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Gadgets
You’re Doing It Wrong: How To Buy, Maintain And Use A Knife
5:20AM Dan Nosowitz | The knife is the most essential kitchen gadget of all, yet people still buy those 25-in-one Ikea knife blocks. I called up Norman Weinstein, knife guru at New York’s Institute of Culinary Education, to get some straight talk on knives. More »
Design
Swissarmius: Organise Your Kitchen Utensils Swiss Army Style
2:20AM Sean Fallon | Art Lebedev’s Swissarmius is the Swiss Army Knife of storage containers. As you can see, it organises your utensils in a way that mimics the classic Victorinox design. More »
Design
IC3 Intelligent Cutlery System Silently Judges You During Meals
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Diets are tough, what with the eating and drinking of beer, and that being really, really, enjoyable and all. The IC3 Intelligent Cutlery System wants to help. How? Well, designer Alex Schulz says that as you chomp away at dinner, the IC3 does the traditional job as a fork, knife or spoon, and then goes the extra mile by silently judging and recording every bite you take.
Gadgets
Lightsaber Chopsticks Lay Waste to General Tso Chicken
6:30AM Sean Fallon | Japanese manufacturer Kotobukiya unveiled these awesome Lightsaber chopsticks at last week’s Celebration Japan–a huge event that marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Star Wars premiere. Unfortunately, there is no word on a pricing or release date for the chopsticks, but if they ever make it on sale in the States I will never use a fork again. [Rebelscum via Topless Robot via Likecool] More »
Design
Flavour Designs Solves the Mystery of the Tipping Bowl
4:00AM Haroon Malik | Sure, this soup is great. Yeah, I’m really enjoying it. Aw, crap—the spoons only gone and tipped the freaking bowl all over my Diesels. Well, not anymore, friends. Please welcome Flavour Design’s problem solving bowl, cleverly titled, And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon. It is so simple it will make you cry about all those embarrassing times you could have easily avoided—a receptacle for the spoon actually built into the bowl. Pure genius. Nobel Prize committee, the search is over for this year’s Peace Prize winner. [Neatorama via Boing Boing] More »
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Magic Teaspoon Miraculously Shape Shifts in Hot Water
5:45AM Charlie White | A small part of this magic teaspoon’s handle is made of Nitinol, a special metal that can remember its shape. That little fact lets you play some crazy tricks, because when you heat it up, it bends to that shape that you bent it into before. So if you put this in your tea, for example, it suddenly and mysteriously starts bending. Run cool water on it, and it moves right back where it was before. This might be great for some of those Uri Geller spoon bending tricks, except this one does all the bending on its own. You better be pretty serious about this, though, because it costs $US50.38. [Grand Illusions, via Red Ferret] More »
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