A different cardboard giant

How would you make use of a lifetime supply of cardboard?  Bursting beyond the science classroom comes a vortex cannon of immense proportions.   Built to test a theory of blowing out candles from ever increasing distances, Japanese TV show Hey! Spring of Trivia spent 9 hours assembling 900kg of cardboard into a giant cube.

 

With the co-ordinated precision of a space launch, a team of “scientists” filled the big box with smoke and then impacted the side, sending a swirling vortex towards the hapless candle.  Follow this link to see a set of action videos where, in true Japanese style, the excitement in the commentary has been turned up to 11.