Hi-tech fruit and veggies

[helen]

Was watching KITV news tonight and there was a national report that there are planning to replace sticky paper labels on fruit and vegtables with tatooing the information on the skin of the fruit/vegtable using a laser.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Here's an article (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/dining/19fruit.html?ex=1279425600&en=3a2eb1eaf127773a&ei=5090) from the New York Times about it.

[helen]

But can laser coding and beautiful fruit bowls coexist?

"Anything that permanently changes the fruit is going to be a hard sell," Mr. Harris said, "especially to buyers of organic produce."

Students of still-life painting might agree. "For literally hundreds of years, artists have immersed themselves in the color and curvature of the perfect peach or apple," said Joseph Rishel, a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art who specializes in Cézanne. "So a tattoo sounds like a desecration."

*sigh* it's not like the entire fruit is tatooed, just reposition the fruit so that you don't see the label.

[Miulang]

At least that's not potentially dangerous like the GMO (genetically altered) fruits and veggies that are coming on the market now. And those students of still-life (I used to be one) can use squint a little harder and envision that perfect fruit with no laser label (or turn it around), and "fill in the dots".

Miulang