Last night, somewhere in an old factory in Kwun Tong, the Tacocopter dream became a reality. The Stephen Colbert-approved internet meme imagines a robotic unmanned drone which can be called upon via a smartphone app to deliver Mexican food on demand…
Invented by Scott Torborg, Dustin Boyer & Star Simpson, the Night of the Tacocopter was full of promise…
“Fuelled by guacamole dispensed with 1-microlitre accuracy on a converted and mostly-solder-paste-free SolarPocketFactory and lubricated with tequila ejected with a 60 psi blast cannon. Flanked by a flotilla of tortilla hovercraft. Under the watchful gaze of taco suns hanging from the ceiling. We will make history. Or, at the very least, a mess of historic proportions.”
High velocity sour cream dispenser…
This highly unnecessary invention created perfectly toasted flat breads…
The team commissioned a beautiful Tacocopter oil painting in the DaFen art forgery district of Shenzhen…
Meanwhile, this conveyor belt contraption automatically flung drinks onto the floor at randomised intervals…
Historic footage of the magical moment…
Stephen Colbert and the Tacocopter…
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