High-Tech Spit Balls

Here's an interesting application of what I am guessing is sodium polyacrylate, the polymer used in disposable diapers, polymer gel balls and fake snow. According to a post over at OhGizmo!, Edmund Scientific is offering a version of these polymer balls for use as spit balls. Edmund Scientific says their spit balls with "Slip, Slide, Bounce & Explode" -- all essential qualities for a good spit ball. Whether students will trade in the traditional chewed tissue spit balls for the clear polymer balls remains to be seen. It's time for some experimentation, don't you think?