Meet AirJelly, the flying robot jellyfish

AirJelly is electric. AirJelly runs on lithium. AirJelly is full of gas. But AirJelly cannot be described—there is no language for such abysms of shrieking and immemorial lunacy, such eldritch contradictions of all matter, force, and cosmic order. After vigintillions of years great AirJelly is loose again, and ravening for delight.

AirJelly is also available through all quality industrial supply catalogs.

Product Datasheet (PDF) [Festo.com via Engadget]

[#1 posted by Mister Staal , April 29, 2008 9:33 AM]

Are they made of Urschliem?


See Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker's short story "Big Jelly"

[#2 posted by airship , April 29, 2008 9:54 AM]

I am a lifelong LTA (Lighter Than Air) fanatic. I thought I'd seen every possible airship, blimp, and balloon design, but even I am awestruck by Air Jelly. :O

[#3 posted by Qozmiq , April 29, 2008 10:23 AM]

Its a shame the String Cheese Incident have called it quits. These would have been an amazing addition to their shows.

"My brain is like a jellyfish, in the ocean of my head..."

--B Nershi

[#4 posted by strider_mt2k , April 29, 2008 10:31 AM]

Wow.
That's very nice.

I'd hate to see what rough air does to it, it seems so fragile.

[#5 posted by Dustin Driver , April 29, 2008 10:33 AM]

It seems like there's some sort of linguistic arms race taking place among the bb gadgets bloggers . . . Everybody launching volleys of the sorts of words that get you high scores on the GRE.

I love it. Keeps me coming back to bb gadgets more than bb.

[#6 posted by Rob Beschizza , April 29, 2008 12:11 PM]

Alas, that was just a Lovecraft quote... But thanks! Mr. Lovecraft offers an inexhaustible supply of that kind of talk.

[#7 posted by Thinkerer , April 29, 2008 12:54 PM]

Their Air Ray is even more elegant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPzodKQays

[#8 posted by genericvox , April 29, 2008 7:16 PM]

Oh, I am smitten...

I love you, Air Jelly.

[#9 posted by Anonymous , May 1, 2008 10:53 AM]

Now, all we need is Patrick McGoohan....