I call bullshit on something here. Its either not a real condiment, and some substitute that is hydrophobic to the material its both sitting on, and that the machine has.....or its...ITS BLACK MAGIC, BURN THEM!!

The video is clearly demonstrating the fabric of the tablecloth. I've said it before and I'll say it now, humanity marches bodly ever onward.

It probably has something to do with Asian culture's obsessino with making their food look very good to the point of being anime cute, see: http://www.google.com/images?q=bento+box

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

I think I'm seeing a little conveyor belt on the "blade" of the tool - especially in the last shot. I think the material on that belt is the key. Looks like teflon or something similar.

>> ^dag:

I think I'm seeing a little conveyor belt on the "blade" of the tool - especially in the last shot. I think the material on that belt is the key. Looks like teflon or something similar.


Yeah, I think the point is that the material on top of the blade never really moves. It just sort of spins around the edge as it's fed from the bottom. So it really is sort of "picking up" the condiment and getting underneath it. It's a tough action to describe but it's not unlike a conveyor belt. Pretty ingenious although like Zifnab said, who knows how the hell the need came up.

EDIT: The site I just read said that it was designed for bakers ini order to handle bread, etc. that's too soft or can get messed up by sticking to a person's hand. It really makes perfect sense.

*cooking it seems.

Adding video to channels (Cooking) - requested by ant.

This is what inspired the invention:
http://videosift.com/video/Ketchup-Bot-accurately-adds-condiments-to-any-fast-food

edit: or maybe this:
http://videosift.com/video/Oozinator-Disturbing-Super-Soaker-Commercial

oh, and *quality because that thing is mesmerizing

huh, guess you can't *quality in an edit

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by residue.

>>I really want to know what the need was that prompted this devices creation.

What do you mean? This would be very useful for anyone. I often squirt my condiments onto the wrong plate by accident, so this would be great in retrieving them. I've gotten in one too many bar fights trying to dip my french fries into someone else's plate.

>> ^lucky760:

>> I've gotten in one too many bar fights trying to dip my french fries into someone else's plate.


Is that a euphemism?

It is now... have you tried my dressing?
>> ^residue:

>> ^lucky760:
>> I've gotten in one too many bar fights trying to dip my french fries into someone else's plate.

Is that a euphemism?

It's not on a tablecloth, it's very obviously on the piece of glass shown at the beginning.

It's probably to design the condiment picture in place, then transfer it to the food easily.

It's a robot designed to "align" condiments on food, which previously had to be done by hand.

http://japantechniche.com/2009/06/09/the-world-first-robotic-hand-scoop-switl/

This would be great for "Sandwich Artists" - you could make the condiments look exactly perfect before applying it to the bun/bread.

Amazing, but ultimately pointless!

Yes, but can it clean my keyboard from certain liquids?

>> ^brycewi19:

Yes, but can it clean my keyboard from certain liquids?


Tears and shame come right up with just paper towels.

This is gonna thwart a few blood splatter analysts...

Even if it is a glass tabletop, I don't think this is possible with the way fluids work. I think the tabletop is chilled, so any liquid becomes semi-frozen, at least at the bottom, so the plastic edge can easily slide underneath and pick it up without cutting into the ice crystals on the tabletop. Which is probably why the metal blade they showed didn't work; it cut into the ice and just pushed the stuff around.

Edit: However, watching this video of the same technology (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ0PqzX8Ey0) just confused me more. Like someone said above, it looks like a rapid conveyor belt action instead of a blade.

http://furukawakiko.com/product/page135.html

Video at the bottom shows this being used in industry. (Some kind of bread factory).

>> ^gwiz665:

It is now... have you tried my dressing?
>> ^residue:
>> ^lucky760:
>> I've gotten in one too many bar fights trying to dip my french fries into someone else's plate.

Is that a euphemism?



*jelly