Balloon Organ, Yes, A Balloon Organ

In a piece that will have some people eagerly looking for some Afro Celt Sound System, others singing Where Do They Make Balloons, and some people just shaking their heads, this fellow, apparently standing in his bathroom, introduces us to another guy and his balloon organ. Really. Check this for more homemade organ fun.

Fun With (Explosive) Balloons

Okay, so this is certainly in the “don’t try this at home, kids” category, but we can all laugh and point at other’s stupidity. Denver’s ABC channel 7 reported last month on a foolish fellow who inflated balloons with acetalyne, the highly flamable and explosive gas used in welding, and drove off to a superbowl [...]

High-Speed Photography

The gallery at Pulse Photonics has more than a few images that seem to pause time in impossible moments.
They’ve got images of balloons pierced by arrows and darts, oranges exploding from a gunshot, bullets shattering glass and slicing through jelly, and all of this falling water and oil in so many little droplets.
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Balloon Museum

I was browsing the NPR archives the other day and found this report on the International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, N.M.. Of course I want to go there.

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