Technabob » french http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 French Bread Vending Machine: That’s All We Knead Now http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/24/french-vending-machine/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/24/french-vending-machine/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:23:28 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=50078 Here in the States, the oddest vending machines we get tend to be the sort in Airports that sell things like cameras and MP3 players. We don’t really get any of the truly disgusting ones like the Chinese vending machine that sells live crab. A strange vending machine has now surfaced in France that sells something I would like to see in US machines – fresh baked bread.

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Fresh baked bread isn’t something we get a lot of in my area, the stores tend to bake once per day so if you get there too late it’s as cold had hard as a loaf wrapped in plastic. The French on the other had have a machine that you can slip a coin into and 90 seconds later the thing pops out a nice fresh baguette.

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The guy that shot the video says that the taste and texture won’t be putting any bakeries out of business soon, but I bet it tastes better than the “fresh” bread at my local grocery store.

[via Super Punch via BoingBoing]

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The video is pretty funny because Mario even tosses banana peels at other cars and drivers. He also collects power-ups and at one point, he even stops at a grocery store to pick up some extra bananas.

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While you probably want to give this a try, it’s best that you don’t because Mario ends up meeting his match with some French motorcycle cops, who aren’t too pleased with his stunt. Flipping them off probably didn’t help matters!

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French watchmaker Lip has taken Tallon’s original watch design and has reissued it for us to enjoy all over again. Featuring a retro 7-segment red LED, the watch comes in both silver and black powdercoat aluminum cases with a rubber watch band.

The Lip Mach 2000 LED watch can be found from the LED Watch Stop for $189.

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