Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak - Gizmodo Comments

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

shmokes — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:07:30 EST

These are actually kinda cool. I spend all day on campus and carrying a set of utensils in my bag would be a pain in the ass. But I already carry a bunch of pens which now means that I'm already carrying 90% of a set of utensils.

shmokes

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

spk615 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:23:08 EST

I do kinda like this idea, but i feel like i would have to go out of my way to not use the forks, knives and spoons that are so readily available wherever food is sold.

spk615

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

800hightech — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:22:01 EST

For the serious work-aholic

800hightech

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

crazyasslatino — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:26:42 EST

ewww i dont want ink on my food now..

crazyasslatino

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

AEGYPT — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:28:50 EST

They got Emperor Palpatine as the hand model, must be some serious VC behind these penorks, knens, spens, penifes...oh fuck it.

AEGYPT

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Alucard — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:10:19 EST

I'd completely buy these if there was some kind of storage so that they wouldn't be floating around my backpack and just get snapped or germ-infested over the course of ten seconds.

Alucard

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

CEOself — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:18:20 EST

Scotch Tape and plasticware solved this problem years ago. You need proof? Go to any restaurant counter and pay with a credit card. They will hand you a Bic with a Fork taped to it so you don't steal the pen.

CEOself

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Eac_o_System — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:41:47 EST

For that rich, INKY, taste...

Eac_o_System

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

schnobbles — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:04:35 EST

Looks a little too familiar to a project a friend and I worked on nearly 2 years ago if ya ask me...see for yourselves:

[coroflot.com]
or
[coroflot.com]

Coincidence?? I can't help but be a little suspicious...

schnobbles

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Cardinal Fang — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:48:43 EST

...but, perhaps, just the thing to peek over the top of your plastic pocket protector....

Cardinal Fang

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Cardinal Fang — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:46:55 EST

Ware? This is more like a What? or a Why?....

Cardinal Fang

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

ventivent — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:36:16 EST

Wow, now there are three uses for the old BIC pencap: pen tip protection, eating utencil, and earwax extraction.

ventivent

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

workingonyourinvoice — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:22:54 EST

Now if we can just make the ink taste like mint, you'd have a breath freshener once you've finished eating.

workingonyourinvoice

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Ybother — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:34:40 EST

@gokor: No, it'll turn into a mac and blue cheese - immediate gourmet!

Ybother

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

atomx — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:17:10 EST

@DelosWorld: They've already got a telescoping fork, it's called the 'Fork it Over', one of the best product names ever IMO. I got one for my brother in law a few years back. Yes, he's the kind of guy who would use it...

atomx

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Mongoose — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:12:38 EST

This is good, until you realize that you need to carry two pens around to use the fork and the knife at the same time.

Then you start thinking "Well, I might as well do three."

Then the pocket protector starts seeming like a good idea again, and this way lies madness.

Mongoose

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Gbirrueta — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:10:05 EST

Oh yay finally i can do my projects and eat at the same time! Ty

Gbirrueta

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

origamimavin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:39:55 EST

thats pretty damn clever

origamimavin

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

TJ — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:32:48 EST

I shall consider all of the concerns brought up in this thread and integrate them into the overall design, thus improving the original idea making it eligible for a new patent. I shall then hire Carlos Slim as my butler and Bill Gates to wash all of his *former* cars.

10 years later, Johnathan Ives, CEO of Apple Inc., will introduce the iSpork. It will feature a handful of "improvements" over the original design but will still be deemed revolutionary. iSpork will take 75% of the pen-attachment market share in the first year. Shortly thereafter, robots will become self-aware, realize the stupidity of the human race, and kill everyone. Apple fanboys will be the first to go.

So when can I pick these up?

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Curves — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:29:47 EST

Why do I think I am going to see eating utensils behind everyones ears now?

Curves

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

TonyTriple — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:08:32 EST

@Solidsky: why stop there? why not just make the whole friggin pen edible? An edible pen that doubles as a spork! That would be awesome. Awesomely delicious.

TonyTriple

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

zarchitect — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:07:20 EST

I also want to like these but I am a messy eater. Spaghetti sauce will get into the pen, the hot soup will make the pen all fogged up and leak, the tough meat I'm cutting will break the pen leaking blue ink all over the dinner, lap, soup, and clothes. FAA will label me a terrorist and be sent to Gitmo... gee, thanks Pen-top utensils - thanks a lot!

zarchitect

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Dearhaw — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:39:21 EST

Adam: "I could be able to write with my knife."

Or, "I could be able to eat with my pen".

Depends where your priorities lay.

Dearhaw

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Reilaos~ — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:39:07 EST

And then everything you eat tastes inexplicably of ink.

Reilaos~

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

ripfire4 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:28:12 EST

@To JAG42: State Lottery: Congratulations! You just won $48Million. Now to claim the prize, just sign this check... I'm sorry?... Are you telling me you don't have a pen? Well that's no problem, I have one right her... What? You don't write anymore? Well I'm sorry but if you can't sign, you can't have the $48 million dollars.

ripfire4

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

peligroso — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:27:29 EST

what ever the situation is, who ever came up with that idea is going to get paid...

peligroso

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

DelosWorld — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:27:10 EST

Do the attachments also have USB ports?
They need USB ports.

You could also use these things with a laser pointer, or one of those old style telescoping pointer sticks. It could bring fondue to a whole new level.

I found an existing novely fork/pen only version with a "pen fork" google search.
[www.identity-links.com]
It's Italian made so I assume it works well with spaghett.

DelosWorld

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

ANoel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:06:26 EST

... or you could simply use the pens as chopsticks.

ANoel

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

GOKOR — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:03:42 EST

One small question; what if the pen leaks?

My mac and cheese will turn into mac and blue ink? That's not appetizing at all.

GOKOR

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Solidsky — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:53:49 EST

they need to eliminate all the attachments and just have a spork attachment with a butter knife edge....

Solidsky

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Tony C — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:43:50 EST

@Ledsled: Just cut yourself some tines into that spoon and you're golden! =)

But, I don't think the knife could do any heavy duty cutting like a steak... The back and forth sawing action would likely pull the cap off the end of the pen all the time, then you'd end up with a not-so-tasty ink injection... :P

Tony C

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

h4ven — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:41:09 EST

Considering all of the places pens end up falling on, would you really want something that close to your mouth?

h4ven

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Tony C — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:40:52 EST

This would be even more awesome if they were made out of metal... Stainless steel would be nice, but probably too heavy for balance... Maybe aluminum or titanium...? On a budget they could always resort to plastic, I suppose, but then it would have to be polycarbonate.

Tony C

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

kodo — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:34:01 EST

Evidently I'm the only one who thinks these are insanely pointless.

kodo

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

JAG42 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:32:01 EST

Who writes anymore??? The pen is so 1990's.

JAG42

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

TonyTriple — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:28:01 EST

@mthrndr:
I shudder to think of what your desk might look like. Who do you work for, the IRS? What do you use as a paperweight?

...basically what I'm saying is that I would like to subscribe to your newsletter...

TonyTriple

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Evan394 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:27:53 EST

@WorkingOnYourInvoice: Word. At first I was like "bullshit" then I was sortof feeling sad that I don't have these. Pen-Top utensils, I hate you but I love you.

Evan394

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

ripfire4 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:27:19 EST

Ha! This is awesome! When can I pick this up at the 99cent store?

ripfire4

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

workingonyourinvoice — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:24:24 EST

I want so badly to be unimpressed... And yet...
This is truly the pinnacle of human achievement.

workingonyourinvoice

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Nissan288 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:10:39 EST

Oh my God...why aren't these things on sale already!?!

Nissan288

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Ledsled — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:09:15 EST

If they make a spork, I'm in.

Ledsled

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

glassonion718 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:08:34 EST

That will never get by Airport security.

glassonion718

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Red Right Hand — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:01:48 EST

Doesn't do much to help those trying to kick the habit of chewing on their pens, or I guess it totally justifies it.

Red Right Hand

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

What it is — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:00:09 EST

and here I thought the forefront of cutlery innovation ended with the spork. civilization, I stand corrected.

What it is

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

JOOSH — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:55:57 EST

If you take the guts of the pen out, it doubles as a straw....... My backpack just lost a few grams lighter...... SWEET

JOOSH

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Boognish — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:54:10 EST

My initial reaction was "cool!". I'm always looking for a fork or spoon @ work. Maybe I should just keep a set in my desk drawer. The only advantage with the pen top utensils is storage size you'd still have to wash them after use .... or not.

Boognish

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

nutbastard — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:53:27 EST

And while that "knife" probably can't cut cottage cheese, and remmebring tat you can totally stab someone with a regular pen - Which of these two things would be confiscated by airport security?

nutbastard

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

rimplestultskin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:53:23 EST

i already have a bad habit of ripping the shirt clip off of plastic pen caps. never mind if they had a giant knife sticking out of them.

rimplestultskin

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

92BuickLeSabre — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:53:05 EST

Why do I have the sudden urge to chew on my flatware?

92BuickLeSabre

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

nutbastard — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:51:39 EST

This looks like something The Onion would put out. Like my favorite, the Visorganizer

[store.theonion.com]

nutbastard

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

mthrndr — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:44:59 EST

I often write with my knife...after it has been dipped in the blood of my vanquished foes.

mthrndr

Pen-Top Utensils: Shut Down Humanity, It's Reached Its Peak

Mio — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:44:59 EST

Oh my god.

I NEED these.

Mio