How to make a flashdark!

In this instructable I will tell you how to make a flashdark. What is a flashdark, you may be asking. Well it's basically a flashlight, but instead it's a flashdark!

Step 1: MAterials

What will I need to make a flashdark, you ask? Well can't you see the name of this step is called materials?
1. A flashlight that takes batteries.
2. Gypsie dust (optional).
3. Some sparkles (optional).

Comments

[Schmidty16]

you colored in ur pic i have same flash light

[Schmidty16]

lol so fake

[shikaku]

I FOUND SOMETHING NEW! if you put one battery in the right way, and one in backwards, it's half light and half dark!

[Gh{O}sT]

are you a wizard

[pyra_builder_1337]

lol this was in a doctor seuse book not sure which one but it was . it was the one with the questions in it i believe

[smheath]

Please don't do this. Aside from not turning your flashlight into a flashdark, putting the batteries in backwards will make them overheat and possibly explode.

[someniceguyon]

i dont think they will explode... leak acid that will eat away at your flesh maybe but not explode.

[[ jack the young idiot ]]

what a hilarious prank!
(kidding)

[spock155]

You liar! Geez, explosions only happen if you get tuberculosis on your spleen...

[chicks dig me]

ewwwww, really?

[O_Kodama]

I wouldn't test it out either way...

[chicks dig me]

ya

[zuixro]

No. No they won't. Flashlight bulbs will work in either polarity, but usually you but the negative end toward the end cap, the side with the spring.

[spock155]

Unless you're making a flashdark of course ;-)

[zuixro]

Negative end of the battery that is.

[spock155]

Um, are you ok? I've never heard of batteries exploding if you put them in backwards...

[jeff-o]

What?? If it's a regular flashlight then nothing will change. If it's an LED flashlight, well, let's hope it has reverse voltage protection, or you might blow up the LED.

[me]

you should do your homework dude, LED is an abbreviation for Light Emitting Diode, especially the diode part is important, because if you would reverse the polarity exactly nothing would happen, because the current flow is blocked

[jeff-o]

Up to a certain point, yes. But excess voltage through the diode (and especially high power diodes) will quickly damage them - their reverse voltage threshold is usually only 5V or less.

[killerjackalope]

On an incandescent flashlight it'll make no odds, however this does seem a bit... Ermm pointless...

[spock155]

Well, if you think this is pointless, look up "fearme36" and click on the instructable that pops up :)

[fearme36]

hey! ..well.. your right lol

[Grey_Wolfe]

Bwah ha ha. :D

[AustenQn]

it dosent work

[[ jack the young idiot ]]

that means you made it right

[spock155]

You obviously made it wrong.

[zoraxbrooks]

maybe if you did this thing to your car itle go up & down instead of forward & bacgwards!

[fearme36]

That only happens when you put oil in the gas tank and gas in the oil place. don't forget to swap the hydrolic fluid with the windshield fluid. your welcome

[spock155]

I think it could work. But, considering the amount of time it took me to make the idea and figure out how the flashdark works, I am more than sure doing the same idea to a car would take years, maybe even centuries. Also, as you can see, people may think your car would explode or even blow up the engine. Many people would think it's fake. I wouldn't think it's fake, as anything is possible! (Just like Kevin Garnet!!!)

[redcars101]

Haha I don't think so

[a.nony.mouse]

now all we need is a device that, rather than casting a beam of dark, sucks up all the light, and replaces it entirely with dark! or perhaps a flood lamp version of the flash dark!

the possibilities are endless!

[sam11182]

Oh, did you invert the first picture? haha

[spock155]

I don't get your joke :S

[sam11182]

the first picture shown. it was a flashlight picture. you inverted it to make it look like it was shining dark. well, when i say that, i'm not trying to tell you what you did, it was just a comment

[physcocreator]

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[dasoccerdude]

yeah really. I enjoyed it. It was a minute well spent. Good job Spock

[spock155]

Sarcasm? either way, thank youu.

[dasoccerdude]

no this isn't sarcasm. I enjoyed your instructable a lot.

[spock155]

Thanks!

[spock155]

You are a non-joke-taker, apparently.

[jon_murph]

ha ha ha

[chicks dig me]

ive always wanted to invent a real one.

[spock155]

Just follow my ibble and you can make one!

[chicks dig me]

i mean actually invent a working model. ive wanted to for years.

[spock155]

This is a step-by-step guide to building a working model...

[chicks dig me]

but its a joke. i will try it if it will please you.

[spock155]

It isn't a joke. I WORK FOR NASA I THINK I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I MAKE A FLASHDARK.

[chicks dig me]

huh. i always thought mine would run on uranium er sumthin.

[spock155]

Try whatever. I mean anything is possible.

[chicks dig me]

yeh, i suppose. i guess ill try any way

[spock155]

It should work.

[chicks dig me]

it didnt.

[spock155]

IT DOES.

[chicks dig me]

sure

[spock155]

erus.

[chicks dig me]

wuht?

[spock155]

thuw?

[chicks dig me]

yltcaxe

[B00M]

dude!

[spock155]

Yes?

[KillerPanda]

you should work for NASA

[spock155]

-Shhh- I secretly do. Don't tell anyone not your momma not your poppa.

[KillerPanda]

I knew it!

[spock155]

But you can't tell anyone.\

[Atomman]

It DOES NOT WORK.. Why? The "dark" in the last image sooo looks fake. Make a real instructable, spock.

[spock155]

Are you being serious, or sarcastic? I can't tell. The internet isn't a great place to be sarcastic, or serious...

[Atomman]

Turning the battery's the wrong way? seriously?

[spock155]

Yes, that is how to make a flashdark.

[zoraxbrooks]

then if you do this type of thing to a watch would it rwind time?

[spock155]

Refer to my other comment to you, and change some of the words! Good luck.

[sam11182]

IT WORKS!!!!! OK, of course not, but i bet some of my friends will freak out (hehe)

[spock155]

yepperss

[milamber]

ok i hope im wrong here and this is a joke but otherwise u a total nuter /moron /FOOL ok just to say it doesent create an absence of light it simple doesent and to the light also unsafe as bateries placed in the wrong way can somtimes explode

[lemonie]

It's a joke
(not many people seem to get it though)

L

[unknown24]

the light looks fake. it looks like it's edited.. _ _ _!

[justin_ransford]

my flashdark duzzint wurk

[Ben The Builder]

Exactly, an absence of light

[spock155]

Did you use your gypsie dust??? That's the most important ingrediant....

[mr.space]

i hmmm, i find it hard to get hold of it.. . . . (i'm not that thick, i am humoring you)

[spock155]

Really, where do you live? It is commonly found in Cambodia... But, of course, I had mine imported to the U.S.A.

[Chocobo1231]

Don't you think thats a waste of time?

[Maximil]

HAhahah good tutorial ROTFL!

[Infinity Plus One]

Ok, some people are taking this a little too seriously, I think. It's funny. It's not a waste of space if it makes someone laugh. Awesome ible,

[spock155]

thanks :)

[unstructure_19]

hey... finally... it's work just keep bang it to your head till you colapse it become dark then... oh... my vision become dark .... ....

[spydog4]

wtf? you just moved the batteries around complete waste of instructables.com storage

[spock155]

You really have no idea at how advanced this technology I've showed you in this ible. is.

[A.C.E.]

wow, not only does my flashlight now emit dark, it also allows me to TRAVEL at the speed of dark!! (i used a 45,000,000 candlepower high tech flashlight mounted to my truck. it literally turns day to night!!) lol jk dont post stuff like this.

[spock155]

Wait, what are you saying? I can post stuff like this... It's not against the rules...

[unstructure_19]

what the..... ?????

[spock155]

Erm, I'm confused ...

[Trid]

This instructable makes me : |

[spock155]

Me makes this instructable...

[jonah888]

awesome

[PS118]

DEDThis would be much more efficient with a DED array.

[Cthulu]

Bwahhaha petty humans, now I can provide all of my minions with advanced weaponry and take over your world!

[ItsTheHobbs]

serious results may vary as I'm reading the comments

[ekulmeekul]

I tried this aswell and all it did was kill my sister and flicker a bit. I then tried it on my dog and it had no effect? could someone please tell me what imma doing wrong?... Oh, Dw i worked it out, all i had to do was add some food to my dogs bowl!

[joat_mon_99]

I have that exact same flashlight, already tried that, but all I got was a lame deathray.

[hammerhead]

Inspired by this concept I reversed the polarity on the magnetron in my micro wave oven. Now my TV-dinners are all frozen!

[spock155]

Schweet.

[ItsTheHobbs]

hey.... wait a second.... mine like, flashed, and sent me back to 1964!!!

[VogelYogel]

Pfft, this is completely rubbish. Everyone knows that if you put the batteries in backwards, time goes in the opposite direction!

Geez. If you put the lightbulb in backwards, then you get a flashdark.

[ItsTheHobbs]

yeah... that results may vary must mean that if you do this to most flashlights, you go back to 1964!

[spock155]

Hmmm, that's a thought... Maybe my flashlight was special...

[fearme36]

lol!!! i didn't read step three much, and i did take in the batteries... i started seeing things in negative form... long story short, i had my stomach pumped. :(

[spock155]

OMG!E!!E!E!E!E!E!E!E!

[camintmier]

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[Ward_Nox]

you dork ITS A JOKE do you know what it would take to Project an absence i light were talking tech so advanced Dr who and spock would say "damn thats cool"

[camintmier]

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[gmjhowe]

Actually, there a various humour ibles, based around various silly ideas, all taken with a pinch of salt.

See here for a list of funny ibles - they particularly like 'how to cat' at ibles HQ.

I understand that he called you a 'dork' but, do not act like you own ibles, you are not an admin.

Try and follow the 'be nice policy' both of you.

[NachoMahma]

. pssssttt This is in Offbeat - right where it belongs. Some Iblers have a sense of humo(u)r. ;)

[Gypsyman]

this is awesome, i used my flash dark today it was crazy. I dont understand i bet none of these other people even tried it.

[Rob K]

The Hell?

[Tool Using Animal]

humorous.