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LED Floaties

Step 3Cleanup

Cleanup
Cleanup is virtually nonexistent. The balloons eventually pop and the lights are picked up by curious strangers. The balloon latex is completely biodegradable so the scraps are safe to be left around.

Instead of cleanup this project just dissolves into the night.
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May 19, 2009. 11:58 AMampeyro says:
wow, i had the same idea, helium could be cool
Jun 5, 2007. 8:50 PMBuilderboY says:
helium+floatie=flyie
Apr 20, 2009. 8:19 PMLEEROYJenkins says:
haha, indeed thats what would happem
Nov 14, 2007. 4:05 PMw00ty32 says:
Noff, but i think the battery would keep it from flying away.
Aug 18, 2009. 3:34 AMand-reas says:
In step 4 you have someone who made it with helium, those floaties floated to the roof, I think it will work
Nov 14, 2007. 6:43 PMBuilderboY says:
perhaps, the concept is cool though. It can probably be done by making the light as small as possible and perhaps using two or three balloons. It would be cool to set a bunch of those free. I bet if you put tags with a phone number or address on them you would get more responses then normal!
Nov 7, 2007. 5:26 PMHawaii00000 says:
Wow were did you learn that kind of math!!! lol Good idea.
Jan 22, 2008. 7:21 AMaltoidsrox says:
Wow, Tetranitrate, you make some pretty sweet DIYs. I will probobly try to make a variant of this involving some type of annoying noise that will accompany the LED.... maby with epoxy so you cant take it apart.... Can you imagine that you pick up a balloon, it lights up, and then starts emitting an obnoxious, soul-piercing scream?
Jan 22, 2008. 5:36 PMdarkmuskrat says:
Win, just win :D
Oct 28, 2007. 8:50 AMfinkabut says:
i think it would be really cool if u'd use some shock responsive sensors, that react to a kick or anything similar...after a while they go of but all that would depend on the way the instalation will look in the end.but ofc it wouldn't be very cost effective..i mean no hundreds of baloons on the street..but still cool though;)
Jul 9, 2007. 3:36 AMpizza711 says:
Oh this is sweet. but don't you think one 3V battery is enough? I mean most LEDs require just about 0.7V to switch on right?
Apr 25, 2007. 12:18 AMCypress says:
This really seems a great idea for a birthday party or something like that. However it's probably not a good idea to distribute batteries all over in public. Most batteries contain toxic metals that can be a real problem.
Mar 21, 2007. 12:31 AMkillrsheep says:
you guys shure?, im not trying to diss this awesome project but it seems to me that feeding 6V to a 3V or so rated LED plus the fact that you dont limit its current, generally means you will kill the LED (it will still light up, but not as bright) after that... yeah till the batteries die (again... sweet project!)
Mar 16, 2007. 11:53 PM13MarineGeologist says:
Do the Led Lights ever go out?

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