Rejoice, culinary neophytes everywhere! George Foreman, that lovable former boxer turned kitchen gadget man has put out a deep fat fryer. You heard me right–look forward to the smell of burning oil and deep fried everything coming soon from your nearest dormitory. Foreman’s Lean Mean Fryer uses a “Smart Spin” technology after your food’s been fried to allegedly whirl out 55% of the fat absorbed during frying using centrifugal force. I’m not sure how scientific that fat-busting claim is or how safe I feel having boiling oil spinning around in my kitchen, but if you’re a fan of fried foods, this cooking godsend is now available in North America for $US150.
Remember the canned cheeseburgers? Now you can make yours even more yummylicious with canned 100% US bacon, cooked and ready to eat. Actually, forget the burger: make your own bacon sandwich using two additional layers of bacon instead of bread. Each can contains all the vitamins and minerals you need to keep a healthy life while pretending to work in front of the computer, and you can even use the remaining fat to polish iPhones and assorted gadgets.
Thanks to the research team at EnteroMedics, there may be new hope in our quest to lose weight while avoiding regular physical activity and a healthy diet. The device they have come up with is implanted just under the skin and uses electrical signals to block the vagus nerve—which controls how the stomach expands when we eat. Naturally, if the stomach doesn’t expand, that would mean that the user would feel full much faster than normal. It also reduces our craving for food in general.
Astro Boy, the robot Mickey Mouse of Japan with a machine gun in his arse, has received his first major graphic overhaul in years and they made him fat. The formerly svelte, doe-eyed bot with 100,000 horsepower looks like a cross between a fish lips and a mini sumo wrestler.
Ladies, you’re perfect just the way you are. Don’t let society get you down and ruin your body image. You’re beautiful. Not convinced? Do you think you need a bigger chest to get that promotion or to snag a quality man? Well, it’s your life. A new procedure can take fat cells from your belly or butt, mix ‘em up with stem cells, inject them into your mammos, and suddenly your boobs will start to grow.
The whole thing can be done in less than an hour, allowing you to sneak away on your lunch break to get a boost to your breasts. The growth occurs over six months, so it’s not a sudden change like implants. It’s also your own body fat, so you won’t feel like someone stapled a couple of soccer balls to your chest.
The procedure is initially intended for women who’ve had mastectomies, which is great, but it surely won’t be long before this becomes the next Botox. Seriously though… you don’t need it. [BBC]
Well, this is… gross. It’s a lamp filled with fat (yes, fat), and it gets brighter as you use it. Why does it get brighter? Because the light burns through the fat. It’s some sort of social commentary or something, but I can’t help but wonder where you go for refills when you’re out of fat. • [Product Page] via [Uber-Review]
Canadian Paramedics can breathe a sigh of relief, unbuckle their corset belts and cancel their chiropractor’s appointments – if they work in Calgary, that is. The city has taken delivery of an ambulance designed to get its obese citizens to hospital with as little stress and strain as possible – provided they don’t tip the scales at more than 1000 lbs.
The refit, which costs more than $30,000 per vehicle, includes a specially designed air mattress that inflates beneath the patient to transfer him to the stretcher (reinforced and widened, natch) and a remote lift system that raises the stretcher into the ambulance.
Hi, Doggert De Niro here, Gizmodo’s resident Method canine, and the latest of Gizmodo’s resident pet testers*, with the latest pet-friendly product, the dog fat counter. You may remember my predecessor, Fluffy, better. That bitch (heyyyy, just joking, people, she’s a wunnerful mammal and one of the best stunt pets in the business) tested the pet life vest a couple of months back. Terrible what happened to her.
Anyways, she’s no more, so it’s my turn to step up to the plate. And that’s just what I’ve been doing for the past three months, stepping up to a plate of food—three times a day, actually, such is my devotion to my craft. Originally I was cast in the role of Jake LaMutta in the big-screen remake of Raging Dog, but it fell through. Not before I had put on 14 pounds though, quite a lot when you’re a mere Poodleweight.
