Technabob » ramen noodle http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Runaway R/C Ramen Noodle Cart: Why? Why Not? http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/10/remote-controlled-ramen-noodle-cart/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/10/remote-controlled-ramen-noodle-cart/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:56:52 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=19705 The latest in a long line of strange and wonderful gadgets from Japan, this remote-controlled vehicle is modeled after one of those Ramen noodle carts you might see on the streets of Yokohama (mama).

remote control noodle stall

The tiny noodle cart runs on 4 AA batteries, and can cruise along at up to 5 kilometers per hour. Luckily, it’s not really a runaway cart, and can be stopped, started and steered with the included RF remote control. Now if you scroll down, get ready for the world’s most annoying, seizure-inducing animated GIF image…

ramen 01

You were warned. Why they couldn’t actually shoot a video of this thing in motion and upload that to YouTube, nobody knows.

Priced at ¥1380 (appx. $15 USD), the runaway noodle cart is currently available only in Japan over on Rakuten. I’m hoping the guys over at Strapya-World decide to export these to other countries like they have with other such goodies.

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