Bawls Bottle Challenge

Overview

A challenge to doing some creative/innovative/fun with one of the 24 Bawls bottles collected by Brimstone.

Status

Planning

Entries

Put your entries here:

Leyden jar

• Make a leyden jar with the maximum storage capacity.
  • Possibly make it "smart" by regulating output in some useful manner.
  • Fill with shards of glass to increase the internal surface area.

References

• Instructables - Leyden Jars

Jug Band Calliope

• 24 Note Air-Driven Jug

Glowing Bawls

• Fill bottles with algae that glows when shaken
  • http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/organism/dinohome.html

Bawls Sculpture

• Superglue the ends of two bottles together. Do this for at least 6 bottles. Drill tiny holes near the openings. Thread thin wire betweeen the bottles and form a tensegrity structure.
  • http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/05/how_to_build_a_tensegrity_coff.html

Moonflower Bawls

• Grow the strange and fast-blooming moonflower in the bottle.
  • http://www.moonlightsys.com/themoon/flower.html

Bawls Mobile

• Make a lovely Bawls Mobile.
  • Drill a hole on the neck of each bottle, run fishing line through, and tie it to a tier of metal bars that could hold the weight of the bottles. (Popsicle sticks and metal coat hangers won't work here).