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Evolution of the Super Soaker Watergun

It's the 4th of July weekend, which means sun for most of us and all kinds of fun outdoor activities, many of them including squirt guns. If you're hardcore, you use nothing but the Super Soaker, which was first introduced in 1989 and has evolved into personal water cannons that seem capable of blasting holes in concrete. Hyperbole aside, they've come a long way, and iSoaker has a very cool interactive, clickable chart showing the evolution of the world's most popular water gun. Which one was your favorite? [iSoaker]

9:01 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Matt Hickey
26,014 views, 55 comments

Latest by karmaghost: When Super Soakers first came out, my friends (two brothers) gave me a SuperSoaker 30 for my birthday in February. When summer came a long, they had both bought SuperSoaker 50s, which as you can see, came out before more »

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Super Soaker Coffee Table

Jellio's Candy Table doesn't actually have candy inside (which would be tooth decayingly fantastic), but it does have super soaker-like squirt guns. Not the new, lame super soakers, but the old simple ones from the early '90s. We're not sure if it's actually a real Super Soaker or just a replica, but in either case, you get a coffee table's worth of them for $350. That's actually not too bad for a coffee table; especially one that you can use to hydrate yourself. [Jellio via Boing Boing Gadgets via Dvice]

6:20 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Jason Chen
3,452 views, 19 comments

Latest by Pyao lyang shen: this table has good feng shui, which comes at the additional cost of $347. You're buying it for the super soaker atmosphere it represents. more »

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Super Soaker Inventor Working on Way To Harvest Heat From Humans Matrix-Style

Who didn't like Super Soakers as a kid? You pump it a lot, it builds pressure, then it shoots liquid. In many ways, they were very similar to humans, which is why Lonnie Johnson, its inventor, is looking for ways to use harvest waste heat from humans to power a tiny Johnson system. The full name is the Johnson Thermoelectric Energy System, and it could be up to 60% efficient (standard car engines are only about 30% efficient) at the right temperature. More »

3:30 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Jason Chen
6,408 views, 30 comments

Latest by x23: @iguide: or you could use pathetic link spammers as batteries. a true benefit to society. more »