Welcome to Vocab Lesson, Gizmodo’s new weekly column on words – the ones you’ve heard, but can’t quite define, or the ones you haven’t, but might like to hear about. This week’s lesson: thermocouples! (Huh?) More »
According to designer Duck Young Kong–probably the best name ever in the history of best names ever–his Lunar Baby Thermometer is great because “it eliminates the need to insert an external tool while holding them in a still position” since it uses the “common and natural behaviour of putting your hand on the forehead to measure internal heat of their body”. It’s a good idea. Until somebody tells you that the forehead may not be the best place to measure temperatures.
You may have paid US$100 for that fancy Cab, but little did you know, its tannins have been seared crispy like hashbrowns in a semi left to sit in the sun. So just for you, dear learned consumer, wine makers are fighting back with a new digital thermometer that can tell buyers whether or not the bottle fell outside its ideal temperature after shipping from the vineyard.
