Hit-or-Miss

I’m pretty sure this video is supposed to be blowing our minds, and while I can’t discredit some interesting features that pop up and considering I can’t understand the dialogue, my jaw’s not on the floor…yet. We’re looking at a robot from Toshiba called Wheelie, as it balances a plate of steak and vegetables while going through an obstacle course and changing its immediate height throughout. Do you guys see this as a viable product/innovation for home or service-industry use? What do you guys think? (video after the jump)

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In an effort to keep pushing the limits of cool in the real of banana-eating, Chiquita brand enlisted designer DJ Neff to bring some new blood to the iconic banana brand and their equally iconic stickers. Along with design partner Mark Krajan, the two claimed to get inspired prior to getting to work on the designs by eating massive amounts of bananas. Everything from faces, sayings, drawings and photographs were incorporated with the traditional shades of blue, yellow and white we’ve grown accustomed from the brand for years.

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Just in case you thought you were safe at  your vending machine, better double check your button mashing if you trying to pick up some Iced Tea, because you might just get an index finger full of Ice T. OH. NO. YOU. DIDN’T! (PicThx FailBlog)

Designed and Fabricated by Kevin Champeny, this amazing gummi bear chandelier is made of approximately 5,000 hand-strung acrylic gummi bears. Only ten of these chandeliers will be made, each one being slightly different and taking about two months to complete. The entire chandelier stands about 31″ in diameter and the ceiling plate is 32″ in diameter and there is a 50 watt compact florescent bulb lighting up the 50 lb. masterpiece. A price isn’t available online, but only upon request.

According to the latest report from the NYDailyNews, our current President, Mr. Obama, has a cholesterol level of 209. This is a “borderline-high” number, especially in comparison to his level of 173 back in 2007. According to that same article, the president does seem to bum the occasional cigarette (and currently is on the nicotine gum), but all that is probably secondary to the amount of times we caught the President Foodbeasting over the past couple years. Here are a few memories: HauteLinks, Ben’s Chili Bowl