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Only a Physicist Would Come Up With This Insane But Awesome Way to Split an Oreo

Feb. 27, 2013 7:54pm Liz Klimas

Physicist David Neevel might be a minority when it comes to Oreo cookie preferences — he has a dislike for the cream and pretty much only wants the cookie.

What is a physicist to do in such a situation? It’s many an Oreo lovers goal to see just how perfectly they can separate one side of the cookie sandwich with as little cream stuck to it as possible. Neevel is no different, except he wants no cream on either side — and he kicks the separation method up a notch.

He built an Oreo Separator Machine (OSM). Is this the part where we tell him there are chocolate wafer cookies for sale — sans cream — that would satisfy his desire for a creamless cookie? Nah.

Oreo Separator Machine Created by Physicist David Neevel

Look at all those Oreo packages. A lot of testing probably had to take place before the machine was perfected. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

Working in a warehouse in Portland, Ore., which Neevel points out is pretty cold thus making the cookie cream harder to separate, Neevel put together scraps of metal, wood and electronics and created a working Oreo cream separator.

Oreo in holding awaiting its fate. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

See how it’s done:

A hatchet blade comes down in the middle of the cream, picking up some but not all of the unwanted filling. Arms move the cookie halves to another tray where a router then blasts the cream off the cookie.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

The result?

“Two clean delicious Oreos,” Neevel says.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

And it only took Neevel 0.04 years to build.

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lhvd6639
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:13am
Obama has to have an opening some where for this guy,

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- Stoic one
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:06am
  H3LL NO!
  
  This guy produced an intended, stated, result……………that would NEVER be what bathhouse barry wants anywhere within his administration.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:43am
  Actually, I think he would be great at gov’t work. For exampe, step one is to place a cookie here. Step 2, build a robotic arm to move the cookie 3 inches.
  
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- Envrmtn
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Obama will say, “He didn’t make that”.
  
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infidelsaplenty
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 5:22am
If this guy had an AR15 he could go out to the range and do something worth while, then eat the Oreo whole … the way God made them.

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- zorro
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:19am
  What’s next!? Taking the pickles off your Chick-fil-A sandwich!? This guy needs to be stopped…
  
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- BenInNY
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:58am
  Yeah pickles are definitely removable in my opinion, but the cream from oreos? Hell no. Double-stuff every time.
  
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- Navyguy62
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:39pm
  Wrong, wrong, wrong…
  If he had an AR-15 or some other equally cool magazine fed semi-automatic weapon, he could devise a robot that could shoot the cream of his cookie!
  
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grownup
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:47am
This guy is honing his skills. Having fun and learning. Apparently something most of you were not taught to do. Or is it jealousy? If it is maybe we need to get off our butts and deal with our problems?

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- busterpuddles
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:03am
  Okay, GROWNUP. that may be true, but business sure must be slow to have what, about two weeks to build this thing. 14.6 days.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:20am
  He didn’t build that.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:06am
Not exactly what we need to cyrogenically separate hydrogen as a hydrate from chemical baths storing nuclear waste leaking into 200 square miles in proximity of farmland in Hanford, WA, but I’m sure that because of people like him, the job of cleaning up Democrat dirty radioactive water, will be done?

Because of people like him, the dirty GMO pollen filled air around the country will eventually be replaced with organic seeds? Isn’t that what Rush Limbuagh says, somebody wants “dirty air, dirty water”? You got to listen to his show, to figure out who he is talking about?

Or as Rush Limbaugh says, do not attempt what he does at home, only a specially trained broadcast specialist trained by him, can get the job done?

Nice article! Not going to buy one, but thanks for the opportunity to write about it.

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starman57
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:33am
This guy is doing nothing more than the crap kids in high school robotics classes are doing. His design isn’t especially elegant in any way. CNC machine my ass, nice Dremel tool there pal. I do realize there could be some tongue-in-cheek component here….but nahhh… just Portland Oregon childlike thinking and otherwise useless drivel.

While the faux-physicist and the actual content sucked for air, I will give some credit to the filming and editing, sound capture, mixing and overall presentation from beginning to end was well done.

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verbatim
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:42am
He never said so, but the probable real reason he spent so much time is to learn about programming and hardware building. The Oreo-De-Creamer was just the vehicle to learning.

Look up:”Arduino” and “Raspberry Pi”

Arduino is a single-board microcontroller designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible.

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bman546
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:04pm
He doesn’t think of using a butter knife, and instead spends all his time making a Rube Goldberg machine. BTW, after all that, he still couldn’t figure out how to heat a garage.

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Gregory_Adams
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:40pm
He could have used a heated wire.

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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:19pm
  Excuse me but you do not split it to remove the filling “idiot”. You split it to access the filling first to eat it. This is stupid on another level. This guy has completely missed the point & has wasted his time proving he has no clue.
  
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gooeylewie
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:31pm
$50 says he is funded with a grant by our generous Federal government… which means he didn’t build that, but he should build me a copy stat!

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:27pm
He spent time away from his dog and his girlfriend for this?
I scrape my Oreo cream off in one swoop, with a butter knife.

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- Mil Mom
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:20pm
  This guy would HAVE to have met the official definition of Genius, why? There’s such a fine line between genius and idiot, you normally can’t tell the difference. He definitely meets the criteria, take months and spend mega $’s to do what the average person does instictively. Waiting to read the official 2000 page summary of what he learned. Only hope it isn’t part of the next big legislative bill.
  
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- John655
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:38am
  I’m so sure his girlfriend missed him. Also, I have a bridge to sell, any takers?
  
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- Melika
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:14am
  @ Mil Mom: Now I have to take you to task for that. I’ve known some genius people in my day, and there is no way a person can confuse a “genius” with an “idiot”. That idea is based on the old cliche that extremely intelligent people don’t have “street smarts”, which is another lie promulgated by the less-than-genius sector of the population to make themselves feel better. A genius might not be able to step down his thought processes enough to make you understand what they are thinking, but they are by no means idiotic in appearance or action.
  
  I don’t consider any jerk who graduated with a “physics” degree who teaches at the local high school to be a “physicist” and any idiot can claim he is a physicist on YouTube. Besides, this is a Liz Klamas story – she has a great track record of sensationalizing everything she write in a vain attempt to mask her own failings as a journalist.
  
  Funny, 37 pages of internet search and ALL of them reference this stupid YouTube for his credentials. He doesn’t have a single paper, article, or job anywhere involving physics. Fake loser hoping no one will notice he isn’t an actual physicist and with 37 pages of the same linked crap, I guess he gambled correctly. I’m sorry for all the suckers who spent years in college and tens of thousands of dollars getting a real degree. You should have just posted a lame idea on YouTube.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:24pm
Oreo cream used to be the best part of the cookie, but now days it seems like a clump of gritty sugar. It’s no longer lightly sweet and creamy.

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THXll38
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:13pm
I hate to be a buzz kill, but I think I still see some remnants of the cream at 3:44?

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- VigilantGuardShark
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:30am
  Maybe this will spur Oreo to offer just the chocolate wafers without the creame.
  
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Col. HawK
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:09pm
A beautiful mind….

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theninthplanet
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:54pm
As a budding engineer myself, I thought this was entertaining.

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- Bro_Ken
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:03pm
  as a proud libertarian and stoner… that was awesome. I want to hang out this guy forever
  
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- zorro
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:22am
  Yeah it was. Some of these folks need to get a grip.
  
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InWithForGod
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:52pm
Some People have just way too much time on their hands! Useless waste of time and energy!

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- Winedude
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:09am
  The same could be said of NASCAR…
  
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lid.smoker
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:46pm
I wonder how this guy wipes his ****?

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- TotallyNotATroll
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:55pm
  He used a hatchet and power tools to separate an oreo, how does this become ‘only a physicist’ would do this. Seems like any idiot in a garage could.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:00pm
  I don’t know and don’t really care. But, if he does that with a Dremel Tool too….
  
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starman70
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:42pm
Some people have way too much time on their hands.

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RightInSoManyWays
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:28pm
Or maybe he could just buy a chocolate cookie…

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Kaoscontrol
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:23pm
Very “Rube Goldberg”. Does this guy work at Glenn’s American Dream Labs?

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Opin-o-mine
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:19pm
“I went hours without seeing my dog or my girlfriend”. Um….they both said “thank-you” and “can we make that a bit more longer”?

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sparkyrules
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:18pm
A half dozen or more WHOLE Oreo’s,a glass of ice cold milk,2 fingers for dipping,and a mouth.Its all you need to know.

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Patriot Z
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:13pm
oreo fusion! unlimited energy…unlimited yummieness!

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hillybeans
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:12pm
love the ‘chore of separating’ myself.

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hi
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:03pm
Funny! I like the filling and throw away the cookie. Can you design a filling catcher for me?

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right-wing-waco
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:02pm
What the heck is going on in this world. This is the stupidist thing I’ve heard in a long time. Hmmmm, why don’t we turn this guy loose on Diane Feinstein?

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- skyguy51
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:15pm
  OSHA and the FDA will be raiding him despite the funding shortfall of sequestration. And Feinstein will introduce a bill to fix this!
  
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