Comments on: MRI scans of sushi http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MitchSchaft http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-545034 MitchSchaft Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-545034 @ #11 Trevor, thanks for this! I have recently "discovered" sushi and love everything about it. I'm now following you on twitter and look forward to learning a LOT. @ #11

Trevor, thanks for this! I have recently “discovered” sushi and love everything about it. I’m now following you on twitter and look forward to learning a LOT.

]]> By: Cactaur http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544581 Cactaur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544581 If nothing else you get a more filling meal with the robot sushi. If nothing else you get a more filling meal with the robot sushi.

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544623 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544623 "The third nigiri was made by the robot..." Huh? What robot? Robots make sushi now? Anyway, I was waiting for the article to say that the MRI scan saw some micro-organisms living within the sushi host. Don't get me wrong: sushi is my FAVORITE. “The third nigiri was made by the robot…”

Huh? What robot? Robots make sushi now? Anyway, I was waiting for the article to say that the MRI scan saw some micro-organisms living within the sushi host.

Don’t get me wrong: sushi is my FAVORITE.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-545147 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-545147 Alas, the development of burrito robots is not nearly as advanced. Alas, the development of burrito robots is not nearly as advanced.

]]> By: Jorgebob http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-545157 Jorgebob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-545157 This is hilarious! Did the author read about this in the Japanese comic book Oishinbo back in the '80s? This was a technique used by the hero to expose an arrogant, overbearing sushi chef who had succumbed to money and fame. The hero takes the chef's sushi and compares it to sushi made by an old master who owns an unpretentious sushi shop by using a CAT scanner. The old man was once famous but he escaped the "foodies" and media and secretly opened up a small shop in a old Tokyo neighborhood to concentrate on his trade. This is hilarious! Did the author read about this in the Japanese comic book Oishinbo back in the ’80s? This was a technique used by the hero to expose an arrogant, overbearing sushi chef who had succumbed to money and fame. The hero takes the chef’s sushi and compares it to sushi made by an old master who owns an unpretentious sushi shop by using a CAT scanner. The old man was once famous but he escaped the “foodies” and media and secretly opened up a small shop in a old Tokyo neighborhood to concentrate on his trade.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544646 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544646 Sadly, we don't have awesome sushi making robots in the US. Sadly, we don’t have awesome sushi making robots in the US.

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544926 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544926 Apropos, as I had delicious Unagi tonight at Piranha's in Dallas. A -very- good sushi Restaurant. Wasn't sticky at all. They also have devilishly good martinis. I am blessed to be so near the Metroplex. Around here, you can get authentic- or the closest to authentic in America- food from all over the world. Apropos, as I had delicious Unagi tonight at Piranha’s in Dallas. A -very- good sushi Restaurant. Wasn’t sticky at all. They also have devilishly good martinis.

I am blessed to be so near the Metroplex. Around here, you can get authentic- or the closest to authentic in America- food from all over the world.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544416 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544416 so, a machine that aligns grains and extrudes them in a continuous run? (ow! ow! stop hitting me!) so, a machine that aligns grains and extrudes them in a continuous run? (ow! ow! stop hitting me!)

]]> By: Trevor Corson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-545445 Trevor Corson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-545445 Jorgebob, right on! I know and love that story in Oishinbo. While the Oishingo sushi-scanning project was fictional, the one I blogged about was real, conducted by the researcher mentioned above in the post, Uhei Naruse, and reported his scholarly book on sushi, Sushi no Unchiku, Umasa no Himitsu すしの蘊蓄甘さの秘密 [Knowledge of Sushi and the Secrets of Taste]. I first read about Naruse's real experiment and later ran across the Oishinbo story. I don't know if one inspired the other, that would be fascinating to find out. An interesting footnote: unlike the Oishinbo episode, in his real experiments Naruse tried both CAT scans and MRI scans and found the CAT scan didn't provide good-enough quality images of the sushi, only the MRI scans did. Jorgebob, right on! I know and love that story in Oishinbo. While the Oishingo sushi-scanning project was fictional, the one I blogged about was real, conducted by the researcher mentioned above in the post, Uhei Naruse, and reported his scholarly book on sushi, Sushi no Unchiku, Umasa no Himitsu すしの蘊蓄甘さの秘密 [Knowledge of Sushi and the Secrets of Taste]. I first read about Naruse’s real experiment and later ran across the Oishinbo story. I don’t know if one inspired the other, that would be fascinating to find out. An interesting footnote: unlike the Oishinbo episode, in his real experiments Naruse tried both CAT scans and MRI scans and found the CAT scan didn’t provide good-enough quality images of the sushi, only the MRI scans did.

]]> By: MadMolecule http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544425 MadMolecule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544425 By the way, in the top photos the order is reversed; the one at left is made by the robot. By the way, in the top photos the order is reversed; the one at left is made by the robot.

]]> By: nettleteadesign http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544436 nettleteadesign Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544436 Where in the USA are you? We have incredible, "AUTHENTIC" sushi in the Northwest... Specifically where I am.. .. . Where in the USA are you? We have incredible, “AUTHENTIC” sushi in the Northwest…

Specifically where I am.. .. .

]]> By: fencesitter http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544459 fencesitter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544459 MRI sure sounds like overkill, but I guess CAT isn't any more so. What happened to the good old fashionedfreezing and sectioning (I guess it's called cryosectioning)? Or you can <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html">do all three</a>. MRI sure sounds like overkill, but I guess CAT isn’t any more so. What happened to the good old fashionedfreezing and sectioning (I guess it’s called cryosectioning)?

Or you can do all three.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544464 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544464 Slow day in the lab? I guess no one was waiting for an important diagnostic test. Slow day in the lab? I guess no one was waiting for an important diagnostic test.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544720 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544720 We've had sushi making robots in the US since 1984. Didn't you ever see Runaway? "Hai! You wan' sushi?" We’ve had sushi making robots in the US since 1984. Didn’t you ever see Runaway? “Hai! You wan’ sushi?”

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544469 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544469 s'not Big Science until they take some kappa maki to CERN and use the LHC. s’not Big Science until they take some kappa maki to CERN and use the LHC.

]]> By: Trevor Corson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/mri-scans-of-sushi.html#comment-544730 Trevor Corson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-544730 Actually, one of the dirty little secrets is that we do have sushi robots in the US, they're just kept hidden in the back rooms and basements of the restaurants, for making takeout sushi. More on that in my book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Story-Sushi-Unlikely-Saga-Fish/dp/0060883510">The Story of Sushi</a>. Actually, one of the dirty little secrets is that we do have sushi robots in the US, they’re just kept hidden in the back rooms and basements of the restaurants, for making takeout sushi. More on that in my book, The Story of Sushi.

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