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posted by brad wong on 2010.02.21, under color, context, international district, Tofu: The toy robots, wow
In this case, everything aligned just perfectly.
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Meet Tofu: No, not the food, robot from MIT, the whale or shark – the toy robots
Tofu Robots - Original Extra Firm - strike a pose. Photo source: spicybrown's flickr account
There must be something about humans and our relationship to bean curd that I still have not figured out. Perhaps, in one sense, my thinking is too literal.
When I hear the word “tofu,” I typically think of the food. Recently, I heard about TOFU, the owl-like robot created by a graduate student at MIT.
This week, I learned about the humpback whale whose tail was so white that it prompted biologists to name her after soybean cake.
Then, I read an article about a whale shark found off the waters of Taiwan. Its meat apparently is similar to tofu. People have dubbed it the “tofu shark.”
Now, thanks to an online search, I came across spicybrown’s playful collection of Tofu Robots – Original Extra Firm – on flickr.
