Vantablack: The Darkest Material Ever Made

That's dark.

That's initial image of the vantablack looks entirely like a special effect.



Vantablack is the lest light-reflective material (coating, really) ever. The video suggests its usefulness inside telescopes, which makes sense. I'm curious, however, where else it could be found useful.

Apparently vantablack is also superhydrophobic.

10 mind-blowing man-made materials

Admit it, you're every bit as susceptible to list videos (and internet posts) as I am.

We all must be, otherwise we'd probably lose a third of the internet and be left with just cat videos and pictures of pretty people.

This video is severely lacking in detail for each of the "ten mind-blowing man-made materials", but it would be a great starting point to get your class thinking about the Materials Choice Award.