Gadgets

Back In The Day, Everything Was Sold In Vending Machines

The other day I stumbled upon one of those futuristic vending machines that sell ridiculous items that I’d never buy from a vending machine. There was no way in hell I was dropping 200 bucks in that machine just to see an iPod get stuck. Ah, vending machines, when did they get so complicated?


October 13, 2010
Entertainment

Shooting People In The Face With Fruit For Fun And Profit

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Sure, it’s a commercial for Orbit gum. That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy smiles being fruvigorously faceblasted – periodontry by pericarp.


July 7, 2010
Gadgets

Banana Vending Machine Gives Japan Yet One More Product You Can Get Without Human Interaction

Japan sure does love itself some vending machines! From cigarettes to coffee to ramen, you can get all sorts of crazy crap from a machine there. The latest? Bananas!


February 3, 2010

The Fruit Slide: So Much More Xtreme Than A Bowl

There’s nothing especially wrong with bowls, except for the simple fact that bowls aren’t slides.


November 6, 2009
Science

Laser-Etched Fruit And Vegetables Could Replace Sticker Labels

It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I’ll be dammed if those stupid stickers are not extremely annoying. Fortunately for people who actually eat fruit and vegetables from time to time, low-energy laser etching may be the answer.


June 30, 2009
Gadgets

Fresh Fruity Floating Bath Favours

Do these floating bath fruits actually do anything? Other than draining three AAA batteries and lighting up your water in a rainbow of colours, no. [Himeyashop via Technabob via Boing Boing Gadgets]


May 12, 2009
Geek Out

Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons.


March 28, 2009
Gadgets

ShotCarver Transforms Fruit Into Evil Booze Holder

Fruit need not be healthy. The $US12 Shotcarver will core almost any produce under the sun. The resulting hole is intended for hard liquor, which is intended to kill you. [CoolStuffExpress via NerdApproved]


March 11, 2009

How You Like Them Apples, Apple?

Who woulda thunk that an apple company might actually use an apple in their logo…especially one that’s about a bite away from trademark infringement? [Flickr via TUAW]


December 2, 2008
Gadgets

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make A Nicely Designed Digital Clock

You probably remember the ol’ lemon/copper battery via electrolysis experiment from when Mr. Wizard blew your mind with it in 1958. But this “Citrus Clock” by French design troupe Anna Gram updates the concept with a touch of Ikea sensibilities, to the point where we might be cool with this sitting on the kitchen counter (quick access for lemon tea). But the UV bug light we’d have to install next to it to catch the fruit flies might cancel out the sleekness. [Anna Gram via Design Boom]