Yakult Ad Shows How Genius Japanese Students Sneak Snacks During Class
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By Bryan Ke
Japanese high school students showcase their ingenious devices that let them stealthily sneak in a bite or two of their favorite snacks during their classes in the latest promotional video from Japanese company Yakult Honsha – or simply known as Yakult.
In the clip, entitled as “Haya-Ben Hackers,” (haya-ben translates to eat your bento (lunchbox) early) students demonstrate their ingenious device, showing how it can help them eat their snack without attracting attention from their teacher.
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The first student showcased a rather unique contraption called a “Sleeve Fork,” as what it is called in the press release.
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This device simply fools everyone – most notably the teachers – thinking that the student is just simply resting his head on his hand when in reality, there’s actually a spring-loaded mechanism strapped to the arm of the user that feeds him food and quickly retracts after removing the snack from the fork, according to Grapee.
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The next device in the video is called a “Moving Text Shield.” It uses a small droid-like robot that drives from one side of the table to another with a book attached on top of it that shields the student from the eyes of the teacher from the front of the class.
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The third device featured in the Yakult ad is the “Tabe-Tie,” which is a pun for tabetai that translates to “I want to eat.” This feeding device hides behind the neck tie of the student, and with the push of a button will curl up to feed the student using a fork attached at the tip.
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Next up is a device called “Secret Feed Arm.” It essentially feeds the student using a fork, and immediately hides when the teacher looks at the student’s way thanks to the camera sensor equipped to it.
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While all devices thus far have a stealth element to them, the fifth device is not exactly unique – It’s a drone that carries the bento of students into the room, which the Yakult ad calls a “Haya-Ben Delivery Drone.”
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Lastly, and probably the least stealthy of them all, the “Anpan Pitching Machine.” This one shoots out anpan breads to the whole class with force and precision – and attracts A LOT of attention from the teacher. What’s cool about this device is that it opens the classroom window all on its own before shooting the bread.
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Japanese commercials really are something. They’ve been known to make amazing ads, like hand-drawn anime commercials, and even this amazing one featuring Japan’s rock legend Yoshiki Hayashi of X-Japan.
Images screenshot via YouTube / 株式会社ヤクルト本社 公式チャンネル
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