Perhaps the recession has hit you hard. Maybe you live in a strict apartment. You might be a hikkikomori, a vegan, or just on a diet. In all of the above cases, chances are that you wouldn't be able to enjoy some tasty grilled yakiniku.

But you needn't despair, for Recruit Media has used the power flowing through the intertubes to bring you the next best thing: Air Yakiniku. Just open up the website, print out the downloadable apron, and select your preferred meat, and watch as the expert chef grills it right in front of you...on your computer screen.

Employ IMAGINATION to fill in for touch, taste and smell as you watch - and hear - the meat cook in real time. Once everything is ready, just click the hand with the chopsticks, and serve it to yourself, dipping the intangible food in your real-life dipping sauce and eating it with rice, just as recommended by the website.

Can you taste it? I can.

[New York Times via CNET]