Tag Archives: balloon

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How to make a Chocolate Bowl using a Balloon

I know I am going to sound like a woman here, but this bowl would look fabulous on a plate with a bunch of fresh strawberries in it. [Cheers notcot]

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The Balloon Genius

A party entertainer has twisted close to 3,000 balloons into a giant spider in an attempt to blow-up the previous record for the world’s largest balloon model. Adam Lee, 24, completed the record attempt with a giant balloon spider measuring 14 metres wide by seven metres long. It took Adam ten hours a day for

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Lunatic Lawn-Chair Balloonist Plans Flight over Iraq

Remember that Oregon man who floated to Idaho in 2008 in a lawn chair? He is now setting out on an adventure that involves becoming the first lawn chair balloonist to traverse the now-more-or-less peaceful skies over Iraq – and raise money for Iraqi children. Kent Couch, who runs a gas station in Bend, Ore.,

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Just in Time for Shark Week – RC Flying Shark and Clownfish

Total awesomeness…Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the water. Air Swimmers swim through the air with incredibly smooth and life-like motion and have complete up, down and 360 degree turning control. Poor cat… I bet she’ll never ever try to eat a fish again. [Cheers nerdcore]

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Leading the way with the Autonomous Mini Doughnut Blimp

Have you ever seen those colored marked lines on the floor at a hospital that are supposed to point you in the right direction, well Bryan Huang, wants to take that idea and add a little bit of technology to it. His concept is called the “Doughnut Blimp”, is meant to greet you at the

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Israel Shoots Down UFO over Dimona Nuclear Center

An F-16 fighter has just intercepted and shot down an unidentified engine powered flying object over the Dimona nuclear research center, which just happens to be a forbidden zone. A military spokeswoman said an Israeli warplane “shot down a suspicious flying object, probably a balloon, in southern Israel”. Israeli media reports said the balloon was

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The Blimp makes a comeback by going Round – SkyLifter

When was the last time you saw a blimp?… no they are not just used in football games. The Free-flying aircraft is about to get a much needed make-over thanks to an Australian company called SkyLifter. The tethered balloon airship has had the same design since the 1900’s and only now has it been realized,