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Convergent Cup Replaces Your Coffee Pot, Tea Infuser, Kettle

8:00AM June 22, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Your phone has basically replaced an entire 1987 office building at this point, but your coffee mug still merely holds your coffee. That doesn’t seem right. The Perk travel mug takes a step toward cramming as much stuff into your mug as your iPhone. More »


A Revolution In Mobile Cup Holder Technology

2:00AM October 8, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Version 1.0: carrying a bunch of drinks around with your hands. Version 2.0: those shallow egg carton trays that always make you think your drinks are about to tip over. Version 3.0: this magnificent beverage buggy. More »


Gravity-Defying Coffee Cup For Maths Lovers

8:00AM September 8, 2010 | Annalee Newitz

There’s no better way to enjoy your coffee than with this “zero gravity” cup, which stays balanced at a perfect angle when at rest. Plus, it includes a graph that demonstrates the exact trajectory of love. More »


Jelloware Cups Transform Picnics Into Hot, Sticky Messes

4:30AM July 25, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Good idea: tossing plastic cups for disposable, edible ones made out of agar agar, in flavours like lemon-basil and ginger-mint that can be tossed in the grass afterward. Bad idea: using them outside right now. [thewayweseetheworld via Treehugger via PSFK]


Art Lebedev’s Mixed Metaphor Coffee Cup: Somebody Is Going To Die

3:20AM April 29, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

The battery’s power level rises with the temperature – not the amount of caffeine. Bleary-eyed and hungover, somebody’s going to find this out the hard way. That’ll be that screeching sound, trailing in the distance. [Art Lebedev via Unpluggd]


Heatswell: If Tetsuo Was A Coffee Cup Sleeve

12:35AM March 24, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

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Genius: a cup sleeve that expands via endothermic reaction when the cup is filled with hot liquid, insulating your hot coffee and keeping your hand from getting roasted. Utterly horrifying: the end of this video. More »


Litecup, Where The Hell Have You Been My Entire Life?

11:40PM October 9, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Don’t lie. You like to have a cup of water next to bed, but you constantly hit it when searching for it in the middle of the night. You also spill all over yourself when trying to drink laying down. More »


Gadgets

Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup Because, Out in Space, Nobody Can Hear You Burn Your Tongue

5:15PM February 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Though I’ve never tried it, I guess coffee just doesn’t taste as good coming out of an aluminium bag. That’s the only reason I can think of for inventing this astronaut coffee cup.

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Gadgets

Coffee Mug Houses Lovely Digital Frame

8:40AM February 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

You know what there’s not enough of in the world? Coffee mugs with integrated digital photo frames. (If you answered clean water, peace or medical care, thanks for playing, idiot.)

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Zoom Lens Coffee Mug Helps Keep Photographers Caffeinated

9:20AM September 17, 2008 | Sean Fallon

It takes a lot for a coffee cup to impress me. Hell, if no cups were available I would probably have the barista pour coffee into my cupped hands. Still, it is hard not to be taken aback by the nerdy coolness of this zoom lens design. Unfortunately, the cup is only a concept at this point, and making one for yourself could prove to be an expensive little project. But I would be the first in line to buy one if someone produced a version at a reasonable price. [yok2008 via Coolbuzz via Shiny Shiny via Dvice]

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