Join Elettronico Faucet has a LCD touchscreen, networks to other faucets
The faucet has got to be one of the oldest examples of technology. I’ve heard that the Ancient Egyptians even had running water. So how can you improve on the simple faucet? By adding an LCD touchscreen and networking it with other faucets in the house.
The Elettronico Faucet, designed by Carlo Frattini, allows the user to control the temperature of his or her water with a touchscreen, which had better be waterproof. The technology is similar to the Bath-O-Matic that we covered a while ago, as you can regulate the temperature and amount of water with a computerized interface.
Unlike the Bath-O-Matic, it doesn’t appear that the Elettronico Faucet has a centralized interface. As I mentioned before, the Elettronico Faucet is designed to network with all other Elettronico faucets in the house.
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The Tahiti Margaritaville Frozen Drink Machine
Well it’s finally Friday, so you might as well start planning how you want to spend your evening. Be it alone in peace or having a bunch of friends over this Tahiti Maragaritaville Frozen Drink Machine could come in handy to help you unwind. It doesn’t just create something in one large container either, instead you get 3 hefty sized mugs filled. It has six different preprogrammed drinks, so you won’t have to guess how much of everything to put in. Which would come in handy when you’ve had too many margaritas.
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Coox Concept brings the kitchen to the Internet Generation
Have you ever eaten out at one of those restaurants where they cook and chop the food right in front of you? I always thought that it was a little dangerous, because that hot grill is out in the open, where someone could burn their hand or some other body part. Couldn’t they just wheel the hot grill out, and wheel it back when finished?
Perhaps this is just one of the reasons why the Coox was invented. I suppose that the best description of the Coox is an electric mobile range cooker on wheels with adjustable legs. Okay, maybe that isn’t the least wordy description, but it certainly is the most practical.
I can think of several practical uses for the Coox. For example, if you like to have a hot meal while you are sitting and watching television, the Coox can plug in and be at the height of your waist for boiling your Top Raman or frying up some stir-fry. All of this can be done without having to go in and out of the kitchen to check on your cooking, because it is all right in front of you.
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Cooktop concept could help College crowd
Designer Matthias Pinkert has created a very interesting electrical stove concept which promises to help college students and those just starting out on their own in studio apartments. Called the Electrolux Cook Top Vesta concept, the idea is a kind of Murphy Bed for stovetops. The cooking surface, containing 4 stylish electrical burners, can be flipped up for food prep and provide increased valuable kitchen space in cramped spaces. Heck, you don’t even need a kitchen. Any table area can be turned into a stove top with this idea.
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Flatshare Fridge for the shared refrigerator
For those of us who have ever lived in a shared space know the sheer terror of the shared refrigerator. Not only do you go to your fridge to find that the food that you have been saving has miraculously vanished, but roommates tend to leave food in the fridge for so long, that even a forensics team doesn’t want to touch it.
Designer Stefan Buchberger used to live with a “dirty fridge in a shared flat”, so he invented a device called the Flatshare that allows roommates to share a fridge while keeping their individual space.
The Flatshare has a base station as well as four stackable modules that fit together like puzzle pieces. This makes the Flatshare very easy to transport when moving. The user has the option of putting colorful skins or a whiteboard on the modules.
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WowBacon microwave for fast and healthy snacks
Bacon lovers, take note! The WowBacon microwave claims to let you broil your own bacon (and not fry them) in a fast and easy manner, filling up your tummy each time the munchies strike.
Its ability to let you easily and quickly make only as much freshly-broiled bacon as you want, on the spur of the moment and without the usual mess, is a convenience offered by none other. Small, takes up little space but no bacon cooker can make bacon faster. Broil a pound of regular or thick cut bacon in less than 10 minutes! Use two broilers, one in the microwave, while the other is unloaded and reloaded.
If you’re a bacon lover and won’t eat absolutely any other kind of meat, then the WowBacon is definitely the right device to bring home. Just in case somebody comes up to you and start lecturing on how bad bacon is for your health, WowBacon has come up with some counter points.
- It is crispier, has less fat. Precooked bacon must be cooked more to make it crisp, often using more towels
- Its bacon has bulk. It doesn’t taste papery
- It doesn’t limit your choices or brands
- It costs half for the same weight eaten
You can pick up a single unit for $19.95, while a Twin Pak will retail for $34.95.
Double Timer lets you time two things at once
When you’re feeling the need to cook up something, especially if you’ve never cooked it before, you’re likely going to need a timer. Now, the odds of only having to time one item are fairly slim. Actually you might need to time several things. That is unless you have the scheme set up and down to an art. However, trying to create something new, you’re unfamiliar with it and likely will want to make sure it’s timed correctly. Well this cute little timer has been designed with the idea that we do indeed cook more than one thing at once.
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System
Where are you going to get a hot cuppa joe if you’re out in the wilderness, roughing it out? Well, instead of going through the frustrations and motions of starting a fire in the middle of nowhere, the Jetboil Personal Cooking System is here to save the day.
The Jetboil Personal Cooking System (PCS) has sparked a revolution in outdoor cooking. Capable of boiling two cups in two minutes at 75-80% efficiency, the PCS is twice as fast and uses half as much fuel as conventional stoves. The PCS boils up to 50 cups (12 liters) of water from only one isobutane/propane micro-canister. Such outstanding performance results from the FluxRing heat exchanger, which captures and focuses the burner’s heat instead of the heat being lost to the ambient air. Well suited to quickly heating water, the Jetboil can be used to make hot beverages, noodles, pasta, dehydrated hiking meals, soups and, of course, a nice cup of coffee (using the optional Coffee Press accessory).
Well, this is neat especially for those who love adventuring in the great outdoors, and starting a fire can be quite a hassle. It also makes for the perfect device if you want instant hot water (although there is the initial 2 minute wait), allowing to brew your own coffee almost instantaneously.
