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Zubbles Are World’s First Stainless Coloured Bubbles
7:00AM Jesus Diaz | Scientists believe that bubbles are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Or maybe they don’t, but I do. These are called Zubbles, and they are the world’s first stainless colour bubbles. Summer blowin’ on the beach, here I come. More »
Toys
LED Bubble Gun Looks Fairly Wicked at Night
12:40AM Mark Wilson | During the day, no big deal, just bubbles. But at night (with a slow camera shutter), the $US4.50 LED Bubble Gun fires magical molten blue sparks. [gloworks] More »
Gadgets
Mugen Pop Pop Infinite Bubble Wrap Toy Hits the US
12:30PM Jason Chen | The previously Japan only Mugen Puchi Puchi bubble wrap toy is now available in the US for $US5.99. It’s available in four colours: cold sore pink, pea soup green, dying of exposure blue and cadaver grey. It’s fun, yes, but the sound effect unfortunately doesn’t sound all that much like the *POP* of a real bubble wrap bubble and more of like a generic sound effect speaker noise from a handheld game you played in 1985. You do get a fart, barking dog or door chime sound every 100 pops, which is worth something, I think. It comes in keychain form so as to prevent your keys from flying away, Mary Poppins style. [Amazon] More »
Gadgets
Halloween Bubble Fogger Delivers Targeted Strikes of Fog-Filled Bubbles to Your Eyes
12:00AM Jack Loftus | Halloween fog machines? Been there, inhaled that. Bubble machines? Still pretty cool, soap in the eye or not. But what if humanity had created a machine that combined the venerable fog machine with bubbles? Interest piqued? Consider it done! More »
Gadgets
Bubblewrap Calendar Lets You Pop Your Life Away, One Day at a Time
7:10PM Gizmodo US Edition | I haven’t met a single soul who doesn’t like popping bubblewrap, and now there’s BubbleCalendar, a full printed calendar that uses the bigger, more satisfying bubbles. And that might all be very neat and stress-relieving… but I have misgivings. Doesn’t the expiry of another day of your life, disappearing into the past with a little *phut* of plastic-wrapped gas sound rather sad? Available now with a paper backing for US$29.95, and heavy-duty plastic backing for US$49.95. [BubbleCalendar via Coolhunting] More »
Gadgets
Lightning Review: Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner is the Worst Gadget I Have Ever Used In My Entire Life
11:20PM Brian Lam | I’ve never been so thoroughly disappointed with a gadget than I am with the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner. You might have seen one of these in the aisles of Target or Wal-Mart and thought it would be an amazing way to keep your shower clean. After all, the Ad copy says, “It’s like a MAID. Times TWO!” You’d be dreaming of two hot robot french maid androids, keeping your human cleaning receptacles spotless. But this stuff does not work. DO NOT BUY. UPDATE: Just got hate mail for this post. Sounds like a douchebag rep for the product shilling hard. More »
Science
Science Team Explains Why Mentos + Coke = Whoosh!
12:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | You should, by now, be very familiar with the Mentos and Coke explosion effect. After all, we’ve even shown how to make your own booby trap version. But did you know that parts of the science behind it were a mystery? Until now, that is. A physics team at Appalachian State University did a whole range of tests, varying the substance dropped in from Fruit Mentos to dishwasher detergent and checking all the Coke types. Serious science stuff. More »
Random Stuff
Bubble-Blowing Dish-Scrubber Taunts ADHD Sufferers
5:00AM Benny Goldman | Time to focus, lots of dirty dishes to clean. Oooh look, a bubble! Wow, I can blow more bubbles? Yay! Bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble. I’m tired of blowing bubbles, let’s do Jumping Jacks! Yay! Jumping Jacks stink, let’s eat candy ’til we puke! Yay! So sick, so many dirty dishes, the best US$5 I ever spent. Firetruck! [Bubble Scrubber via Boing Boing] More »
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