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Gadgets

Sleek Thermos Is A Tribute To Cutting-Edge 1980s Computer Graphics

When computer graphics was in its infancy — well before CG dinosaurs appeared — a simple 3D model of a teapot was used for testing software and new rendering techniques. And the simple lines of Normann Copenhagen’s Geo thermos is reminiscent of that time when CG was comparatively primitive to what we see on screen today.

11 August 2012

Gadgets

Vacuum-Insulated Tumbler Thinks It’s A Cup

The Stelton To Go 2.0 Thermo Cup lures you in with its Danish design, but you’ll stay for its drinkability — and not in the Bud Light sense of the word.

4 August 2012

Gadgets

Sip Supper Out Of This Sleek Steel Thermos

People who enjoy soups on the go have long suffered awkward plastic thermoses and missing spoons, but no more. The Black + Blum Thermo-pot provides a stylish steel solution. Also a built-in spoon.

3 February 2011

Science

A Better Soda Can

Aluminum cans are convenient! So why would we need a better soda can? Well because even though they’re recyclable, they’re not really reusable. This soda can is not only reusable, it’s also biodegradable. Better for everybody!

31 December 2010

Gadgets

These Lab Flask Mugs Put Your Dweeby Thermos To Shame

Steins of Science, created by a UC Berkeley physicist, are drinking mugs made from heavy-duty lab flasks. Just think how chilly beer stays when it’s wrapped in a vacuum “100,000 times more powerful than that of your average thermos.”

3 August 2010

You’ve Got Your Canon Lens Thermos Already, Now Get A Matching Mug

Whatever you do, don’t pour coffee from your Nikon lens thermos into the Canon lens mug. You know those lenses aren’t compatible without an adaptor. Just $US24, a few notes less than the Canon lens thermos. [PhotoJoJo via RedFerret]

30 July 2010

Nikon Thermos Is Go, I Repeat, Nikon Thermos IS GO

Available only on pre-order up until now, the Nikon thermos joins its biggest rival, the Canon thermos, in the hallowed hall of camera-lens thermoses that are actually up for purchase. Just $US23. [100milligrams via NPR via TWBE]

11 March 2010

Canon Lens Thermos Now Available For Preorder

Remember this amazing travel mug shaped like a camera lens that Canon handed out to press at the Olympics? Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $US30 CAD. Sweet! [Vistek via DoobyBrain via The Daily What]

4 March 2010

Cameras

Greatest Swag In The History Of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos

Those press covering the Olympics sure do have a plum life. They bundle off to Vancouver for 16 days of watching ice-skaters embarrassing themselves, and ruthless Russian bobsledders showing their dark sides. Oh, and they get lens-shaped thermoses.

30 March 2009

Vertigo Self-Heating Food/Beverage Container Is Not A Bomb (…Right?)

This slick looking concept, called Vertigo, warms a beverage and some food, by way of a hand crank, in just minutes. Just keep it away from airports.

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