Strawberry Shortcake Potato Chips Hit Japan

Posted on 08/12/2015 by Shane McGlaun

Japan doesn’t have a strangle hold on weird snacks, Lay’s has some oddly flavored chips here in the U.S. as well. However, Japan does have snack oddities like the gold leaf Kit Kat bar, and now Japanese snackers can get potato chips that taste like dessert. Because, why not?

These chips are made to taste like strawberry shortcake. They’re made with a Japanese strawberry called the Tochiotome, which is said to be particularly sweet.

The reasoning behind these chips is that during Christmastime in Japan, strawberry cake is a common treat. The chips are said to taste very much like strawberries and shortcake, which sounds rather odd mixed with a salty chip.

[via Otakuma via Kotaku]

The Fruit Fuzz

Posted on 14/09/2015 by Sarang Sheth

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I kid you not, but just a week back I ended up buying rotten fruit. Mangosteen (an Indonesian fruit) has a tough outer skin that looks the same whether raw, ripe, or rotten. Needless to say, I bought a whole bunch of them, and reached home to find that each and every one of them was overripe. You need to be a seasoned fruit eater to be able to tell whether the fruit’s fit for eating or not. Or just get yourself the Kiki Fruit Investigator and it’ll do the job.

Kiki works in a way that senses what gases are being emanated from the fruit. There’s a way of telling by the aroma that a fruit is perfect for eating, and Kiki does just that. At the moment, you’ll have to select which fruit Kiki has to inspect, so that the sensors keep a check of the gases. Just pop the device into your fruit basket and switch it on. It’ll beep and light up to tell you that the fruit’s nearing its spoil date. Kiki is not just perfect for fruit-noobs like me, but also for fruits like melons and pineapples, that look the same on the outside even if the insides are beginning to get funky.

Designer: Raffaele Pontillo

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DestapaBanana Is A Tool For Stuffing Your Bananas

Posted on 06/05/2015 by David Ponce

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Ever felt like your banana was just too… healthy? Yeah, we thought so. So now that you’ve been having bananas stuffed with banana all your life, we’d like to open your eyes and turn your attention to the DestapaBanana. It appears to be a tool for boring a hole in a banana. You’re then free to fill that hole with other things that may not be quite as banana-y, like caramel, Nutella, Pop Rocks, peanuts… the sky is the limit.

To be honest, we’re not really sure this is a real product. The pictures look like a computer rendering, and we can’t seem to find where you can buy it. But we could be wrong, since this does seem like something that would be very popular among a certain demographic.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Geek.com ]

3D Printed Accessories Turn Vegetables into Toys: Vegatron

Posted on 24/11/2014 by Lambert Varias

Kids are always told not to play with their food, but Le FabShop’s Open Toys project might make adults give an exception to the rule. Open Toys are 3D-printed accessories that you can stick to vegetables, fruits and other soft objects into vehicles.

According to 3D printing community Cults, the project came about partly by chance. Le FabShop Creative Director Samuel Bernier originally conceived of the idea to attach 3D printed parts to wood, cork and other found objects. But while picking crops from a garden, Samuel thought that it would be easier if soft objects such as veggies and fruits were used as the base instead, because that would make it easier for kids to assemble toys. Le FabShop trainee Thomas Thibault eventually designed the finished accessories.

Farm Cults’ website to download the 3D models of Open Toys for free.

[via NOTCOT]

Pears Shaped Like Babies, Surprisingly Not Raised by an Au Pair

Posted on 18/08/2014 by Conner Flynn

China, you keep raising creepy food to whole new levels. Whether you find these pears creepy or not probably says a lot about you. These pears are shaped like babies. They grow on the tree this way, but not naturally. Molds are used so that they grow into that creepy baby shape.

This is the work of Suzhou, China-based company Fruit Mould. They also make molds for creating tiny pear Buddhas. You might remember those weird peaches wearing underwear. Yeah, this is their handiwork too. They have the whole creepy fruit market cornered.

Next they will probably combine the two products into pear babies wearing panties. Buddhas wearing thongs. Where does it end?

[via designboom]

3D Fruit Printer: Tree 2.0

Posted on 28/05/2014 by Lambert Varias

We’ve seen 3D printers make chocolate, pizza, pasta and more. Here’s one that prints fruits. Or rather, “fruits.” Developed by English company Dovetailed, the printer uses drops of fruit juice to form food using a culinary process called spherification. In other words, it makes jelly juice.

According to Dovetailed’s Dr. Gabriel Villar,“… you can not only re-create existing fruits, but also invent your own creations. The taste, texture, size and shape of the fruit can all be customised.” The video below shows the printer making a “raspberry.”

Aside from extensive customization, food-printing technology will also make it possible to copy recipes perfectly even if you’re not an experienced chef. Also this printed fruit doesn’t look as gross as the other 3D-printed food we’ve seen. That said, I still prefer actual fruit. It comes in its own packaging, has an easy to understand shelf life indicator and can be used to make more fruit. Now that is high tech.

[Dovetailed via Gajitz]

3D Printed Raspberry Pi Raspberry Case: Fruit of the Loom

Posted on 14/03/2014 by Lambert Varias

We’ve seen pies with fruit inside. Instructables member Rick Winscot created a fruit with a whole Pi inside. Rick designed and printed a case for the Raspberry Pi that looks just like the Raspberry Pi Foundation logo.

Before you grab your 3D printer, just know that you’ll have to do more than print the case and stuff a Raspberry Pi inside. You’ll have to get some spare USB connectors and power adapter jacks, then solder those bits and fit them onto the base. You’ll then connect those to the Raspberry Pi’s ports, which will stick out of the bottom of the case. That way the whole thing can sit upright just like in Rick’s picture. You’ll also have to get magnets to secure the leafy lid.

Head to Rick’s Instructables page for more on his sweet case.

So This is a $50 Hello Kitty Melon…

Posted on 29/05/2013 by Hazel Chua

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So Hello Kitty melons exist.

They’re basically fruit with rinds that have been etched with one of the world’s most popular kitties–and because of that etching, its price has multiplied several times over than that of regular melon. It’s being made and sold by gourmet food specialty shop Belluna and apparently, they’re extremely limited in nature as only 300 of these will be made available.

The Hello Kitty melons will be on sale until July 31st or until stocks last for 4,980 yen (or about $50) each.

What will Japan think of next?

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Buzz Patrol ]

iFixit Orange Teardown: Orange You Glad they Did This?

Posted on 01/04/2013 by Shane McGlaun

Readers can be a fickle bunch – around here we know this from experience. It seems like we’re always getting comments or e-mails accusing us of taking money from this company or that because we cover so many of their products. At the same time, we’re always getting e-mails wanting to know why exactly you haven’t talked about the latest whatnot from this company or that. I can certainly imagine that the geeks over at iFixit have caught more than little grief over the fact that they tend to rip apart every Apple device ever made.

To celebrate April Fool’s Day, iFixit has opted for tearing down something other than an Apple gadget.

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This time, they have torn down an orange. As in the citrus fruit, which has prevented scurvy for thousands of years. As is typical for teardowns from iFixit, there are plenty of shots of the tools needed and images of the (quite literally) juicy insides.

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If you have a penchant for the Orange, be warned that it has a repair ability score of zero. Yep, once you open this thing up there is no fixing it. This is a one use device, unless you are into organic gardening anyway.

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View the full Orange teardown over at iFixit.

Banana-Shaped Radiation-Proof Handset for Conducting All Your Monkey Business

Posted on 29/12/2012 by Range

I’ve rarely had to use a handset with my smartphone, maybe that’s because I don’t talk much on it, and most earphones tend to have built-in microphones, so they are perfectly capable of acting like handsets. However, if you talk a lot on your phone, and like the feeling of an old-school handset, check out this funny-looking one, shaped like a banana.

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The Banana Radiation-Proof Handset does exactly what its name says, protect your brain from harmful cellphone radiations – all while looking like a monkey’s favorite fruit. It connects via a 3.5 mm audio jack to a bunch of different phones, including iPhones, Motorola and Blackberry phones. Yes, this banana goes well with Apples and Blackberries.

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It’s available in 8 different colors over on Amazon and costs $21.99(USD). It’s definitely something fun to give in a gift exchange or as a prank – or to your pet monkey who knows how to use a phone.

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[via Fancy Crave]

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