Gizmodo: hamburger

Hamburger USB Drive Marketers Only Sort of Understand USB

Dan Nosowitz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:25:00 EDT

We get the idea to have a girl "eating" the plastic hamburger-shaped USB drive—it looks like food, ha ha. But then, why Photoshop a USB port into her mouth? Do these people understand either USB or food? [Crunchgear]

Wipe Your Monitor Clean By Rubbing It Down With a Cheeseburger

Sean Fallon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:20:00 EST

What better way to clean that dusty screen than rubbing it down with a cheeseburger? If a cheeseburger isn't your thing, how about a donut, piece of cake, cookies or a BLT?

Dubbed "Sweets Cleaners" these tasty-looking screen cleaners will help you keep your monitor dust-free (and keep you mind off of work and firmly planted on the pleasures of gluttony). Although, I'm not sure how well these cleaners will absorb the slobber dripping from your chubby lips. [Elecom via Craziest Gadgets]

Chompr Hamburger Grasper Ensures You Don't Spill Ketchup on Your Tuxedo

Sean Fallon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:20:00 EST

Designed for high-end restaurants, the "Chompr" hamburger grasping device concept ensures that your delicate hands never actually come in contact with the bun—only elegant walnut and polished aluminum.

Plus, the supports would be spring-loaded to ensure a firm grip on even the thickest of thickburgers. After all, Hardee's is a place to see and be seen. What would your high society friends think if they saw you using a napkin like a commoner or, heaven forbid, noticed a spot of ketchup on your suit? Why, you would be shunned from the subdivision. Shunned I tell you! [Coroflot via Coolbuzz]

Did the Infamous Canburger Start Out as an Art Project?

Adam Frucci — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:40:05 EST

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? That's one of many, many questions that arose in my mind when I saw this art exhibit in France that's made up of 10,000 "Canburgers." And no, these aren't just purchased from the place we found the originals in, they were specially commissioned by the artist, Mike Bouchet. And it just went up a month ago. What. The. Hell. Let's unravel this mystery, super sleuths.

I think there's got to be some connection between this exhibit and the for-sale canburgers, as the exhibit says that Bouchet contacted a meat-canning company in Germany to develop the product for him, and the original canburger is sold from a German site. Could it be that the canburger was initially dreamt up as some sort of commentary on sustainable food but was deemed to be such a swell idea that the German company just ran with it?

That would explain why such a ridiculous item was unceremoniously placed up for sale on an otherwise-straightforward camping food site, wouldn't it? I mean, once they figured out how to make such a product for the artist, why wouldn't they offer it up for sale?

Or maybe two different people came up with the idea for a cheeseburger in a can at the same time. Either way. [Galerie Vallois]