Technabob » butterfly http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 15:00:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Thinkgeek Electronic Butterfly in a Jar is Weird http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/09/thinkgeek-electronic-butterfly-in-a-jar/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/09/thinkgeek-electronic-butterfly-in-a-jar/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:57:03 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=44714 ThinkGeek has some really cool and really strange products. One of the stranger products that I have seen in the catalog of offerings is this new Electronic Butterfly in a Jar. It’s just what it sounds like. You get a faux butterfly in one of four designs that flitter around with power from a clear cable inside.

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It whacks up against the side of the glass jar and sounds like a real butterfly trying to break out. This thing is really strange, but my daughter would totally love it. She is always putting something in a box or plastic bag to keep “forever” but for some reason her new pets never seem to wake up after a night in the bag.

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I could get her this butterfly thing and not have to try and remember to let the captured bugs and frogs escape when she isn’t looking. You can get four different butterfly styles including a pink morpho, blue morpho, monarch, or a yellow swallowtail. Only the pink morpho is in stock right now with the others about three weeks out. Each of the jars will cost you $19.99.

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Well they love you too. Very much:

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I don’t know who made this clip, or for what. But even before seeing this I already knew how cold-blooded those beautiful insects can be.

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Designers Soner Ozenc and John Wischhusen created these electroluminescent butterflies called GloWings. Each see-through winged critter is loaded with blue electroluminescent wire to produce a soft blue-green glow. They can be hung on a wall, or from a ceiling, and look really cool when you have a bunch of them hanging together in a group.

They can run on either AAA batteries or on AC current (it sounds like they only include a European A/C adapter, so you might need to grab your own). You can net these butterflies for yourself from Generate for $139 USD each.

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