If you try this at home, be sure to wear eye protection!Ī few years ago, the Discovery Channel MythBusters show recruited Jaime Vendera for a demonstration and produced the first documented proof that an unassisted voice can shatter glass.īottom line: A human singing voice can shatter a glass, if it is the right resonant frequency. Issue 1, many kilocycles after the Cybertronian War has destroyed Earth, spotlights the evil bounty hunter, Blurr, as he takes a contract to hunt down. The famed tenor singer Enrico Caruso was said to be able to do it, but his wife denied it. Shattered Glass isn’t your average Transformers tale Shards is the story of the ongoing battle between the power-hungry Autobot autocrats and the freedom-fighting Decepticon laborers.
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In the late 1970s, laboratory experiments with a professional soprano and a trumpet player showed that neither could shatter glass. It helps to have the right kind of glass – a large one – with thin, nearly vertical sides. But no matter how loud the sound, if the pitch doesn’t match the resonant frequency of the glass, the glass will reflect most of the energy and won’t break.Īnd the singer also needs to hold that note for at least two to three seconds for the vibration to build up enough to cause the glass to shatter. Highly trained opera singers can sustain notes above 100 decibels. The human threshold for pain comes at about 120 decibels. A jackhammer operates at a loudness of about 90 decibels. Conversational speech is normally around 50 decibels. To shatter the glass, a singer’s voice has to match that frequency, or pitch, and the glass must have microscopic defects.Īs you heard in the video above, the singer has to be very loud – an ear-splitting intensity of at least 105 decibels, according to Jaime Vendera, a vocal coach who demonstrated his technique for the Discovery Channel in 2005. Or you can simply tap the glass and hear the same frequency. If you run a damp finger along the rim of a glass, you might hear a faint, ghostly hum – the resonant frequency of the glass. Wine glasses, because of their hollow shape, are particularly resonant. Every object has a resonant frequency – the natural frequency at which something vibrates. ALTERNATE UNIVERSE-INSPIRED DECO: This Decepticon Slicer figure's deco is inspired by the Shattered Glass universe, complete with a red Decepticon logo.A human voice can shatter a glass.Break apart Exo-Suit figure to weaponize Decepticon Slicer figure Comes with an Exo-Suit figure that converts from robot to armored vehicle mode in 10 steps. CLASSIC CONVERSION: Decepticon Slicer figure converts from robot to racecar mode in 18 steps.When the fate of Cybertron is on the line, his loyalties will soon be tested… if he has any left. HEROIC.DECEPTICONS?: Slicer is a spy, an assassin, and an Autobot infiltrator.Inspired by an alternate universe where the heroic Decepticons battle the evil Autobots SHATTERED GLASS COLLECTION: The Shattered Glass Collection shatters everything you know about Transformers figures.Includes 2 figures, 2 accessories, and instructions. Look for other Shattered Glass figures to build the ultimate alternate universe collection (each sold separately, subject to availability). Includes 2 combinable blaster accessories. Comes with Exo-Suit figure that converts to armored vehicle mode in 10 steps. Deco is inspired by the Shattered Glass universe, complete with a red Decepticon logo. This Decepticon Slicer figure converts from robot to racecar mode in 18 steps.
Slicer is a spy, an assassin, and an Autobot infiltrator. Wait…what?įans can explore this topsy-turvy reality with the Transformers Shattered Glass Collection, featuring classic Transformers characters, with a twist! Welcome to Shattered Glass, an alternate universe where the heroic Decepticons battle the evil Autobots. Discover a universe that shatters everything you know about the Transformers robots…an upside down world where the bad guys are good, and the good guys are bad.
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