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Priapic: Is there a weapons application? CAN WE WEAPONIZE THIS?

Why not, they managed to weaponize Happy Fun Ball.
I could see Agent Orange or LSD being bubbled over the jungle

Totally just got alot more awesome. this was so black and white...now in color.

This guy is going to make bank. Everyone with three-year olds, a day care center, or who is a kindergarten teacher is going to have these in their house by Labor Day.

Good for you for following your dream, Mr. Colored Bubbles Guy.

And for the adults anyone up for a foam party now in color?

ninjakirby:
I suppose if Subby was back in 1879 he'd be mocking Edison for wasting all that time on the lighbulb?

He did waste all that time. Someone else beat him to it and he bought their patent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woodward_(inventor)

kellynoel 2009-08-16 08:47:29 PM

These are awesome and I will be getting some in the colors of the universities that I support, and I will blow them at every single game.

I will be at every college game, every weekend, taking one for the team.

ninjakirby: Why is this Asinine? I remember hearing about this guy a few years ago, he's worked his ass off, teaching himself chemistry and repeating experiments hundreds and thousands of times to get the recipe working.

I suppose if Subby was back in 1879 he'd be mocking Edison for wasting all that time on the lighbulb?

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who's heard about this guy. I read an article a few years ago on him and haven't heard about him since. I was starting to think I imagined the whole thing.

I was going to buy them, but Paypal can suckit.

TsukasaK: Fark you, tardmitter, these are awesome.

-1 to you, and +1 to the inventor.

THIS.

jimpapa: Why is everyone spelling colour wrong

Cause they were invented by an AMERICAN not some sissy canadian who can't overthrow england.

ninjakirby:
I suppose if Subby was back in 1879 he'd be mocking Edison for wasting all that time on the lighbulb?

MasterPython:
He did waste all that time. Someone else beat him to it and he bought their patent.

Someone else beat them to it. Henry Woodward's patent was for an improvement to the lightbulb, Joseph Swan invented and patented the first working incandescent bulb and it was Swan's model that Edison sold through their jointly held company.

JohnnyC: He should get in bed with a detergent manufacturer. Those things look like they will stain the crap out of your clothes.

Cyno01:Thats what the challenge of creating these that took years to figure out was. IIRC in an older article the dye fades with a little bit of friction, which has countless other applications outside non-staining colored bubbles which is probably where this guy will make most of his money back, licensing his patents to swiffer or somebody, colored cleaning solution gets sprayed on the floor, friction breaks down the color so you can tell if you missed a spot, that sort of thing.

His original concept DID stain everything. In fact you'll find though that bubbles of a liquid which is simply dyed with Ritz or Kool-aid or whatever have no color anyways. He got a weak color BUT it stained.

He put out like a Craigslist ad for a chemist and got lucky. Not only was it possible, they ended up creating a whole new class of temporary dyes which lost their color completely upon drying, similar to "disappearing ink" but in more colors. And the unheard-of color it creates in thin-film bubbles. It may have more uses in industry than this kid's toy application.

I can make colored bubbles in the bathtub.

/brown's a color, ain't it?

Those things will turn your poop green.

My nieces will love this.

MasterPython: ninjakirby:
I suppose if Subby was back in 1879 he'd be mocking Edison for wasting all that time on the lighbulb?

He did waste all that time. Someone else beat him to it and he bought their patent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woodward_(inventor)

Hardly. Even though there were at least 20 inventors of incandescent light bulbs prior to Edison and Woodward, Edison is still credited achieving a higher vacuum and a higher resistance lamp that made power distribution from a centralized source economically feasible.

Not that I'm an Edison fan by any means. What he did to Nikola Tesla is reprehensible. Edison was basically scum, IMO.

This would be really cool in a club with blacklights.

Does the "Spiffy" tag go to bed early on Sundays or something?

so how do we work this into a thread about hooters?

6 months from now scientists will invest $100.00 dollars and discover that they cause nipple cancer and uncontrollable eyebrow growth.

cats4rent: so how do we work this into a thread about hooters?

Scroll up and look at my foam party pic and lets get this party started!!!

you blew Bubbles when you were a kid. He's back in town and wants your number.

dahmers love zombie: I'd rather they spend major money on colored bubbles than that global warming claptrap.

I'd rather they spend major money on colored bubbles than on government-run death panels.

/Let's see if we can take a thread about bubbles and make it into a politics-troll thread.

anyone else want to see what this guy does with them?

Link (new window)

daveydave: Those things will turn your poop green.

You had me at poop.

I heard about these a few weeks ago. I really want some, but i don't have 15 bucks lying around.

Somebody alert Don Ho.

My girlfriend and I got some of these a couple weeks ago, and they were pretty good, not as vibrant as we had hoped but still pretty cool.

While it's true the guy spent years doing his experiments in his kitchen, the actual breakthrough came when he partnered with a guy with a PhD in chemistry. The scientist did the discovering, and the rest of the story is just marketing.

Oh I get it, "asinine" tag refers to the submitter. Makes more sense.

Nothing asinine about invention.

Grandpa's bubbles used to smell pretty bad.

JSieverts: anyone else want to see what this guy does with them?

Link (new window)

Gayer than Doug Henning.

So he spent 2 large,drop in the bucket compared to what he's gonna make,assuming he's got the patent & can license it to the big companies.

I would have kept the 2 million.

/Probably why I have no inventions to my name or $2 million

Was about to buy, and im like for 15 dollars this might be nice for college move in week. Be like oh yeah ladies, my colored bubbles are cool? Wanna fark?

I think that would be how it goes.

Anyways, after 6.50 shipping I called bs.

MullDan: I will be at every college game, every weekend, taking one for the team.

abb3w: The Football team will be glad of this continuing morale booster. They may also like the colored bubbles.

*facepalm*

These was referring to the bubbles, which were clearly the subject of my sentence and therefore the object that I will blow. I think.

No one noticed the caption under the pic?


/you ppl are slipping.

SUPER ELASTIC BUBBLE PLASTIC!!!!


obscure?

all right... who here wrote the article?

FTFCaption:
15 years + $3 million = colored bubbles... but still no cure for cancer.

Prefers "African American".

$3 million (ish), on a product that could potentially make him a lot more than that.

Yup, real stupid.

Just think that money could have been better spent on another antiwar film starring George Clooney or could have flown President Barry and the missis to Ny, Ny to see a show and have a nice meal.