SWITL -- an impressive "robot hand" tool developed by factory equipment manufacturer Furukawa Kikou -- seems to defy the laws of nature by picking up deposits of gels, sauces and other soft semi-liquids without smearing them or altering their shape. This demo video shows how well the tool handles mayonnaise and ketchup.
Details about the technology are not available on Furukawa Kikou's website (perhaps because the patent is pending), but the tool appears to incorporate a conveyor belt design. According to the company, the magic goop scoop was originally developed for use in bakery production lines, but its unique ability to cleanly handle semi-liquids makes it suitable for a wide range of applications.
beelzebubba
Bet Peter North will want to pick up one of these...
[]Kenneth
what the fuck peter north.
[]Mitchy
HAHAHAHA!
[]Dominic Brown
Seems very similar to this device:
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/004615.php
but thinner, flatter, and motorized.
[]choi eun ju
how can I get this device?
[]AkaTako
I never thought that picking up spilled ketchup and mayo would be eerie.
[]kuro
It looks like you can pick one up for 70000 yen.
[]http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/wbs/trend_tamago/post_613.html
Anonymous
It's totally fake. There's skips in the movie every once and a while. I'm calling b.s. on this. :)
[]Chelsea
if it was actually messy wouldn't it leave a mark where it slid up on it? or going off it?
[]Katie
Total B.S.
[]Where the mess was, it dampened the surface and when it picked up the mess, the dapmess is gone. You can't just pick that up!!
scj7129
It appears that the pick-up blade is a very slick (teflon) type surface which is vibrated by a piezo electric transducer at a specific frequency. This allows the blade to "levitate" the gel substance up onto the blade.
[]Alain DENIS
Japan is NOW ready for the next (nuclear) Mega-EggQuake.
[];) (horrible!)
Quellcrist
Must be useful after a filming an AV.
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