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A new British bar fills its air with a mist of alcohol and aromatics:
For the past six years, Bompas and Harry Parr have been working with scientists to perfect getting drunk on vapor. They recently opened a pop-up in London where you can—you guessed it—inhale your intoxicant.
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As they enter, imbibers don a plastic poncho and enter a misting chamber. Bompas & Parr's mixture isn't a gin and tonic, really. It's a mix of gin—alcohol, water, and aromatic molecules from botanicals like juniper—and a bit of quinine, the bitter part of tonic water. (Tonic's other ingredients didn't make the cut—sugar's too sticky and citrus had, Bompas says, too many allergens.) As bar-goers lounge about, they're encouraged to breathe deeply, drawing in the smoky taste of the frankincense-infused gin.The air inside Alcoholic Architecture is at 140 percent humidity; the booze droplets waft around in a dense fog. Visibility is less than three feet. "It's a little like a masquerade," Bompas says. "It's also great for hooking up."
The article does not mention any provision for designated drivers.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday August 15 2015, @05:08AM
Saw something on TV, prolly CNBC, about some startup that's using the same tech used in jet engine nozzles to design shower heads. Supposedly they can make you feel twice as wet with half the water by atomizing the water as it leaves the showerhead.
It was cool, but the bit sounded more like a press release than an actual product.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:03AM
Delta does something like that with their 'H2Okinetic' [thesweethome.com] showerheads. I bought one and can attest that it works great - no moving parts, low flow that feels like high-flow.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:41AM
Here it is: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/water-efficient-shower-nebia-raises-more-than-13-million-on-kickstarter-2015-08-13 [marketwatch.com]
Sounds neat but that is one pricy showerhead. Great for Silicon Valley types to feel good about reducing water consumption.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @07:01AM
I bet it doesn't work for shit.
When I take a shower I want velocity, that shower-head looks like it will create the opposite of velocity The smaller the water droplets the less kinetic energy they can contain, but they still have to contend with air resistance. Its going to be like standing in a really dense mist.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 15 2015, @07:17AM
If you can repurpose it to atomize alcohol instead of water, you can compete with Bompas and Harry Parr in your own shower.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:59PM
When I take a shower I want velocity, ...
The best shower I ever used was while camping one summer, under a small waterfall -- water fell about 3 feet (1 m) onto the top of my head, in roughly a 6" (150mm) diameter stream. Volume also works--if you have enough volume!