A giant bouncy ball, hollow, with a door to get in and out. Inside is a chair strapped in with elastic on the corners and a seat belt, of course. Mounted in a launch pad of giant elastic straps, the passenger flings himself high into the air, roughly in the direction of where he wants to go. With a little luck, they might even get there.
Wasn't sure what catagory to put this in.-- harderthanjesus, Jun 20 2004 kritter krawler writ large? http://www.arcatape...m/fullsize/1767.jpg [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Catapult to work http://www.halfbake...atapult_20to_20WorkSimilar? But Bouncimobilitator has the edge in name cuteness [robinism, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Getting to the launch pad. http://www.rottento...p?page=7&size=hires [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004] Zorb http://zorb.com/Thisnow1's URL as link [5th Earth, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] ginormous swingball http://www.halfbake...normous_20swingballbouncy site seeing. [etherman, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] With practice, you could even arrange "combination shots", where you could nudge several passengers to their destinations with just one launch off the pad.-- phundug, Jun 20 2004 Good grief!-- zigness, Jun 20 2004 If your destination is uphill, you'd just roll back home before you get there. Or try getting back again from downhill destinations. You must live in a flat place (Chicago?)-- igirl, Jun 20 2004 I saw this on Guiness book of world recrods, it believe it's called "zoorbing"
http://www.zorb.com/-- thisnow1, Jun 30 2004 Close but no bounce.-- harderthanjesus, Jul 01 2004 this would be fantastic if linked to my ginormous swing ball!! <link>-- etherman, Jul 01 2004 There's a difference between this and the Zorb - the Zorb isn't designed to be launched.
That's why this is cooler.-- shapu, Jul 01 2004 Even though the zorb is neat, I don't think the hole is big enough to squeeze through.-- croissantz, Aug 28 2004 random, halfbakery