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Hover Hat

 airborne, air-cooling sombrero
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Let the others walk around hot and bothered, sweat running down their backs. You'll be cool as a cucumber, proudly sporting a softly droning sombrero, hovering a few inches over your scalp. The rotor wash of the two concentric, counter-rotating fans will keep you as chilled out as the inside of an Eskimo's freezer.

This heli-hat looks just like a stylish sombrero. The broad, thick brim provides shade while encapsulating the propellers with its hard, rounded sides and safety net on the horizontal surfaces. The crown conceals a powerful electric motor, and the hat is held over the head via elastic laces to ear clips and by the cord to the back battery pack.

For cold weather family fun, snow removal or just to give your ears a rest, choose the radio control option.

—FarmerJohn, Mar 05 2003

Miracool http://www.stage1online.com/miracool/
Iced scarf [FloridaManatee, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

MistyMate http://www.cloudtop...ersonal_cooling.htm
Iced water mist spray [FloridaManatee, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Indoor R/C helo http://www.otherlan....uk/hoverfly.htm?nb
You really want this tethered close to your head? [FloridaManatee, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Litterbox http://www.eyeenvis...rbox/litterbox.html
Cat metal band. Maybe this will give 8th nightmares. (flash thing) [waugsqueke, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

Hovering Sombrero http://lobotomy.ibl.../mink_sombrero.html
You're never just a hat, you know. [galukalock, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

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       "...and the hat is held over the head via elastic laces to ear clips..."
Next thing you know, you look like Spock.
—phoenix, Mar 05 2003
   

       Have you ever picked-up an electric motor?
—ato_de, Mar 05 2003
   

       What?? No drawing?? darn.....
—OpheliaFrump, Mar 05 2003
   

       // Have you ever picked-up an electric motor? //   

       Yes. FarmerJohn promised us it wouldn't hurt. He was quite correct; he was not hurt in the slightest.
—8th of 7, Mar 05 2003
   

       //Chinook strap//. Tears.
—egbert, Mar 05 2003
   

       UnaBubba: No, but it's got a Black Hawk fast rope.   

       ato_de: Since there are model helicopters with motors and battery, lift is not a problem.
—FarmerJohn, Mar 05 2003
   

       8th of 7 meets Buddha?   

       //hover cat.//   

       That's a feline?   

       If I ever get access to a digital camera, I'll post a pic of my baseball cap, which has a solar-powered fan in the bill.
—RayfordSteele, Mar 05 2003
   

       //Hover Cat //   

       Hey! Nice pu^h^h cat you've got there, Bliss.
—FloridaManatee, Mar 06 2003
   

       By chance, did anybody save a copy of the pic of me in a sombrero?
—thumbwax, Mar 06 2003
   

       Yes, a bit strong even for this crew, UB.
—FarmerJohn, Mar 06 2003
   
      
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