Thursday, September 21, 2006

Mentos and Diet Coke

Okay, I know I'm probably the last one to discover this--I was listening to an old podcast from June (NPR: Most emailed stories) and heard the story of these guys who were recreating the Bellagio fountain show using Diet coke and Mentos! It's so cool:



And for comparison, here's a shot I took of the Bellagio fountain when I was in Vegas this past July:



Which do you like better?

5 comments:

saramoohead said...

I have to say I like the Diet Coke display better. The gusto of the technicians is just as entertaining as the artful soda. It is also completely unique, never to be recreated in exactly the same way again -- whereas the Bellaggio is computer operated and the other 10,000 visitors to Vegas will see the same show later on that day...
For another quirky yet genius couple of minutes of entertainment, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI#...
YeeHAW

alvinaling said...

Oh, I love OK GO! Have you seen their backyard dance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZWVeS6zEz0

Linda Salzman said...

My son's done this a couple of times in our driveway. He saw it on Mythbusters. He's already got the goggles, budding little mad scientist that he is, but he'd go crazy if I could get him one of those lab coats! Science can be so cool.

saramoohead said...

I think I have seen that, but they were doing it blindfolded. Tee hee!

Rita said...

LOVE this. Damon and I had some hearty laughs. THANKS! :D

(And OK GO rocks!!)

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