An extremely interesting series of videos (each about 5 minutes long) on the wonder material, "Starlite". First demonstrated on the BBC's venerable Tomorrow's World back in 1993, this paint-like material could protect an egg from a blowtorch. And yet nothing much ever seem to come of this. Remarkably, it seems that this is not because it was a hoax or a scam, but by the astonishingly poor business acumen of its charismatic but stubborn inventor. Determined to protect his invention and secure the best possible deal before giving anything away whatsoever, he ended up making no deals at all. Others have subsequently managed to produce similar materials, but nothing as good as the real thing (which his daughter still controls).
It just seems like such a waste to me. If the material is really so impressive, and it does seem that this is the case, and if it can indeed save lives as they claim, then they have a responsibility to release it. If Dragon's Den has taught me anything, it's that there's no point hoping someone will just give you millions because you've got a good product. You have to give something away first.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/searching-for-starlite
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