--- description: The Kickstarter campaign to fund it has already earned more than $100,000 title: Hero Builds a Genius Contraption to Fill 100 Water Balloons in a Minute image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hero Builds a Genius Machine That Can Fill 100 Water Balloons in a Minute by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 3:57 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 3:57 PM CUT Some people turn to Kickstarter for dumb ideas that clearly will not help anyone. (We’re looking at you, [potato salad guy](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad "undefined").) But other people, like this father of eight from Texas, use the crowdfunding site to raise money for something that could ACTUALLY ALTER THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY. Say hello to[ Bunch O Balloons](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bunchoballoons/bunch-o-balloons-100-water-balloons-in-less-than-1 "undefined"), a contraption that solves a very real problem about water balloons: they’re so much fun, but they take forever to fill. No longer! This device will easily fill and tie 37 balloons in 20 seconds flat. You simply attach it to a hose and give it a gentle shake once the balloons are filled. Already tied, they’ll then drop right into a bucket below. Creator Josh Malone set out to raise $10,000 to begin manufacturing this invention — and now, having raised more than $100,000, he’s clearly surpassed that goal. This contraption will be especially handy if you’ve got sneaky pets who tend to pop your water balloons: Now you’ll be all, _Who cares? Give me just a minute and I’ll have 100 more where that came from!_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3029563/hero-builds-a-genius-machine-that-can-fill-100-water-balloons-in-a-minute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3029563/hero-builds-a-genius-machine-that-can-fill-100-water-balloons-in-a-minute/"},"headline":"Hero Builds a Genius Machine That Can Fill 100 Water Balloons in a Minute","datePublished":"2014-07-24T15:57:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:54.123Z","description":"The Kickstarter campaign to fund it has already earned more than $100,000","url":"https://time.com/3029563/hero-builds-a-genius-machine-that-can-fill-100-water-balloons-in-a-minute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Technology","Kickstarter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3029563/hero-builds-a-genius-machine-that-can-fill-100-water-balloons-in-a-minute/","name":"Hero Builds a Genius Machine That Can Fill 100 Water Balloons in a Minute"}}]}] ```