kitchen

Gadgets

High Tech Cake Plate Almost Makes Up For Not Loving Your Kid

4:20AM Mark Wilson | Let’s not dwell on the past. Things happened as they happened, you have a kid and you don’t want to sing the damned Happy Birthday song yet another year. Boy oh boy do we have the cake plate for you. More »
Design

Touch-Sensitive Faucet Is Absolute Kitchen Genius

4:10PM Jesus Diaz | Dear Delta, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for inventing this touch-sensitive faucet. You call it “Pilar Touch-Activated Single Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet with ToucH2O Technology.” I call it motherfaucet genius. How does it work, you ask. Here’s how: More »
Design

The Lego House Is Dead. Long Live The Lego Kitchen!

10:40AM Jesus Diaz | I was sad that the Lego house was finally destroyed, but happy to know that its spirit lives in this Lego kitchen, a Scandinavian clusterf—k made with a Swedish IKEA kitchen island and more than 20,000 pieces of Lego. More »
Gadgets

Iron Man Quits Hero Biz, Takes Up Apprenticeship As Nutcracker

2:30AM Mark Wilson | When Tony Stark finds himself reasonably satisfied with thwarting evil, he’ll kick back and casually deploy his suit’s intended functionality — namely, cracking nuts. Make grandma cry at your pagan ways this holiday season for only $US30. [NerdApproved via EntertainmentEarth]
Random Stuff

Cooking Without A Sense Of Taste

9:12AM Brian Lam | When Grant Achatz of Alinea lost his sense of taste to chemotherapy, he relied on his comrades to taste for him. And was inspired by scents like those provided by his volcano vaporiser. Read his story. [The Atlantic]
Software

The Secret Ingredient Is Love Augmented Reality

7:20AM Mark Wilson | The confections look innocent enough — slightly geometric renditions of Vanilla Refrigerator Cookies from The Joy of Cooking. But hold these cookie markers under a webcam with some accompanying software, and you get this: More »
Gadgets

Mini-Woks Bastardise Culture With Unapologetic Cuteness

4:00AM Mark Wilson | Sliders have been popular for a while, and people have been doing the fondue forever. What’s the next big thing? Mini-woks. You heard it here first, foodie hipsters. More »
Design

A Transportable Kitchen In A Box

6:40AM Sean Fallon | For those of you who live in small spaces, imagine what it would be like to fold up your kitchen when its not in use. How about taking your kitchen with you when you move? More »
Design

Automist Turns Your Kitchen Faucet Into A Fire Hydrant

1:50AM Adam Frucci | The winner of the 2009 James Dyson Award is the Automist, a faucet fitted with a high pressure pump. When heat is detected, it fills the room with a mist, suppressing the fire. More »