Buzzball human hamster toy

Posted by David Pescovitz, July 1, 2008 3:00 PM | permalink

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The Buzzball is a human-sized, motorized hamster ball. Laughing Squid has more info and a video. Looks like great fun! Buzzball (Laughing Squid)

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#1 posted by Sethum , July 1, 2008 4:49 PM

It looks like someone's been obsessing over xkcd...

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#2 posted by Jed Alexander , July 1, 2008 4:56 PM

This is described as an "interactive" vehicle. Aren't most vehicles interactive? I mean, pretty much all vehicles? Even escalators? Aren't you required to interact with them to use them as part of the vehicular process? Even unmanned vehicles usually require some form of interaction, don't they?

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#3 posted by Tenn , July 1, 2008 5:47 PM

What about Zorbing?

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#4 posted by Daemon , July 1, 2008 6:34 PM

I require this to be street legal.

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#5 posted by hukes , July 1, 2008 6:43 PM

Hey, aliens! Abduct me! I am fun to keep.

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#6 posted by Antinous , July 1, 2008 7:08 PM

Shouldn't there be an American Gladiator in it?

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#7 posted by Talia , July 1, 2008 7:08 PM

I need this.

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#8 posted by eustace , July 1, 2008 7:48 PM

Good point, Tenn. Zorbing requires only that you be in the ball.
I really like the idea of a motorized, steerable Zorb, though I don't need another expensive toy.

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#9 posted by justin(pusha)

, July 1, 2008 8:20 PM

For those of you who would like to feel powerless and immobile.

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#10 posted by Bobdotcom , July 1, 2008 9:41 PM

@5 Hukes: We'll make great pets.

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#11 posted by eustace , July 2, 2008 12:44 AM

It would make a great robot platform. Okay, I admit it, xkcd thought of it first.

http://xkcd.com/413/

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#12 posted by larf , July 2, 2008 7:22 AM

for x-mas wish list.

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#13 posted by skarbreeze , July 2, 2008 8:32 AM

I would love to rig this up with a few hundred LED's in bizarre patterns, then take it for a spin on the dimly lit city streets at night. Besides the obvious cool-factor, I could see a healthy number of freaked out people doing a double-take as I whir down the street.

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#14 posted by IWood , July 2, 2008 10:56 AM

Goddammit. I had a couple of stories about a lethal game I invented called Buzzball.

Now I can't use it.

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#15 posted by kellycree , July 5, 2008 12:59 AM

um, road rules 95?