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Daily Desired: This Pot Will Make You A Better Cook

7:00AM September 23, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

I’m going to go Bobby Knight on the next person who serves me terrible black beans — especially now that there’s a new Le Creuset bean pot. More »

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Harness A Cooking Pot’s Energy, Charge Your Phone While Camping

12:00AM June 15, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Rather than a cooking pot that heats up by your computer over USB, it’s actually a pot that uses energy that would’ve otherwise been wasted, to charge up any USB device. An alternative to the solar-powered charger, you could say. More »

How To Make A Cool Concrete Planter Of Your Own

9:40AM November 19, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Looking to bring some plant life into your room? Or trying to figure out a holiday gift that’s a little more original than a lame-o gift certificate? All you need is some tools, some cement, a succulent and this guide. More »

A Pot That Brews Coffee Like Tea

7:00AM October 2, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

A porcelain pot with a perforated stainless steel cylinder that slides into the centre, George Sowden’s SoftBrew immersion coffeemaker is a close cousin to the teapot. He says it’s less “violent” than a French press. It’s pretty, at least. [NYT]

LightPot is a Simple and Elegant way to Grow Plants in Your Lamp

12:40PM April 9, 2009 | Adrian Covert

First, let me say that despite the name…NO, NOT THOSE KINDS OF PLANTS. LightPot is a minimalist table lamp, with a bed of soil for tending to small, green lifeforms. Lovely, no?

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Digital Pot Lets Plants Tell You Their Demands

7:45PM May 29, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

This is Digital Pot (no: not what you’re thinking,) a concept from designer Junyi Heo that’s a 21st Century plant pot. It’s filled with sensors measuring temperature, soil moisture and the like. It lets you know the results on a display with a mix of emoticons and symbols, so your plants can tell you what they want (and no: they probably don’t want you to smoke them.) It’s even clever enough to drain itself if you’re a chronic over-waterer like me, and charges via USB— also sending its data to your PC for your perusal. Just a concept, but a rather cute one, don’t you think? [Yanko Design]

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