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Toaster makes even your buns toasty, not a Hamster sauna

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on July 27th, 2008

Toaster makes even your buns toasty, not a Hamster sauna
This toaster is different. The cage on top spins so that your buns can get perfectly toasted on all sides. Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that this would be the perfect spa type accessory for your hamster. That tubby furball could stand to lose a few pounds right? Wrong. It would kill him. It’s for toast, it’s not a Richard Simmons hamster treadmill, though I hear that’s available too.

Now that we have that out of the way, this toaster even has a few heating drawers that will keep slices of toast crisp and warm. Hopefully it’s available in more colors. I’d like to see it in chrome, while I watch my buns battle it out in a steel cage match to the death.

Lego-like cutlery is cute, modular

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on July 16th, 2008

Lego-like cutlery is cute, modular
Fred and Friends has a cool-looking fake Lego cutlery set that will hopefully make it to market. Although judging by the picture, they believe that everyone uses utensils to eat apples and bananas for some reason.

These have a great look, but what’s really cool is that the handles are silicone and they snap together just like Legos. So, let’s say you’re eating steak. Attach the knife to the fork in opposite directions, for awesome cutting then stabbing action. It’s also great for playing at the table while waiting on dinner. You could construct a bunch of cool cutlery things. Better then a Duplo set.

Beerhandle turns any beer can into a mug

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on July 15th, 2008

Beerhandle turns any beer can into a mugSo you’re sitting at home drinking some Bud, when suddenly you look down at your can, contemplate your cold hand, and wish upon a star that you could have your can and drink it like a mug too.

Consider this a visit from the Beer Fairy, because your prayers have been answered. Beerhandle is a genius little drinking accessory that snaps securely onto any can of beer, warming your heart while your hand doesn’t warm your beer. At $10 it’s a pretty cheap drinking companion.

Aquavac gets rid of kitchen towels

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on July 10th, 2008

Aquavac gets rid of kitchen towelsApparently much of the food poisoning and disease that spread around your kitchen do so because of nasty germs living on your kitchen towels. It makes sense. It’s a nice moist environment for breeding.

Student designer Paul Oxley has come up with something that may stop this phenomenon dead. He didn’t throw in the towel, so to speak. The Aquavac. It’s is a small countertop wet vac, which lets you suck up spills into it’s container rather then wiping them up. You can also use it to dry your hands. Germs will be in the Aquavac, not in your kitchen. Pretty simple and great idea.

Brunopasso pod espresso machine looks fast, stands still

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on July 6th, 2008

Brunopasso pod espresso machine looks fast, stands still
This isn’t an espresso machine that fits inside of a formula one racer, but it does look super fast with those two dials on top and the handle that looks like it could be a shifter. It was designed by Tadahito Ishibashi for Japanese retailer deviceSTYLE. The pod-espresso machine Brunopasso PD-1 sports a modular design concept that is actually inspired by the sports cars of the 60’s.

They took several automobile design elements like the gearshift-like handle made from beech wood, and the gauges. You would think that with such cool design it would be one of the most expensive espresso makers, but it’s not. It’s up there at $850, but still affordable. Make your coffee feeling like you are going about 120 mph, then shift gears and drink up, feeling like you’re going a jittery 150.

Garlic Zoom is the perfect garlic chopper

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on June 16th, 2008

Garlic Zoom is the perfect garlic chopperThe garlic zoom is like a little garlic eating Pac-Man. Instead of dots, he eats garlic. Then instead of eating ghosts he poops garlic shavings, making some tasty treats. It’s the beautiful majesty of nature, eat and excrete. It has a clear plastic body with rotating blades inside that are attached to wheels.

Just put a garlic clove inside and roll the wheels back and forth over another food, maybe some bread. Then just roll it back and forth and nicely chopped garlic will be on your bread. The only thing better then helping you with chopping garlic is having two for awesome kitchen racing.

Bierstick: Chug one can per second

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on June 13th, 2008

Bierstick: Chug 1 can per second
The Bierstick is the way to go if you want to out-chug all of your friends. That, or baste a large turkey. It’s pretty simple to operate. Just fill it with 2 cans of your favorite brew, insert in mouth, and ram the other end against a wall. Now that’s $20 well spent.

They say that if you do it right, you’ll have chugged both beers in 2 seconds. Sounds kinda dangerous to me. Oh well, it will all come back up again in no time. I wonder which is faster, chugging with the Bierstick or puking it back up?

Waffle keyboard maker for a well balanced geek breakfast

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on June 10th, 2008

Waffle keyboard maker for a well balanced geek breakfast
We’ve all seen the many geek toasters that do things like write text and such, but a geek can not live on toast and blogging alone. No more waffling, I present to you the Corona-Matic Waffle Keyboard Maker. This keyboard will give you sticky fingers. I know you’re excited, after all it even has a place for your various jams and syrups and what not. But there’s one problem my waffle loving Belgium friends. You can’t buy it. The hell you say? No, you can’t buy it. I just like to taunt you with breakfast foods.

It’s the brainchild of Chris Dimino and it was created as part of a project that involved giving useless old products a new lease on life. The useless product here was a Corona typewriter. It’s much better now that it makes keyboard shaped waffles. And you can’t get one…Neither can I. Anyone else need to head out to to an all day breakfast place? I’ll be back in a bit.

Fizz Cup: ice cream floats on the go

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on May 16th, 2008

Fizz Cup: ice cream floats on the go
Summer is right around the corner and I know many people enjoy ice cream floats during the hot season. But what if you need one right now and you are nowhere near an ice cream shop or soda jerk? That’s where the Fizz Cup comes in handy.

It’s a cup that you screw onto the top of your soda bottle and fill with ice cream. And you’re done! Instant ice cream float! This right here is what the future is all about. Making tasty treats easier to consume. You can have your fancy phones and your MP3s, but this will keep you cool and quench your thirst. Ice cream float portability is a beautiful thing.

Fagor TP-2006 X Flat Toaster

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on April 21st, 2008

Fagor TP-2006 X Flat Toaster
This toaster tosses convention completely out the window. The Fagor TP-2006 X is a flat toaster and it looks way cooler than traditional ones. It also makes for a dangerous breakfast time. It’s probably not good for those with a house full of kids who like sticking their hands in objects.

Like other toasters, the Fagor TP-2006 X comes with a crumb tray that can be slid out. It’s clearly begging to have a burger on it’s grill as well, though I’m sure they do not recommend it. Looks like it can fit four slices of bread on it’s surface at once. It’s got me rethinking everything. If we can have a flat toaster, surely we can have a George Foreman grill that stands upright.

Twist caps, now with flavor

Posted in Kitchen by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2008

Twist caps, now with flavor
Here’s another one of those ideas that is so simple it’s amazing no one has come up with it before. It’s actually the work of a genius. It’s a plastic bottle with a special cap that holds 1.4 grams of a powder, like powdered green tea for instance. It’s released into the water below when it’s twisted open. So, you can mix fresh powdered drinks from a standalone bottle that you buy at the store.

I know, I know. In a way it’s pointless. Powder doesn’t need to be fresh and you can already buy your drinks premixed. But it’s just the kind of cool thing we would have seen Marty McFly do in the future.(Had the writers thought of it.) I see more of a future in using the caps with bottles you already reuse so you can have something on the go, when you need it.

Integrated Draught Beer Dispenser loves your fresh beer

Posted in Kitchen by Nino Marchetti on March 7th, 2008

beer-thing.jpgForget those six packs of cold beer growing old in your frig - get it instead fresh from the keg as you use the miracle of a dispenser to get your beer buzz on. Greet your professional installer with hugs as he wheels this Integrated Draught Beer Dispenser into your home.

The distributor of the Integrated Draught Beer Dispenser says this contraption is ready to dispense beer within five minutes of installation, with no need to chill a keg in advance. It is compatible with a variety of different size kegs and comes with its own CO2 canister so you have plenty of suds from the very beginning.

Philips gives us 1200 watts of toasting love

Posted in Kitchen by Nino Marchetti on February 29th, 2008

philips-toaster.jpgHow much power does one really need to toast a piece of bread? Philips seems to think the answer is a lot - 1200 watts to be exact - and wants to sell you its HD2618 toaster for around $120.

Doing Mach 1 bread slicing with the TP180

Posted in Kitchen by Nino Marchetti on February 27th, 2008

robot-bread-slicer.jpgSoccer mom Sally needs to make a lot of sandwiches for the upcoming soccer team family picnic she is planning. She also happens to love a local bakery which never slices its bread. What’s she to do? Cough up around $2,750 for the super fast Robot Coupe TP180 bread slicer.

Personal microwave under 1 cubic foot

Posted in Kitchen, Office Gadgets by Darrin Olson on January 10th, 2008

Iwavecube personal microwave is less than a cubic footThis little Iwavecube personal microwave is pretty self-explanatory. It’s measures just 10.5″x12″x10″ so it doesn’t take up a lot of room, but you aren’t going to be putting a big microwaveable TV dinner in there either. Have one of these at your desk and you avoid trips to the break room, keeping up your introvert profile and avoiding awkward conversations while your waiting for your stuff to heat.

Unfortunately, unlike the USB Mini Fridge, USB power just doesn’t cut it for running the Iwavecube and it will require a standard outlet. And if your office is like ours and frowns on plugging in personal appliances at your desk, I can think of a number of other handy places for it like my TV room, home office, wet bar, in my car, etc.


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