... Not enough wherewithal for a match, but wealth enough to put this gadget together, any part of which is more complicated than a match, vs flint, steel and tinder.

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The voice is bit annoying.

8:58 min.

... I noticed the small step of a quick heating of the palladium wool required a second of open flame. This could be an Achilles heel if one were building this and found that they had no open flame to "prime" the wool. But way cool.

that AI voice had a good natural tone, poor dynamics, and typical AI weird pronunciation. The strange rules in spoken English will always be the weak link in AI.

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Note that the video goes into quite a bit more detail, especially regarding the nature of the chemical bonds and how the catalyzing function of the platinum works.

Platinum & vanadium oxides are VERY effective catalysts for oxidation.
With a catalyst, there way more than enough oxygen in air to trigger the combustion.