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Instead of detonating car airbags filling with poisonous gas and showering the beneficiary with nasty powder, the new car airbag from BubbaCo Travelsafe Products uses a large-ish pouch of popcorn kernels ( Zea mays averta ), each included with a tiny, non-toxic explosive charge and surrounded in an outer
sac of stabilised ghee, lard and salt.
Now, when your car hits something at sufficient speed (in excess of 55kph) a jolt of high voltage electricity ignites the explosive, setting off a reaction that heats the corn and cooking agent to around 250 degC, creating perfect conditions for each kernel to pop simultaneously.
You and the car's other occupants will have something to snack upon while you wait for traffic cops and tow trucks to do their thing.
Also useful if you break down in a blizzard, or a hurricane. Not so good in a waterless desert.
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Thank you [8/7], for prompting the idea. |
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Can we have toffee flavour as an option? |
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I discussed this with a friend who's an automotive engineer, today. She agreed it would certainly be cheaper to replace the popcorn insert than it is to replace an airbag unit when the contacts corrode, which they inevitably do. |
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Wouldn't you have to change out the popcorn every few months
to keep it from going stale? I popped some a few months ago
that had sat in the cupboard for... oh, a little over 6 months. It
burned very quickly and was the nastiest popcorn I've ever
tasted. I wonder.... does popcorn ever lose its poppability
completely? [+] |
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The packs of microwave popcorn I buy for the kids have a 2 year shelf life. I was thinking of them when I posted the idea. They're probably packed in a nitrogen atmosphere, to prevent oxidation. |
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// does popcorn ever lose its poppability completely? // |
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You'll find out when your face smashes into the steering wheel .... |
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