I'm bored...

[Mitera Nikkou]

So... I once had this book with interesting tricks, the kind you can dazzle young kids with, to make it seem like magic. Unfortunately, I gave it to one of the kiddies that used to live here... And I have a bad memory, and thus don't remember the directions inside.

The one that I'm interested in trying, is the one where you can boil water in a cup. I wasn't exactly sure how to decrease the pressure in the cup when I tried a few weeks ago, out of boredom. What I managed to find on the web didn't really help me, either...

So, does anyone know how I can accomplish this with anything you'd typically find around the house?

[Kuda]

hmm maybe you could try alkaseltzer tablets? Lots of alkaseltzer tablets? Just sleight drop them in and watch it bubble.

[Mitera Nikkou]

No, I need the water to boil by dropping the air pressure inside. ^o^

[Sugandya]

You could do it with buthane and SAY it's water. That stuff does boil with body heat (I think it was butane; please first check if you try it). I remember doing that a long time ago back in high school science class.

I never knew about the air pressure thing, though.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Well, it must be water and air pressure. I figure that it'd be nifty to put something together that can boil water faster for food or whatever.