Gentlemen: Grab your balls. - by mol
mol on 6/4/2006 at 16:39
(
http://www.powerballs.com/) Powerballs, in fact. This seemed like a good enough conversation piece and something to satisfy my gadget-hunger, so I ordered one. It was originally designed by NASA to be used by the astronauts as a training device in zero-g.
But some of the videos are just too funny, like (
http://www.powerballs.com/akis_19689.wmv) this one.
The gadget in question is a gyroscopic ball, about the size of a baseball, with a gyroscopic rotor inside. You start the rotor into a spin with either your thumb or a starting string, and then build up on the speed by your wrist movement.
[This place reserved for the obligatory masturbation joke]
If you get it up to 15000 rpm, the gyroball will exert a power equivalent of around 40 lbs or 20 kg against your wrist and arm muscles. The ball has a digital rpm display that indicates your top speed.
OnionBob on 6/4/2006 at 17:13
got one, got bored of it in about 2 days
Kyloe on 6/4/2006 at 17:40
Welcome to the year 2003. :bored:
SD on 6/4/2006 at 18:03
using balls to improve your wrist action is year 2003?
more like year dot
or year tot
Vernon on 6/4/2006 at 18:23
YEAR WOT? :confused:
mol on 6/4/2006 at 19:10
Quote Posted by OnionBob
got one, got bored of it in about 2 days
That's about the level of expectancy I'm giving it in terms of how long it'll hold my interest, but I wanted to give it a shot anyway.
Uglyhead on 6/4/2006 at 20:32
You know what a real fun ball is? Those weaselballs, with the little fuzzy thing hanging off them. You put the batteries in and switch it on, and it goes all over the place!
hopper on 6/4/2006 at 20:50
Admit it, you only started this thread because of the headline opportunity.
Mr.Duck on 6/4/2006 at 21:44
Apply Vasseline to the Powerball before proper use.
