Epilogue 12-13-10

The purpose of this blog entry is to explain to future students what I think the class named Seeing Sideways is all about.

I think that Seeing Sideways is a class intended to teach students to explore and create new things, free of whether it's "right" or "wrong". Basically, anything goes as far as assignments go...as long as the assignments are not pornographic in nature and as long as they obey school rules. I guess this class is preparation for future projects within the workforce.

Assignments include doing whatever you want with an egg, doing something that involves your identity, creating something that inspires you, and analyzing your beliefs, be they in God, in another deity, or lack of belief, and creating something from those beliefs.

You also have to make blog entries presenting such projects, and justify said projects(how it works, why they created it, etc.).

That's pretty much it from me.

Speaking of Pickles...12-10-10

This is the idea I have for the final project, aka "Pickles". And speaking of pickles, pickles are usually toppings for a hamburger or sandwich, right? And what do we associate hamburgers with most of the time?

Fast Food!

Funny thing about that...when I heard that this project had to be about the word "hidden", I had to rethink what idea should be created or sketched for my project. Then I remembered one day in Comic Book class, when Mat Powers told us to look up "12-year-old McDonalds burger". A McDonalds burger sat on a counter for 12 years and did not grow old or moldy. It might be because of all the preservatives they put inside their food.

I guess that's why certain people are scared to eat fast food: They fear eating hidden chemicals that could adversely affect their internal chemistry.

Another reason: It's fattening as heck.

Sometimes, I eat at Hardees or Five Guys when it comes to burgers. Unfortunately, some of the burgers Hardees serves go upwards of 800 calories(not counting fries or drink) and the Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger(without toppings) is over 1,000.

Not only that, but they have lots of sodium and cholesterol.

So what to do? Create a possible invention that can fight back.

The Fast Food Filtrator

The Fast Food Filtrator is designed after a fine dining plate and cloche cover. Inside the "cloche cover" there are scanners and filters. The scanners scan for "impurities" such as preservatives, hormones, excess sodium and excess grease and the filters suck those impurities out of the food. The lights in front of the cover shine red and scroll horizontally back and forth while it scans the food and they shine green when it is done with the filtration process. You activate the machine by pushing the button in front.

The top of the cloche cover is actually a filter that keeps the grease and impurities. It can be removed and cleaned for reuse.

Behind the cover is the rechargeable battery for the device. The battery has a max time of four hours without being plugged up. The machine automatically turns off when idle for a long-enough time.

The machine can also be used for eggs, lunchmeat, turkey, and other "household foods".

The Fast Food Filtrator would cost you an estimated $150.00 plus tax.