Wednesday, January 29, 2014

How Cotton Candy is Made

How Cotton Candy is Made
Cotton Candy is a very unique sweet treat that has a crazy path to make it.  You might see cotton candy at the fair or at a carnival. Did you ever wonder how is it made. Cotton Candy is a sugar based product. Cotton candy contains sugar flavoring and a liquid packet. What the machine does is it mixes all these then It boils them. After it is boiled its sent to a spinning section that actually makes the oval shape. While it is spinning around in circles using centrifugal force it cools rapidly making it a crystal solid. Then it is pushed through tiny holes in the side of the walls and spun into a round ball. Then you have you puff of sugar at 220 calories and full of sweet flavor. Also every year 9.2$ million dollars of cotton candy is sold every year.  Maybe you can try making some cotton candy on your own. 


Wednesday, January 15, 2014

BW1

BW1
   Have you ever been golfing before and had to take the cart path all the time? A famous golfer named Bubba Watson made a customized golf cart.  Most people think thats theres not many ways to customize a golf cart. Bubba took it to the extreme.

This is the BW1. First hovercraft golf cart in the world. This thing can go over the ponds and the lakes but most importantly it will not tear up the course. This hovercraft has a foot print pressure 33 percent less than a human. The BW1 cost 58,000 dollars. The hovercraft uses a 65-hp twin-cylinder Hirth engine and a streamlined, sound minimizing fan that promises enough power to reach 45 mph. This powerful hovercraft can fit two golfers and two caddies.

The science behind a hovercraft is simple. In every hovercraft it has a fan to creat a wind tunnel half the wind is used for steering and moving forward and backward, while the other half is used to keep the hover craft off the ground. Hovercrafts can float anywhere from 6" to 108". 

Photo Credits- http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682758/how-oakley-got-bubba-watson-behind-the-wheel-of-a-hovercraft-golf-cart

Information Credit- http://www.discoverhover.org/abouthovercraft/works.htm