Revolutionary new cup design means to no more drinking from straws in a weightless environment:
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November 25, 2008
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That is awesome! Although another (more practical use) would be for the IV bags (just in case they have to stick someone in the arm).
Posted by: Darnell Clayton | November 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Darnell, right, I'm sure there are many potential applications for that design.
By the way, that's Dr. Don Pettit demonstrating his zero-g coffee cup on NASA TV. I found the video on the Boing Boing website, so HT to them. The interesting thing that he makes clear is that they are using an already existing design that takes advantage of known properties of fluid dynamics in a weightless environment, so I doubt he could patent his cup. Still, it's cool to think future lunar colonists will be drinking their Starbucks out of cups just like that.
Posted by: Joel | November 25, 2008 at 10:46 PM