Oh how I love this geeky physics toy!

Above is a picture of Megazooka, which is kindof an air bazooka on steroids.

What is it? For those who are not in the know, the airzooka/air bazooka has been around for quite a while. It was invented by Brian Walker. (There isn’t much news about him of late if you Google him. I don’t know what’s been happening to him nowadays but he’s the rocket guy who created a lot of buzz before. His Russian wife left him and now his website is defunct. I don’t know if he has given up on his rocket or if his Russian bride had gotten away with his money, blah, blah, blah.)

The point is, he invented airzooka. Anyway, airzooka is a tube with a flexible cover, which you pull to draw air. When the cover is let go, pressure snaps the cover, hurling a massive ball of air in anime fashion at your target – your cat or a coworker’s hairdo — from at most 20-30 feet, using the physics principle called, um, “vortex ring effect.” (Then, you can laugh if your coworker claims an incubus mussed her hair up.)

My bet is that you let go of those pent-up emotions with an airzooka. Involve your coworkers in a game of airtag. Compared to, say, a game of lasertag with a HERCULES laser, airzooka is a much safer alternative to paintball. And with unlimited air ammo and no batteries, it’s cheaper, too.

(Airzooka $13; Megazooka 25$ at Airzookatoys.com)