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Fire Extinguisher Balls

Posted by michael on from the slow-pitch dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The Far Eastern Economic Review has this article about a Thai inventor who has come up with throwable fire extinguisher balls. You just toss them into the fire, or place them in high risk areas, and - boom - they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place. According to the article, they will soon be on sale in Thailand's 7-Eleven stores and are being considered by US-based fire and safety supply company Tyco."

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  1. Stolen from the Doc Savage movie. by infonography · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If this isn't a case for Prior Art I don't know what is.

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    Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
  2. Please. by tcd004 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Please don't confuse them with the salty chocolate ones.

    Reach out and put a beating on someone!
    tcd004

  3. Re:Thai girls by zyberphox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hmm, i really don't understand. why westerner seem to enjoy transexual thai girls?.. ok, i admit that they are beautiful ( some are even better than real girl ). but.. still why why.

  4. State by OdinHuntr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ken Marino is very good in "Wet Hot American Summer." Most of the rest of the State crew is in it as well. Great flick.

  5. jack talk thai by jimjamjoh · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Thai inventor...explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place

    $10 says the "fire-retardants" consist of cocount milk and peanut sauce...

  6. thailand? by bdowne01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    With that hot-ass food, you need them in every 7-11!

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    -brain
  7. Sports possibilities by serutan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just watched both versions of Rollerball. Now I'm imagining a game played with skates, motorcycles, napalm grenades and fire extinguisher balls. Mmmmmmm... napaaaalm.