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Thanko USB Lunchbox
Ubergizmo —
... Not many people like a cold lunch, as there is nothing quite like a piping hot meal awaiting after a long day at work. Thanko has your tummy's well being in mind with its USB-powered lunchbox that comes with an integrated heater to keep its contents warm. Sandwiches and other snacks would do well, and so will a full blown meal. Just make sure the plastic container that you store your food in is of a certain grade and quality, otherwise you wouldn't know whether the heat generated will have an adverse chemical reaction or not. Nothing like a hot meal in the cold winter months to ...
USB-powered lunch bag
TechChee.com, shop online for gadget, gizmo and hot tech stuff —
... in it warm and some more it could be powered by your computer’s USB port. The Thanko’s USB-powered lunch bag is exactly what you need.
This USB lunch bag has built-in heater that keeps its contents warm. You just need to have a container that holds your food and slip the container into the USB lunch bag. But be sure, you use a container that is made of plastic with good quality, to avoid any heat-generated chemical reaction that would poison you.
Buy online, $21, Thanko
via [ubergizmo]
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Thanko's USB-Powered Lunchbox Keeps Your Food Piping Hot [USB]
Gizmodo —
... to make a device that is actually useful. Essentially, it is a lunchbox that is heated via USB to keep your food warm while you are commuting or toiling away at the office. The heater itself is made up of anodized aluminum with a layer of Styrofoam insulation to keep the heat from escaping. So, bravo Thanko for taking your meds for once. I suppose it won't last though. Soon you will be back to in the loony bin collecting cats and trying to sell naive consumers USB eye warmers. [Thanko via Gearlog via Ubergizmo]
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Thanko’s USB lunchbox
Japanese Gadgets —
This is another ingenius idea from the Thanko group of USB-loving inventors. You can now heat your food with this USB-powered lunchbox. No more cold soups or long walks to the microwave oven to zap your food in place. You need to get one. Cos I know I do. thanko-usb-lunchbox.jpg Product Page
USB Lunch Bag Keeps your Bento Box Warm
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... It's a tradition white collars in Japan bring their own home-packed meal (aka. bento) to work instead of eating out. But when there are twenty colleagues lining up for a single microwave oven, it's time to seek other alternatives to heat up your cold lunch. This is where Thanko USB Lunch Bag comes in. ...
Hot lunch bag: Thanko now sells USB lunch box warmers
CrunchGear —
... . This time the company, which brought us things like heated USB keyboards and slippers, offers the so-called hot lunch bag [JP], a USB-powered device that’s designed like a bag and supposed to keep your food warm. ...
Weird USB-Powered Lunch Bag
Tech Blog —
... Made by Japan-based Thanko, this weird USB-powered lunch bag "easily connects to your desktop PC and warms anything up to the size of a traditional Japanese bento box lunch to a temperature of 60 degrees Celcius." Click here for first picture in gallery.
Much like Thanko's other weird but useful USB warming devices, the Hot LunchBox Pouch is safe to use and available now for just 1,980 yen ($20.49).
[via Dvice - Thanko]
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Réchauffe plat USB
w3sh magazine —
... Voici un gadget qui a surement raison d’être au Japon, nos amis nippons étant connus pour être des workaholic. C’est d’ailleurs une société japonaise, Thanko, qui en est le concepteur. ...
USB Lunchbox Keeps Your Food Warm
Ubergizmo —
... Who loves a cold meal (unless it is supposed to be a cold dish, of course)? Not many people de, we suspect, if they had a choice between that and a piping hot meal. This makes the USB-powered lunchbox pretty handy for executives who prefer to eat at the desk even during lunch hour. After all, don't we all need to be all the more productive during these tough times? Might as well show your superiors just how dedicated you are to the cause of your company that you are willing to sacrifice time by attending to your work even during lunch break. Don't worry about growing a tail ...
USB-powered lunchbox will melt whatever your mom packed at 140 °F
DVICE Atom Feed —
... son, because that's what you're getting, courtesy of this Thanko USB-powered lunchbox.
A product of Japan (surprise!), the Thanko hot box will keep whatever delicacies you bring to work nice and toasty at 140 °F until you're ready to eat. I guess this illustrates a key difference between Japanese and American lunches, as 'round these parts our meals have conformed to the lukewarm insides of the average brown bag, unless we bring a thermos for soup.
Thanko, via Tokyo Mango
USB Lunchbox Warmer Heats Your Bento to a Toasty 140°F
The UberReview —
... the lunch that you pack tastes better hot and you can’t stand the thought of leaving your cubicle to queue for the office microwave (if your office even has a microwave) then you might consider the Thanko USB powered lunchbox. It will heat your lunch to a toasty 140°F (60°Cand it is USB powered, what more could you ask for?
I am guessing these won’t be too popular in the states, but could achieve some impressive sales here in Japan.
Price: About $20 [Thanko via Tokyo Mango, DVICE]
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Burn Your Lunch With A USB Lunchbox
OhGizmo! —
... food without using the shared microwave? You harness the power of your faithful USB port with a ridiculous gadget.
Only Thanko could come up with a gadget that keeps your food so hot that it might actually burn down your building. This lunchbox will warm your leftovers of last night’s meatloaf with 140 degrees of USB power. I’m sure that the product is perfectly safe, but it scares me just the same. Even at $20, I think I’ll stick to the microwave.
[ Thanko ] VIA [ UberReview ]
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USB lunchbox pumps out 60°C of face-melting heat
Tech Digest —
... element in, which claims to cook your lunch when plugged in via USB. In reality though, 60C is barely warmer than a cup of tea - certainly not enough to kill any bacteria. Don't rely on it to grill a steak beyond "rare". On the other hand, if all you're doing is heating up your cous-cous, then my objection isn't so pronounced. Who knows? Maybe in the hands of Heston Blumenthal it could be a force for good. Now there's a program I'd like to see - Heston Blumenthal's USB Lunchbox. Thanko (via ...
Japanese USB Heated Luchbox Is the Shizz
geeksugar —
I'll admit that I have a slight obsession with Japan, spending time on my days off cruising the aisles of my favorite Japantown shops, but I have never - ever - seen this amazing lunchbox in person, which makes me sad.
The USB powered lunchbox I caught on Tokyo Mango keeps your food toasty warm while you work so you don't have to deal with unevenly heated microwaved eats come lunch time. The box heats up and safely maintains a 140 degree heat via your USB connection, which allows you to eat right at your desk. ...
USB Hot Lunch Bag - laptop power keeps your noodles fresh and warm
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia —
Usbhotlunchbag The folks over at Thanko have come up with a doozy this time. The USB Hot Lunch Bag features an embedded heating element to keep your Ramen noodles piping hot for desktop enjoyment during the 3 minute lunch break you get every third day. What, you get more time than that? Communist! Get back to work, more code, more code, no chatter .$22.00. Usbhotlunchbag2
USB powered lunch bag from Japan
CrunchGear —
... Thanko, the Japanese purveyor of oddities such as USB powered mittens and USB necktie have come up with yet another doozy. This one is only mildly useless though: a USB powered lunch bag. It is just a plain old lunch bag, but with the added benefit of embedded heating coils that are powered by the attached USB connector. I’m sure there’s no risk of fire at all. ...
USB powered lunch warmer
Gadgetreporter.com - Your Guide to the Gadget World —
... Most of the stuff ist completely usless and not even worth an article about it. I decided to make an exeption, because this time, the UBS powered lunch bag / warmer is actually bringing some benefit to the table. I have no idea, how well this thing works. But if it can really keep the food warm (or even heaten it up? Don’t know about that..), it would be worth a shot. Hey, I’m not granted a lunch break anyway, but warm food would be a serious gain of life quality. Say thank you to Thanko and pay $22, but unfortunately in Japan only (via ...
Thanko USB Lunch Warmer
GadgetGrid —
... up to a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius.
Features
Reaches temperatures up to 60 degrees Celsius.
Port compatability: USB1.1, USB2.0
There are two heaters inside the bag, incorporated into the top and bottom.
Dimensions: 140 x 200 x 90mm (5.5? x 7.9? x 3.5?) (W x D x H)
Handle: 170mm (6.7 inches)
Weight: 175g (6.2 oz)
USB cable length: 125cm (4 feet 1 inch)
Thanko’s web page
Thanko USB Bottle Cup Cooler Warmer
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Thanko USB Lunch Warmer
GadgetGrid —
... PC and warms anything up to a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius.
Features
Reaches temperatures up to 60 degrees Celsius.
Port compatability: USB1.1, USB2.0
There are two heaters inside the bag, incorporated into the top and bottom.
Dimensions: 140 x 200 x 90mm (5.5? x 7.9? x 3.5?) (W x D x H)
Handle: 170mm (6.7 inches)
Weight: 175g (6.2 oz)
USB cable length: 125cm (4 feet 1 inch)
Thanko’s web page
Thanko USB Bottle Cup Cooler Warmer
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USB Lunch Box Warmer Will Heat your Food up to a Burning 122 Degrees
Chip Chick —
... . Not the same one that Thanko came out with last year, this one seems a bit better and more trendy looking. The concept is the same just plug one in end into your computer and watch your lunch get warm. If you aren’t near a computer there is also an included AC adapter as well. You make your lunch heat up to 50° C or 122° F - exciting!! It comes with a USB cable, AC Adapter, Plastic Lunch Box, and the Lunch Box Warmer obviously. The best part is it is available in either red or black - who says bagging your lunch has to be boring. The USB Lunch ...
