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While the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade fills the skies with familiar cartoon characters, the Skywalkers parade took a very different tack, creating a procession of bizarre, alien ballon creatures. More »
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Jason Hackenwerth weaves elaborate and colorful alien creatures out of ordinary party balloons. They may not do well in a fight, but they'll add a festive tone to your next invasion. More »
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Need to get some quick-and-pretty solar energy to your house, but don't want to mount a bunch of heavy solar panels on your roof? Now you can start powering up with these gorgeous, lightweight solar balloons. As long as you've got a helium tank handy, says inventor Joseph Cory, just one or two of these balloons made with photovoltaic solar cells could power your whole house. More »
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