Japanese-Invented Watermelon Cooler or "When You Absolutely, Positively Have To Have It With You!"

I have seen some weird stuff from Japan in my time, some truly bizarre anime mostly, but this takes the cake! Looking at it, I can't help but wonder if this is the precursor to the technology that keeps a person's head alive, like in "Futurama"!

The conversation that lead to this device's creation probably went something like this:

Scientist #1: "Hey, you know what the world needs? A portable melon cooler!"


Scientist #2: "Really?! How many years of education and THIS crap is what you come up with?!"


Scientist #1: "Damn it all, man, this is not 'crap'. This is SCIENCE!!"


(Via Gizmodo)