Shelf Life

SHELF LIFE MISCELLANEA THIS WEEK'S USEFUL INFO Do you know that a pack of instant oats can outlive any electronic device? Here, we survey and compare how long a product could last before they are deemed unconsumable, or considered phased out or outmoded (i.e., a new model is introduced). Atari Pong Super Nintendo Atari 2600 iBook Casio Database Playstation Nintendo 64 Clippy (1996) Windows 98 iMac YEAR OF RELEASE - (1975) (1977) (1994) (1997) (1998) (1998) (1999) (1982) (1982) 1 YEAR Playstation2 (2000) Honey 10 Nokia 7650 15 Salt (2002) 20 Xbox 360 Sugar 25 (2005) 30 Ipod Nano (2005) Instant oats 35 40 Vinegar Nintendo Wii (2006) FOREVER Milk powder Playstation 3 (2006) Dry carrots Windows Vista (2007) Canned beans iPhone (2007) Vanilla extract iPhone 3G (2008) Soy sauce iPhone 4 (2009) Sesame seeds iPad (2010) Bitter chocolate Sesame Oil Lentils Rice Pasta Olive Oil Flour Pickles Tea Soda SOURCE: HONGKIAT.COM, STILLTASTY.COM GRAPHIC: MARCELO DUHALDE