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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. Fire extinguisher bottles by sigwinch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This sounds like antique fire extinguisher bottles: thin glass "grenades" full of water or other chemicals that were tossed at fires.

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  2. invented? by tmarzolf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Another spurrious patent ... if I recall this has been done (and patented) a long long time ago.
    HARDENS HAND GRENADE FIRE EXTINGUISHER", --> "PATENTED NO 1 AUG 8, 1871 AUG 14 1883

    For those who are interested check out the picture of the blue glass bulb towards the bottom of the page. Cached

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  3. Fire Fighing Balls.. by j_kenpo · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some odd reason, Im just picturing a guy throwing a ball at the fire and a big Pokemon coming out and squirting water at it.....