Technabob » bubble http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Carcapsule: The Car in the Plastic Bubble http://technabob.com/blog/2012/01/09/carcapsule-plastic-car-bubble/ http://technabob.com/blog/2012/01/09/carcapsule-plastic-car-bubble/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:00:10 +0000 Conner Flynn http://technabob.com/blog/?p=79697 You know how geeks protect their action figures with those clear protective cases? The Carcapsule is like that, but for cars. It’s a plastic bubble that you put your classic car in to protect it from the ravages of time. Heck, if you put some confetti in there and attached a vacuum, you would have yourself a huge snow globe.

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Silly as it looks, it’s a great idea to protect your investment. Restoring old cars is super expensive and just the weather alone can destroy certain parts with rust. And this bubble keeps it visible for you to admire, so that beats a tarp. It even has a built-in fan that will keep filtered air circulating.

They start at $269(USD) and go up to $419, depending on the size.

It’s also how the Bubble Boy gets around town.

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The Happy Savon (savon = French for soap) looks like a little white whale, and fills sits on the edge of your bathtub blowing bubbles as you take a soak. Just fill the miniature cetacian with any liquid soap or shampoo and flip on the power. For smelly bubbles, just add a tiny bit of aromatherapy oil to the mix.

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Despite the water mammal shape and the bathroom theme, the battery-operated whale isn’t submersible, so don’t try and float it in the water unless you want a dead whale in your tub. You’ll also want to be careful to aim the bubbles towards your tub, unless you want a slippery mess all over your bathroom tile floor – the last thing you need when you step out of the tub.

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Regardless of the hazards, the Engrish marketing materials say it’s Relax Romantic Fantasy – so how could you go wrong? You can find the Happy Savon whale bubble blower over at the Japan Trend Shop for $63 (USD).

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