Inside the handle of a large chef's knife lie an accelerometer, mirocontroller, and miniature audio player. When a series of stabbing motions are detected by the accelerometer, sounds of falling water and screeching violins play through a small hermetically sealed speaker.

Power consumption is low, and can be provided by a supercapacitor. The blade is inductively charged when placed in the knife block, making it completely waterproof and zero-maintenance.
-- Aq_Bi, Jul 01 2007

[zero-maintenance] - It's elf - sharpening?
-- normzone, Jul 01 2007


No, it's one of those infomercial knives that are "Guaranteed to Never Need Sharpening!"
Btw, I don't find my-elf using many stabbing motions while cutting in the kitchen...
-- neutrinos_shadow, Jul 01 2007


...ever try cracking open a coconut? [n_s]
-- xandram, Jul 02 2007


I always use a hammer for that. Is that somehow wrong?
-- shapu, Jul 02 2007


"It's curtains for that steak"
-- skinflaps, Jul 02 2007


In nasal tone: rhee! rhee! rhee! [+]
-- fancypants, Jul 02 2007



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