![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://www.dartofscience.com/video/straw-through-potato/&media=http://www.dartofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/straw-through-potato.jpg&description=<a href="http://www.dartofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/strawthropotato.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-258" src="http://www.dartofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/strawthropotato-300x166.jpg" alt="strawthropotato" width="300" height="166" /></a>In the first attempt, the air is pushed out of the straw leaving it weak since it is made of thin plastic. Folding or covering the top of the straw with your thumb traps the air inside.
Firstly, on impact it makes the straw strong by maintaining an air column inside and secondly, the air compresses as the straw moves through the potato skin and that makes the straw strong enough to pierce right through the potato of almost any size.)
![](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.dartofscience.com/video/straw-through-potato/&title=Straw Through Potato&summary=<a href="http://www.dartofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/strawthropotato.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-258" src="http://www.dartofscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/strawthropotato-300x166.jpg" alt="strawthropotato" width="300" height="166" /></a>In the first attempt, the air is pushed out of the straw leaving it weak since it is made of thin plastic. Folding or covering the top of the straw with your thumb traps the air inside.
Firstly, on impact it makes the straw strong by maintaining an air column inside and secondly, the air compresses as the straw moves through the potato skin and that makes the straw strong enough to pierce right through the potato of almost any size.&source=http://www.dartofscience.com)
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d’Art of Science partners with DFC 2017
Starting this year, d’Art of Science partners with DFC for promoting Hands-on/DIY Culture in Schools by starting a sub-award in the annual DFC Challenge. One school selected under the Best Prototype Award will get a chance to travel to Goa and develop their solution prototype in Goa with us. Over… READ MORE…
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