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Advertising With Bubbles

If you hate billboards, then you'll really hate Francisco Guerra's invention. Francisco has found a way to make 4-foot-wide corporate logos made of helium bubbles that can travel for around 30 miles, selling products as they drift, before evaporating into thin air. Guerra, a special effects technician and former stage magician, calls his invention "Flogos." He has made a machine which can form the bubbles into any shape, and release them into the sky at a rate of one every 15 seconds. He has already been hired to make Mickey Mouse Flogos for Disney World, and has also created clouds in the shape of the Olympic rings and a peace symbol. It's only a matter of time before the night sky is filled with fluorescent erectile dysfunction clouds.

5 comments

  1. I'm impressed by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 1

    My first impression is that this is very cool, but like the article says... It could get annoying with advertisers. gun or something.

    1. Re:I'm impressed by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 1

      "gun or something" - I was editing out the part where I said it could be cool to shoot at it with a potato gun or something.

      Can you color the bubbles with that guy who had the colored bubble technology? It could be cool to fly a flag with this.

    2. Re:I'm impressed by seanellis · · Score: 1

      Another way to waste precious, non-renewable helium. And it's annoying, too! Great.

  2. Bubble signals by Kemilars · · Score: 1

    Bubble signals with letters will bring a new era of communication.

  3. It was ok until by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    you said "fluorescent erectile dysfunction clouds."

    Thanks for the nice visual image.