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Tobidasu 3D Table Menu from TEC

Written by: Michael Keferl on March 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm | In Technology & Gadget Trends |

Want to see what your food will really look like before you order? Sometimes a two-dimensional menu picture just won’t cut it, so TEC Japan has created the Tobidasu Menu (pop-up menu) to embed into restaurant tables. Customers can browse the digital menu by touch and then view individual items in 3D. We had the chance to see a demo up close and take some photos, though you aren’t able to experience the effect without the proper screen.

Below is an overhead view of some iced tea.

The demonstrator guided us through the menu, and also demonstrated an interesting novelty function of placing a hamburger bun on the menu and removing it to reveal a delicious beef patty with all the trimmings.

No word from TEC as to when/if the system will be available in restaurants, but it’s consistent with an overall industry push to get more and more touchscreen terminals and other technology into restaurants.

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how much does this cost? is it availible to regular folks like me?

Comment by molly ann — March 14, 2008 #
My son dined at a Turin restaurant last year with touch sensitive lcd screens embedded in the dining table for taking orders.

Comment by Yorky — March 15, 2008 #
I think this is a faboulous idea. Im flabergasted mateys. Just get rid of the buns and pizza bread concept, and just let the customer view the picture of the burger and the pizza by just pressing a button. I see the Bun idea as a gimmick that will lose its novelty very quickly, so i dont think the restauraunt should waste its energy and resources on keeping up the gimmick. good idea, as my friend tarek says, this idea should have been done a long time ago.

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