Gizmodo Australia » milk

Accordian/Thermos Lovechild Keeps Your Milk Fresh Longer

Rosa Golijan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:20:00 +0000

Meet Fresh, the amazing Shrinking Milk Jug, who will keep your milk fresh for up to a week longer by eliminating the air void which makes it go bad in the first place.

“Normal milk jugs trap air inside them, which causes the milk to spoil rapidly,” but with its innovative spring frame design, Fresh will eliminate those air pockets and leave you more time to enjoy that tasty white stuff. Fresh is easy to use as it stays on the table and you pour simply by pressing down on the container. (So, no more milk-drenched pants either!) Oh, and it’s reusable, too. [Fresh via treehugger]

Cows That Get Massaged With a Big Robo-Brush Are Happier, Make Better Milk

Adam Frucci — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:20:00 +0000

If you watch just one video online today, let it be this strangely hypnotising video of cows getting super excited about a gigantic, robotic cow brush.

Apparently, cows absolutely love getting their rub on with these giant brushes, and when they’re happy, they make better milk. So, farm owners, hop on board with the DeLaval cow brush for all your cow brush needs. Also, where’d you find the sweet jams? [Trendhunter]

Chinese City Bakes Bad Milk Into Bricks

Elaine Chow — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:55:00 +0000

As you’ve probably heard by now, China’s been dealing with a massive tainted milk problem. Now that hundreds of tons of milk products have been recalled, precincts are scrambling to figure out what to do with the resulting trash. One city in Southern China has decided that one great way to get rid of all that melamine-laden fluid is to bake them into bricks and cement.

Wang Fan, director of the Guangzhou food safety office, told reporters that the milk burned in a kiln produces a residue that can be used to manufacture building blocks. By disposing of it this way, the government can ensure that it doesn’t get poured into rivers (which would contaminate fish) or dumped into landfills (possibly contaminating ground water). The cost is way lower too – about 700 yuan per ton for brick making rather than 1800 yuan per ton for hazardous waste treatment.

The moral to this story: When life gives you tainted milk, make bricks. Well, hopefully that and completely overhaul your food and drug safety system to better regulate a market that’s exploded in size in the last twenty years. [China Daily]

Concept Jewellery Celebrates Birth With Plasticised Human Milk

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:54:00 +0000

Did you know that science has made it possible to turn milk into a plastic by solidifying the casein it contains? Well, you do now. But I bet you’d never think of using the technique to turn human breast milk into a “jewel” of sorts, and then use that to make a necklace. But that’s exactly what French design team Duende are suggesting. Titled “Perle de Lait” their jewelry range is part of a bigger upcoming art exhibit that celebrates birth and explores “sharing of food between mother and child.” It’s a pretty amazing idea, though I’m not sure I know many people who’d wear it. Also to be exhibited is a set of “placenta coffins.” Weird. There’s a detailed preview over at Dezeen if you’ve got the nerve. [Dezeen]

Japanese Stress-Relieving Milk Costs a Stressful $30 per Bottle

Adam Frucci — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:48:37 +0000

Are you really stressed out about money? I mean, you can’t help but spend it on frivolous things, despite the fact that you really need it for boring stuff like rent, groceries, and student loan payments. Well, here’s the worst solution possible for your problems: Japanese “Adult Milk” that is supposedly loaded up with the stress-relieving hormone melatonin. So what makes it such a bad choice for you? It’s $30 a bottle. No, that zero isn’t a typo. So while it might drug you into a sense of well-being, you’ll just be poorer and less able to pay your bills. The vicious milk cycle continues. [Yahoo via Akihabara News]

LEGO Milk Scanner

Seamus Byrne — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:40:55 +0000

Friedrich Kirschner came up with a 3D scanner that’s made out of LEGOs, a bowl, a webcam and milk. What’s up with the milk? Well, he dips in whatever he wants to scan in the milk, then takes shot after shot as he pours in more milk. By measuring up the milk in each shot, he can get a semi-accurate outline of whatever he’s scanning.

The only problem is whatever you’re scanning becomes covered in milk. It’s actually pretty difficult to get out, as my mum found out the hard way every morning since I liked to chug a gallon of it before I went to school.– Jason Chen

Instructions [Instructables via Geekologie]