And sailing in to make it more tempting for you to turn in earlier for your health and for your well-being are these Waffle and Syrup Sheets (with optional fruit pillows!) So the syrup sheets are basically just dark brown top sheets, but still.

Everything comes together nicely, don’t you think? And the best part is that you can now have breakfast in bed on a bed of breakfast.

The sheet set is priced at $100(USD) and the fruit go for $20 to $40 each. They’re available from B Fiber and Craft’s shop on Etsy, where you can also find a pizza slice sleeping bag and a baked potato bean bag if you’re still hungry.

A pretty neat solution? Fruitwash labels.

They’re fruit stickers that turn to fruit soap when rubbed under running water. Aside from eliminating the need to go out and buy some fruit and produce soap, you can just go rub-a-dub and wash off water-resistant wax, fungicides, and pesticides off of your fruit.

Scott Amron came up with the concept for these Fruitwash labels just recently, and I’m surprised why someone hasn’t already done so earlier. Scott is currently selling off a 10% stake in the Fruitwash label intellectual property (in other words, patents) for anyone who wants to participate in this unique invention.

[via Inhabitat via Dvice]

Developed by Japan’s National Agricultural and Food Research Organization [JP] this award winning robot [JP] can delicately pluck individual strawberries from the vine. Not only is it gentle enough to snip the stalks of the berries and drop them into a padded crate, but it’s smart enough to detect the color of the perfectly ripe berry and only pluck those. By using a pair of cameras, it’s able to detect the precise position of each berry in three dimensions, then uses special software to only select berries that are at least 80% red.

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As you can see from the video clip, the robot currently can only handle strawberries, but could be modified to harvest other sorts of fruits or veggies if so desired. The robot is currently being field-tested by farmers to see if it could be more efficient than human berry picking. Early signs are that at a rate of one berry every 9 seconds, the robots could help reduce harvesting times by about 40%.

Looks like the berry pickers’ union is going to have a beef sometime soon.

[via Diginfo]

The specialized banana machine maintains bananas at their ideal temperature of 55.4 degrees Farenheit, and sells bananas for ¥130 (appx. $1.50 USD) a piece or ¥390 (appx. $4.50) for a bunch.

There are many people who rely on vending machines for sustenance during the day, especially office workers and students. You don’t always have a choice. I know the feeling. A few snacks could allow you to continue working, and I suppose bananas are healthier than Snickers or Twinkies.

Still, the banana machine doesn’t make much sense to me. Bananas can go bad pretty quickly. It makes more sense to go find a fruit vendor and get your bananas there. In Asia, there are fruit vendors all over the place. In Taiwan, you can find them almost everywhere, if you know where to look.

[via Fareastgizmos]

I’m reasonably certain this will not be one of the new musical instruments that ships with Rock Band 3.

[Flickr via Synthopia]

All you need is a pen knife and a little patience, and you can make your own Death Star melons. Personally, I’d fill mine with vodka.

Now who here among us wants to dress up as Darth Gallagher and smash ‘em with a giant mallet?

[via NOTCOT]

But unlike conventional (or organic) fruit, these oversize citrus have an array of colorful LEDs that light up the segments of fruit, and project patterns onto the walls and ceiling of your bathroom.

Fruit Palette fruits are available in Lemon Yellow, Pink Grapefruit and Lime Green Lime varieties, but I bet if you try and take a bite out of any of these, they’d all taste the same – like plastic.

So if you’re feeling particularly fruity today, the guys over at HimeyaShop have been kind enough to offer these outside of Japan for $32 (USD) a piece.

Fortunately, you bought a Fruit Powered Clock for $18 US from Urban Outfitters a couple of months ago. You scream to the vendors “TOSS ME A FRUIT! ANY FRUIT WILL DO! THERE’S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!”

The MacGyver theme starts playing, people are inspired and start tossing all kinds of fruits while egging you on – “You can do it!” “I hate guns too!” “Swiss Army Knife!” “Duct Tape!” – but they’re tossing too many fruits at you that you can’t see the road anymore so you accidentally run over a vendor. Also, you remember that the meeting’s at your house. Next week.

[via Like Cool]

The t-shirt lights up using an electroluminescent display that responds to music and other ambient sounds.

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And while Apple hasn’t used the classic rainbow logo since 1998, I have a funny feeling that neither Steve Jobs nor the T-Qualizer guys had anything to do with this shirt. That said, you’d better get your hands on one before somebody’s lawyers see this post.

If you move quick, you can grab one over at JetsSoBox or over on eBay for somewhere between $20 and $45 USD.

How did he do it? Lasers. Okay no, but that works for pies. Apple fan-san simply placed iPod- and Apple logo-shaped stickers on the apples as the fruits were growing, and when they ripened, voila. He got sued. Don’t believe a word I say.

Seriously though, can he get sued for this?

Somebody make us some Windows Windows. No wait.  Somebody make us a Linux Penguin. They need the publicity. Plus they definitely won’t sue.

[via Weird Asia News via Geekologie]

What better place to keep your happy Summer vacation memories than on this delicious looking watermelon USB flash drive? While it looks good enough to eat, biting into bright red flesh of this slice of fruit will result in nothing more than a couple of chipped teeth and a trip to the dentist.

On the plus side, you don’t have to spit out any seeds along with those teeth. The fruity drives store 8GB of your files and can be found over at Chinavasion for about $21 USD.

Available in green apple, yellow banana, orange orange, and red strawberry flavors, these plush fruit speakers don’t just play your tunes, they give you a nice place to take a nap while you listen. Not only do they look delicious, they actually smell like their fruity doppelgangers. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know how well I’d sleep while inhaling artificial bananas.

I’ve had a bit of hard time finding these for sale, but you might have some luck poking around over on eBay. There’s also an importer called Made in China who sells them, but only in wholesale quantities — so unless you plan on stocking an entire fruit stand, that could be overkill.

[via Funponsel]

Richard Thomas’ clever creation is made from sliced kiwis, bananas, oranges, strawberries, green and red grapes and blueberries.

Ironically, not a single apple found its way into the picture.

[Flickr via Inspire me, now!]