such a fascinating material!

[philliplopez]

Thank you, I remember " starlite " always wondered what happened to it .

[donmoore]

Excellent analysis. I was fascinated by the approach of the inventor - who let himself block the success of his invention until its time had passed. His family apparently realized they better get something for the idea before it became almost worthless.

[justsomeguywashwd_jbm]

Huh, weird. I remember hearing about this (or something similar), but I could have sworn that the stuff I was thinking of showed no visible permanent change to its surface at all. In fact the stuff I'm thinking of wasn't used as a paint, but more like a tile of some kind, like maybe tiles to potentially protect the Space Shuttle during reentry.

[massivecumshot]

In my experience, most brilliant inventors lack significant business and negotiation skills, and vastly overestimate the VALUE of their inventions because they are too emotionally close to it.