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 A cookie-favoring physicist has created what appears to be the world's first Oreo separator. 
 
 David Neevel, an artist and inventor based in Portland, Ore., was commissioned by the popular cookie brand to produce the machine as part of its "Cookies vs. Creme" campaign. 
 
 "My Oreo machine is based entirely on my dislike for creme and my preference for cookie," Neevel said in a short video that could easily be mistaken for a "Portlandia" sketch. 
 
 The OSM, as Neevel calls it, was constructed of scrap aluminum, wood, a hatchet and floss in a Portland garage. 
 
 After the hatchet blade is lowered to split the Oreo, a pair of mechanical arms are dispatched to collect the cookie halves, which are transferred to a router table where the creme is removed. 
 
 The electric-powered contraption took about two weeks to build. "It was a big time commitment," Neevel said. "I had to work some long hours—I didn't see my girlfriend or my dog for hours at a time." 
 
 "Outstanding. I applaud your efforts," one YouTube commenter wrote. "For your next design, how about an automatic sock pair singlifier? 
 
 Three other inventors were commissioned by Oreo to come up with concepts, with the next one slated to be unveiled later this week. 
 
 Watch Neevel's Oreo separator in action: ||||| David Neevel doesn’t like the creme in the middle of Oreos, so he built a machine to remove it. Even though his stance on Oreo creme is horribly, tragically, and completely misguided you have to respect a guy who takes action to get what he wants, or to eliminate what he doesn’t want as the case may be. Neevel is a physicist from Portland who is the type of person who sees a problem and solves it — with a hatchet-wielding robot — because that’s how you freaking get things done. 
 
 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 didn’t let things like cold hands, cold cookies, or finding a decent sandwich place near his workshop stop him. David Neevel gets things done. 
 
 Watch him talk about his machine, his distaste for Oreo creme, and his amazing catchphrase “This creme’s no good, get it off the cookies or something,” in this video from Oreo: 
 
 This is only the first of what appears to be a series of videos that show Oreo separating machines, and that’s just wonderful. I’d love to see more of these, but I have to say it will be hard to best Mr. Neevel’s personality and mustache. 
 
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 Relevant to your interests ||||| Oreo The new Oreo Cookie Dough flavor keeps the chocolate-flavored cookie, but a cookie dough-flavored filling. 
 
 Oreo wants to unlock some new magic — with two new flavors next month: Cookie Dough and Marshmallow Crispy. 
 
 Cookie Dough will feature the traditional chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a tan-colored crème, flecked with “chocolatey chips.” 
 
 Oreo The new Marshmallow Crispy Oreo flavor seems inspired by a Rice Krispies treat. 
 
 The marshmallow version is reminiscent of a Rice Krispie Treat, with vanilla-flavored sandwich cookies and sweet cream spotted with crisped rice. 
 
 David Handschuh/New York Daily News The Daily News sampled the cookies and found them generally only mildly agreeable. 
 
 It's not the first time Oreo has rolled out new flavors. Last year, Nabisco created limited editions including Watermelon and Candy Corn. 
 
 The Daily News shared samples of the newest flavors with cookie fans, who had mixed feelings — though virtually all said if it ain't broke, don't twist it. 
 
 "If you are going screw with an American Classic in such a pandering manner, at least have the guts to do so in a truly revolutionary fashion," groused one taster, who nonetheless ate three in rapid succession. 
 
 The Marshmallow Crispy had ardent supporters, some claiming it made them nostalgic for childhood, with a "slight buttery taste of homemade Rice Krispie treats with true marshmallow flavor." 
 
 Others likened the culinary experience as "chemical death" and "too sweet to even finish.” 
 
 Regardless, some Oreo fans will jump at the chance to try the flavors before the rest of the country — just watch the Nabisco ad during the Grammys this Sunday to learn a secret hashtag that can be tweeted for a chance to win. 
 
 gpace@nydailynews.com
– On the verge of the Oreo's 101st anniversary, physicist David Neevel has created a futuristic machine designed to undo Nabisco's great mistake—it separates and removes the icky creme from the otherwise wonderful Oreo. "Once every several generations, an invention comes along that fundamentally alters the course of human civilization," declares the Christian Science Monitor, which likens Neevel's "Oreo Separator Machine" to Gutenberg's printing press and the steam engine. Neevel stars in a humorously dry video demo (Yahoo News likens it to a Portlandia sketch) in which he shares that he worked on his Rube Goldberg-style machine for "0.04 years"—aka, "two weeks"—during which he faced major struggles, like how to keep the back of his neck warm. "It was a big time commitment," he notes, saying he spent "hours at a time" away from his dog and girlfriend, and that he "had to try to find, like, a good sandwich in this part of [Portland, Ore.] and stuff. There were a lot of sacrifices I guess." But jokes aside, the machine, which employs a hatchet and floss, is pretty nifty, and Geekosystem notes that videos of more Oreo-separating machines may be coming.