Can a Day of the Dead skull blowing bubbles sell more burritos? (video)


Kingston University (UK) Product and Furniture Design students Milo and Hannah conducted a controlled experiment to see if a motorized remote-controlled Dia de los Muertos sugar skull that also blows bubbles could drum up more business for a local burrito stand, Mighty Burrito & Co. You won’t believe what happened next! (Día De Las Burbujas = Day of the Bubbles.)

In case you now feel an urgent need to sell more burritos with a robotic calaca that blows bubbles, they also made a video that shows how they created the hypnotic skullbot: