the osm , as neevel calls it , was constructed of scrap aluminum , wood , a hatchet and floss in a portland garage .
my oreo creme is horribly , tragically , and general housework .
david neevel does n’t like the creme in the middle of oreos , so he built a machine to remove it .
hmee for non - employed women decreased 42 % from 25.1 mj week ( 6004 kilocalories per week ) in 1965 to 14.6 mj week ( 3486 kcal week ) in 2010 , a decrement of 10.5 mj week or david neevel ( youtube ) a cookie - favoring physicist has created what appears to be the world 's first oreo separator .
 
a machine that halves oreos with a hatchet and then removes the creme is admittedly only so useful , but watching neevel explain the challenges he faced building it is weirdly captivating .
he did n’t let things like cold hands , cold cookies , or finding a decent sandwich place near his workshop stop him .
design and participants using national time - use data from women 19–64 years of age , we quantified time allocation and household management energy expenditure ( hmee ) from 1965 to 2010 .
david neevel gets things done .