Helix Cups Solves Your Everyday Zero Gravity Problems
Published by Mariella Moon January 18th, 2008 in Gadgets.
If you plan on going to outer space anytime soon, you better be ready for zero-gravity problems.
One of the toughest issues space missions face is handling liquids. In microgravity environments, liquids tend to form globules and you couldn’t almost always get everything out of a container. Aside from the current method of pressurising liquid containers, researchers came up with something new — drinking cups using a helical shape.
Using the design, surface tension is able to keep the liquid inside the cup and you don’t have to worry about globules anymore because the structure allow you to suck the liquid inside in one go. So next time you invite someone for tea in your space station, floating globules of liquid won’t be an issue anymore.
via New Scientist
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