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Sauce-Injected Nuggets Mark Mankind’s Most Brilliant Hour

12:35AM July 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

It’s a little sad that the shuttle program is coming to an end, but, on the bright side, we have no reason to fear human ingenuity is ending. Why? Just look at these syringe-pumped McNuggets. Our future is bright, humans. More »


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How To Strip A Chicken Down To Its Bones In 2.5 Seconds

1:30AM June 21, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Martin Yan can debone a chicken in 18 seconds. That’s pretty good, for a human. The next generation of Mayekawa automatic deboners, however, will huck a bird like an ear of corn in just under 2.5 seconds. More »


Science

This Man Wants To Resurrect Dinosaurs… Using Chickens

7:40AM June 10, 2011 | Max Behrman

Palaeontologist Jack Horner wants a pet dinosaur. (I’m right there with you, Jack.) And according to his TED talk, we’re actually getting closer to making Jurassic Park a reality. Thanks to chickens. More »


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The Best Food Of The Year

8:00AM January 2, 2011 | Gizmodo Staff

In case you couldn’t tell, we at Gizmodo love to eat. We do it every day! And we write about it sometimes too. Here’s the best stuff we wrote about edibles in 2010. More »


Entertainment

Proof That Chickens Make The Best Steadicams

10:00AM December 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

It turns out that chickens aren’t just a delicious and comical nugget source. They’re also one of the best Steadicams around—assuming you can keep it focused. Here’s how one precocious poultry stacks up against a real human man. More »


Science

Behind The Chicken Goop: The Truth And Science Of Chicken Nuggets

2:30AM October 10, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

The twisting pink mass that looks like frozen yogurt infected with ectoplasm might look disgusting. It might be mechanically separated chicken, chicken nuggets in their primordial form. And it is perfectly okay to eat. More »


Science

Chicken Nuggets Are Made From This Pink Goop

1:00PM October 3, 2010 | Casey Chan

This is mechanically separated chicken. Chickens are turned into this goop so we can create delicious chicken nuggets and juicy chicken patties. It’s obscenely gross and borderline alien, but it’s not going to stop me from eating nuggets. They’re too good. More »


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The Most Upsetting Video Ever Of An Automatic Chicken Plucker

4:24AM November 19, 2009 | Adam Frucci

This is Janet’s Whizbang Chicken Plucker, built using the instructions from the hit best-selling book Anyone Can Build a Tub-Style Mechanical Chicken Plucker. It is absolutely f—king horrifying, and I apologise in advance. More »


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Oh God, It’s a Whole Chicken in a Can

3:00AM May 1, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Until this moment, I did not know you could fit a whole chicken in a can. The directions on the back use the word “delicious” three times. Let’s see what’s inside (warning, NSFL):

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Gadgets

Thirty-Foot Trebuchet Fires Chicken Poop at Potential Thieves

3:15AM March 6, 2008 | Addy Dugdale

A businessman in the UK has come up with a novel way to deal with potential thieves: firing chickenshit at them from a 30-foot catapult. Joe Watson-Webb, a retired showman, had the iron trebuchet left over from his days as a showman, and gets his avian ammo from the farm next door. Local cops have said that they will prosecute Watson-Webb if he uses the catapult to defend his property against arsonists and robbers—but what would they think about the other weapon he has up his sleeve? Watson-Webb is also the proud owner of a 20-foot-long cannon, out of which he used to fire his wife!

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