Floating malteser ad

[Michael H]

The toy appears to be making the malteser float above it before the girl catches it in her mouth, like they do in the space capsule, How did they do this ?

[Jetwriter]

It's blowing air from it's spout. You can do the same thing with a hair drier nd a ping pong ball if you have the inclination. This toy uses a similar principle http://www.toystogrowon.com/display/details?ts=1089019504&id =1376 or Steve "Is that his real name?" Spangler shows you how here: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000037

[Jetwriter]

See if this works - never remember how to do these links! [a href="http://www.toystogrowon.com/display/details?ts=1089019504&id =1376]Toy[/a] or [a href="http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000037"]Steve "Is that his real name?" Spangler[/a]

[jenstar]

Moving air has lower pressure than still air, so the malteser is sitting on a column of moving air, and being held in place by the still air around it. Another application of this principle is in the curve of aeroplane wings - because the air going over the wing is forced to travel further than the air going beneath (because of the curved shape of the wing), there is a difference in air pressure, which imparts "lift" to the wing and thus to the plane it's attached to.

[Greedyfly]

You can actually buy these contraptions from gadget sites

[ffnut4589]

i reckon that it's chocolate filled with helium!