A Ball That Bounces In Water
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Tired of all your summer toys? Here's a new one that might perk up your interest - a ball that bounces in water. Known as the Waboba Ball, it has become this year's must-have summer toy all over the world.
While it looks like an ordinary ball, its combination of plastics and water-resistant lycra coating allow it to float in water when resting, but bounce really high when thrown. It works really well in the ocean or in a swimming pool but not on solid ground.
The Waboba is the brainchild of Swedish Inventor, Jan Von Heland who thought of the idea when he was trying to get his Frisbee to bounce in the water.
He spent a number of years trying to design and manufacture a ball that would do the job. The ball became an intant craze inAustralia when it hit the market late last year, and now it's gaining popularity all across the globe.
Judging from the video below, it looks like great fun and at a cost of about $8USD, not too expensive either. If you have it or get it let us know if it's as cool as it looks by adding your reviews below. To find more details on where you can purchase it go to http://www.waboba.com/
41 Comments
- hyper_monkeyover 12 yearsI want to know more about how that science works.
- shock12over 12 yearsawesome!
- jessica10over 12 yearsthat is awesome i never knew
- maddyrocks13over 12 yearsCool! :)
- imdabombover 12 yearsMy family needs one of those!!
- lillybobilabout 13 yearsi hav it it is cool i am pretty
- agentoabout 13 yearsit walks on water
- ingesabout 13 yearsit is cool
- hhover 13 yearsi hve 1 and it desnt wrk
- shellyover 13 yearsthis is sooooooo interesting. i wonder whats in that ball that makes it bounce