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Turiba University Sets World Record With 1,911 Simultaneous Coke-Mentos Explosions

Some people celebrate anniversaries with food, or a little dancing, but Business University Turiba in Latvia decided to have a little fun with a Gizmodo favorite: the ol' Mento in the Coke reaction. For the school's 15th anniversary, the students set out the break the previous world record for this category, which was held by 1,499 Belgian students in the town of Leuven. Last Thursday, they succeeded, and the contents of 1,911 bottles of Coke were sprayed violently upward, and into history. More »

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Science Team Explains Why Mentos + Coke = Whoosh!

You should, by now, be very familiar with the Mentos and Coke explosion effect. After all, we've even shown how to make your own booby trap version. But did you know that parts of the science behind it were a mystery? Until now, that is. A physics team at Appalachian State University did a whole range of tests, varying the substance dropped in from Fruit Mentos to dishwasher detergent and checking all the Coke types. Serious science stuff. More »

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Blow Victims Away with Mentos and Coke Booby Trap

That sound you are hearing is thousands of people screaming after falling for this Mentos and Diet Coke booby trap. And the sound you will hear soon will be the screams of the people who did the traps, as the joke victims beat the crap out of them. [Instructables] More »

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Desk-Sized Coca-Cola Robots Don't Dispense Drinks, Human Kindness

These scaled-down replicas of walking coke dispensers found on the streets of Japan would be cute additions to anyone's desk. As well as the black Coke Zero model above, there's a regular version, and they come in the most fabulous of retro boxes. They were available on eBay, but it looks like they're currently sold out. Perhaps it's worth contacting the seller to see if he's going to import any more. Gallery, including a picture of one the life-sized vending machines, after the jump. More »

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Mentos and Diet Coke Explosion at 1200fps: Casio EX-F1 Strikes Again

Giz reader Robert Woodhead combined two things that I just can't seem to get sick of seeing: Stuffing Mentos into Diet Coke bottles and the super-slow-mo action of Casio's EX-F1 camera to create this stunningly beautiful video. More »

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Belgian Students Break Mento-and-Coke World Record

Here's what you do when you're a student in the Belgian town of Leuven. You don a blue plastic poncho alongside 1,499 undergraduates, all standing in line at very long table, on which is placed a bottle of Diet Coke and a Mento. On the count of three, having raised your hood, you drop the mint in the plastic bottle, and 1,500 fountains of sticky drink erupt simultaneously. More pics below. Update: We've stuck a video up there, as well. More »

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We Dump Coffee, Coke, OJ and Milk All Over a Shiny New Toughbook: Did It Survive?

On Tuesday we asked you about the one thing you wouldn't want spilled on your keyboard, and we were surprised how much you had to tell us. We have a brand new Y7 Toughbook laying around the apartment, which Panasonic claims can handle six ounces of liquid poured right into the keyboard. We decided to put some of your answers to the test. More »

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Instructables: Copy a Key Using a Coke Can

Instructables has a neat if dangerous tutorial on how to quickly make a key copy by tracing the metal from a Coke can. It's pretty obvious, and with that seed planted in your mind, there's probably no need to read the instructions. More »

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Vending Machine Red

For those of us who haven't yet seen the series, Vending Machine Red is a new super hero who appeared after an inopportune mutation. In each action-packed episode, Vending Machine Red might not always save the Earth, but just know that hecould if needed. Let's face it—Tuesday is a lost workday for you anyway, so you might as well spend some time on the old GooTube JP watching a vending machine action show.

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Koolatron, For Coke Addicts

When you need to keep just a little bit of Coke cool kool, thank the Powers That Be for the $95 Koolatron. Shaped like a giant can of Coca-Cola so you never forget what's inside, the Koolatron can hold eight cans or two 2-liter bottles of your favorite beverage of choice. Plus, the Koolatron can heat as well, hitting temperatures up to 149°F. With adapters for the house and car, you'll never need to leave home without a gigantic fake can of cola again. More »

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Coke's Still Cool: Launches Mobile MySpace Knockoff

Straining to prove it's "with it" to keep the youngsters slurping down high-fructose corn syrup loaded soda, Coca-Cola's launching a mobile social network for teens. More »

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Coke Bottle Plasma Lamp: Lightning in a Bottle

We were already considering ordering one of those plasma light bulbs we showed you the other day, and now we see this Coke bottle that also does the plasma trick. The 18-inch tall lamp costs $22.98. More »

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Coke: The Most Dangerous Fuel

Colas such as Coke are a popular form of fuel for the sitting-in-front-of-a-computer-all-day set, but what exactly does the magical elixir do to our engines? You'll probably want to take the straw out of your mouth before reading further.
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
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Drinkomatic Vends Your Drinks Cold

A perfect gift for those who were alive during the depression, this Drink-O-Matic holds 10 cans at 30-degrees less than room temperature. Essentially a small refrigerator made just for drinks, this thing will set you back $149.95, which in Grandpa-money is like 847 Werther's Originals. More »

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Suicidal, Coca-Cola-Drinking Robot Makes Social Justice Statement, Nobody Cares


One of those America-hating, hippie organizations going by the name of SWAMP (Studies of Work Atmosphere and Mass Production) created a robot called Coke Is It that is programmed to kill itself. Good message to send to the kids out there, SWAMP. The robot is programmed to find puddles of Coca-Cola (you know, the big, faceless corporation that's sucking all the mako out of the planet) on the floor then suck it up using an electric pump. Then, the robots sprays itself with the Coke and the acidic nature of the Earth-killing soft drink eats away at the robot's "skin." After the skin is sufficiently worn away, Coke finds its way into the robot's circuitry, leading to its "death." Very subtle metaphor, fellas, as the video demonstrates. More »

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Coke Machine Robin Hoods - Part II, Identities Revealed

Apparently the art of pulling 2 for 1 Cokes from vending machines is the lightly guarded secret of a whole underground network of amateur videographers. Here is a clearer, more interesting video of the hack - that we don't condone, mostly because you look like a total ass with your arm up a Coke machine and also because pop tastes horrible out of plastic bottles. Plus, we are super rich/famous bloggers who only drink the finest water from the mountain springs of Le Tap. More »

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Coke Machine Hack - Free Coke for Eternal Damnation

Here's a nice hack for how to get 2 for 1 Cokes out of a certain model vending machine. Gizmodo is not a proponent of stealing soft drinks, of course, but the hack is so simple that we are amazed no one in quality control caught it. Also: notice how well spoken the thief is - he's probably a bright, doctoral student in his other life. Oh, how the prospects of free Coke can corrupt even the most promising among us. More »

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Lenovo F20: Coca Cola 2008 Olympic Themed Laptop

If there's one laptop maker that's going to start cashing in on China's 2008 Olympics, it's probably going to be China's Lenovo. The laptop is branded with Coca Cola (and China) Red, with the Olympic rings sitting under the Lenovo logo on the back. It has: More »