Collectors Weekly has a fascinating piece on a tour of H. Fishlove & Co’s factory, where they make Whoops, the original fake vomit. And while experts know the ingredients, apparently the formula is as closely guarded as Obama’s underpants. More »
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The British are very polite. There’s no way you’re going to catch them peeing on the street like some Spaniard. But you will, luckily for us, see them vomiting up a booze storm in broad daylight.
Can’t quite make it to a Six Flags this weekend? Sign up for a BuzzBall then, and bring the motion-induced vomiting to you! Cooked up by some crazy New Zealanders from Evento as a cure for ‘coaster aficionados without access to the rails, the BuzzBall features a pair of electric motors, each of which controls a separate throttle. The two throttles cause the chair inside to spin, or they can work in tandem to move the ball around a flat space (or a hill, Mr. Extreme Sports, whatever you want). Once the ball gets moving, however, watch out, because that’s when the real vomiting fun begins.
You may recall that last May I told you about Super Hi-Vision, the next-generation in high def that promises an insane resolution of 7680×4320, or 16 times the resolution of HDTV. It turns out that it much be a little too high-def; it’s so realistic it might just make you sick.
Look out, because here come cops with flashlights that will make you hurl. Intelligent Optical Systems has created this weird flashlight that’s so bright it temporarily blinds you, and then it gets you all disoriented and dizzy. Using special types of really bright LEDs, the flashlight’s beam pulses and flashes while quickly changing its color, and all this somehow makes you feel like you’re going to throw up.
Of course, if you want to avoid blowing chunks all over the cops, all you need to do is close your eyes and the flashlight isn’t going to hurt you, but then you’re not going to be able to aim that gun very well with your eyes closed, are you? Intelligent Optical Systems plans to start testing the 15-inch flashlight this fall on some lucky volunteers at Penn State University. No thanks, we don’t want a review unit. [Technology Review]
