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		<title>Heinz Can of Beans Amplifer: Musical Fruit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s not as cool as those mini Marshall and ORANGE amps, this is certainly one of the more unusual portable amplifiers I&#8217;ve seen.

Hand-built by some guy simply going by the name &#8220;Marcn,&#8221; this isn&#8217;t any ordinary can of beans. It&#8217;s a can of HEINZ BEANZ, baked beans in&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While it&#8217;s not as cool as those <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2009/04/03/mini-mp3-amps/">mini Marshall and ORANGE amps</a>, this is certainly one of the more unusual portable amplifiers I&#8217;ve seen.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-36077  aligncenter" title="bean_amplifier_can_of_beans" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bean_amplifier_can_of_beans.jpg" alt="bean amplifier can of beans" width="600" height="645" /></p>
<p>Hand-built by some guy simply going by the name &#8220;Marcn,&#8221; this isn&#8217;t any ordinary can of beans. It&#8217;s a can of HEINZ BEANZ, baked beans in a deliciously rich tomato sauce! All kidding aside, what you&#8217;re looking at is actually a custom mini amp, perfect for electric guitar or keyboard practice. It gets its juice from a USB port, and there&#8217;s a guarantee that all beans have been removed.</p>
<p><span id="more-36076"></span>Want it? Head on over to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/marcn">marcn&#8217;s Etsy shop</a> now. I have a funny feeling there aren&#8217;t a whole bunch of these being made.</p>
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		<title>Beanzawave USB Portable Microwave Heatz Your Beanz and Drinkz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lambert Varias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Created by &#8220;microwave expert&#8221; Gordon Andrews and designer Stephen Frazer in partnership with Heinz, the Beanzawave is the world&#8217;s smallest portable microwave. It&#8217;s powered via USB and uses &#8220;a combination of mobile phone frequencies&#8221; to heat whatever you put in there. Uhuh. I see. *chucks phone out the window*

Heinz,&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Created by &#8220;microwave expert&#8221; Gordon Andrews and designer Stephen Frazer in partnership with Heinz, the Beanzawave is the world&#8217;s smallest portable microwave. It&#8217;s powered via USB and uses &#8220;a combination of mobile phone frequencies&#8221; to heat whatever you put in there. Uhuh. I see. *chucks phone out the window*</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16018" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beanzawave-1.jpg" alt="beanzawave 1" width="600" height="462" title="beanzawave 1 photo" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Heinz, maker of Snap Pots, commissioned Andrews and Frazer to come up with a microwave that would complement their popular pork &amp; beans snack. According to the company 69% of office workers are too busy/busy pretending to be busy that they don&#8217;t have time for lunch. So if Heinz can&#8217;t make customers come to them, they&#8217;ll just find a way to bring their product to the customers. Good ol&#8217; business sense.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-16019 aligncenter" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beanzawave-2.jpg" alt="beanzawave 2" width="600" height="464" title="beanzawave 2 photo" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">See what I mean? That guy isn&#8217;t an office worker, he&#8217;s a commercial model! Excel my ass. Anyway the Beanzawave remains a concept product, because Heinz wants to gauge the public&#8217;s interest before going ahead with production. Why, you may ask, does Brando not do this &#8220;wait and see&#8221; thing? Because they&#8217;re crazy that&#8217;s why. Also because Brando&#8217;s products are dead cheap, whereas the Beanzawave&#8217;s estimated price is about £100 ($165 USD). Ouch. But technology will most likely be on Heinz&#8217; side, because the parts needed to build Beanzawavez will only become cheaper as time passes by.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">[via <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1191606/Beanz-meanz-microwaves-Heinz-create-gadget-heat-snack-60-seconds.html">Mail Online</a> via <a href="http://www.smidigt.se/beanzawave-usb-micro/6037/">Smidigt</a>]</p>
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