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Samsung’s ‘SpaceSelfie’ balloon crashed in someone’s yard
Samsung is learning first-hand about the risks of using high-altitude balloons for promotional stunts. A Michigan couple found the phone maker's "SpaceSelfie" balloon (meant to pitch the Galaxy S10) in their yard after it crashed to Earth on October...
IT Pennywise Balloon Lamp: They All Float Down Here
Stephen King’s IT offered up some truly terrifying moments, both in its 1990 TV miniseries run and its 2017 movie incarnation. While Pennywise the clown is super creepy, you might not want to have his head sitting on your desk every day. Perhaps something a little more subtle would show your love of the horror franchise, like this floating red balloon lamp.
This officially-licensed Pennywise Balloon Lamp may or may not conjure up images of a killer clown for everyone who looks at it, but for those who have seen IT on screen, it most definitely will offer up some chills. For everyone else, they’ll just think it’s a tribute to a certain childhood favorite by Albert Lamorisse.
The USB-powered lamp measures about 13.4″ tall and is made from environmentally friendly Breakdown Plastic, so if you decide it’s freaking you out and dump it in a landfill (or the sewer), it will eventually biodegrade. Just don’t bother trying to pop it.
Merchoid is taking pre-orders for the lamp now for $41.99, and expects to start shipping them at the end of August.
Alphabet’s internet balloons have spent a million hours in the stratosphere
The fledgling internet balloon industry just marked an important achievement. Alphabet's Loon has recorded over 1 million hours of stratospheric flight for its balloons, covering about 24.9 million miles. The figures aren't completely shocking when...
Alphabet’s Loon could provide internet in Kenya this year
Alphabet's internet-delivering balloon service, Loon, expects to begin commercial service in Kenya sometime this year. The company just received approval from Kenyan officials to begin flying and testing over the country, and a Loon spokesperson said...
Balloon Infinity Gauntlet: Oh Snap!
If Thanos had started off as a clown performing at a kid’s birthday party, this is the Infinity Gauntlet we would have seen – right before he turned half the kids to dust. It’s a pretty cool work of balloon art actually. This awesome inflatable gauntlet was twisted into creation by balloon artist Jackie Ochitwa of With a Twist Balloon Creations.
And while this may be a balloon creation, it looks like the stones even light up! That’s pretty cool. This artist is definitely the mad titan of balloon animals. It looks pretty solid, like it has some weight to it. However, I’m pretty sure that if you wear this thing and snap your fingers, half of the people in the world disappear and turn into balloon animals instead. If the real Infinity Gauntlet had been made like this, the Avengers would have had a much easier time stopping Thanos – all they need is a pin.
Made this for a pretty cool kid who’s Marvel crazy. 
Just a few more sleeps until Endgame!! #infinitygauntlet
This thing is really twisted man. Some people like it, others say that it blows. And if you want more balloon jokes, I’m fresh out of helium.
[via Geeks Are Sexy via Geekologie]
Alphabet’s Loon forms advisory board to score internet balloon deals
Alphabet's Loon knows it needs to land carrier deals if it's going to turn internet balloons into a viable business, and that means tapping industry veterans who know how to make those deals. To that end, it just formed an advisory board that will h...
Distant Exoplanet is Inflated Like a Balloon
Astronomers have found a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere. The newly discovered exoplanet is losing its atmosphere in the form of an extended cloud of helium. The helium...
Distant Exoplanet is Inflated Like a Balloon
Astronomers have found a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere. The newly discovered exoplanet is losing its atmosphere in the form of an extended cloud of helium. The helium...
NASA Balloon Mission Captures Mystifying Electric Blue Clouds
In the summertime at high latitudes of both Northern and Southern Hemispheres, thin, glowing blue clouds are visible just after the sunset. These clouds, called noctilucent clouds or polar...