Taito, the Japanese arcade game manufacturer, also makes prize machines.  You know, those little machines that you feed 50 cents into so you can manipulate the claw around and attempt to scoop up a stuffed lion or zebra or something like that.  However, like most things, the prizes in Japanese game machines are way more awesome than the prizes we have here in America.

For example, in Japan?  Taito’s game machines give little electronic gadgets, most of which are powered by USB.  For example, they have a four-piace chocolate chiller (because when you’re working at the computer you need the calories chocolate can give you, apparently).  They also have some more interesting gadgets, like a USB mini-shredder, a mini-air conditioner-type device, and my favorite, a USB-powered single drink cooler (that looks like a fridge!).

If I could feed a machine a dollar and I had a shot at landing something like a USB shredder, I think I’d end up feeding it more thatn it would cost just to buy the thing off the shelf!  I love those claw games anyway, but if you give me something I could use rather than a fluffy critter, I’d spend hours in front of one of those things.