Today in TechAir Swimmers balloon animals delight adults, terrify children, cats
If you're an adult, playing with balloons can get you some weird looks. Sure, they're fine for kids, but as a grown-up you're expected to conduct yourself in a slightly more dignified manner. So brace yourself while watching the Air Swimmers video above, as your maturity level is almost certain to take a dive.
Filled with helium and propelled by working tail fins, the floating fish move with an almost eery grace. They can be steered up, down, and side-to-side via a handheld infra red controller. Four AAA batteries are required — three in the controller and one in the fish — and a single helping of helium can supposedly keep the fish afloat for weeks at a time.
Two version of the Air Swimmers are currently available — a clownfish and shark — but with the immense popularity the innovative toys have received, we imagine this isn't the last we'll see of them. Despite preferring air to water, the fish have made quite a splash on the web, and both the manufacturer's website and associated toy outlets are noting extremely high demand for the $40 toys. If you fancy yourself a colorful clownfish, you can still pick one up online, but the shark version appears to be sold out at least for the next two weeks.
[via Geekosystem]
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