Plop, plop, glow! That’s all it takes to make any cocktail a bit more special. Drop in a GloCube lighted ice cube, and your drink will glow as it cycles through shades of red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. The first ever liquid activated lighted drink infuser has no buttons or switches – these cubes are liquid-activated and turn off when removed from the drink.
It started as an idea for a graphic design class at Mississippi State University. Kaylie Mitchell wanted to come up with a product that would make a real splash, and with the help of engineer Hagan Walker, GloCubes were born. “Glo came to life in my bedroom closet,” explains Walker. The prototype was rough, to say the least. Walker soldered all of the electrical components, then a case was made from a toothbrush travel protector and hot glue. “We dropped it into a glass of water, crossed our fingers, and it lit up!”
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DIVIAN CONNER is a Mississippi mama of four ‘not so little’ little ones. Coming up with recipes, trying new ones, and feeding her crew of tweens and teens is her passion. Southern recipes, easy recipes, sorta hard recipes, but always delicious recipes is what you will find on her food blog, www.divianlconner.com. Now venturing into outdoor cooking over an open fire, Divian is fascinated with camp cooking and entertaining.
