Straight from Japan comes this butter cheese grater that “transforms solid sticks of butter into fluffy, easy-to-spread strings”. No more destroying your toast with butter cut from sticks.
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Straight from Japan comes this butter cheese grater that “transforms solid sticks of butter into fluffy, easy-to-spread strings”. No more destroying your toast with butter cut from sticks.
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My dream kitchen does not involve shiny stainless steel appliances, granite counters and fancy custom made cabinetry. No, it involves a TARDIS fridge, a Wonder Woman mixer and superhero spatulas. Here are some great ways to turn your kitchen into a nerd’s paradise, and they won’t even require you hire a contractor and remortgage your house.
When you’ve been thinking about making a wood stove and you add booze and Futurama to the mix, this Bender design is what happens. Well, it’s what happens if you’re Rob Halftroll. He planned out the design and tons of material and three weeks later, he had his very own robotic stove.
The unique cooker is 5.5′ tall, and Halftroll goes into details on how he constructed the behemoth on his blog and includes tons of pictures. It definitely was not a small undertaking, but I bet the satisfaction of creating a wacky stove the neighborhood will be talking about for a while is probably worth the trouble.
Check out more pictures and a video after the break.
It looks like robotics may be stepping in at some point to end name confusion in coffee shops. Imagine a world where, rather than having a counter with 900 cups labeled “Mike”, Barista Bots like this assign drinks to owners by snapping their picture and printing it on the head of their latte. However, there is a downside:
Don’t look for the Barista Bot at your local Starbucks any time soon. It was developed by a group of Brooklyn-based designers as a fun project to bring to this year’s SXSW festival. The festival runs through this coming weekend, so if you happen to be attending, go and check it out.
There’s also the problem that not everyone orders drinks with foam. Maybe someone will get cracking on a machine that prints patron photos on the cup instead.
Hit the jump to watch the Barista Bot in action.
Technology is once again stepping in to keep people from using muscles and burning precious calories. This time the target is grill cleaning, which has been conquered by these Roomba-esque Grillbots.
They scrub off dirt, oil and grime with brushes on their underside as they move and they can do the job whether the grill is hot or cold. They work on gas or charcoal grills and are powered by a rechargeable battery. They have a small LCD to program them for either a light or deep clean. Other features include an LCD alarm, timer and replaceable brushes.
The product will be available this June in four colors. The base model will run $69.95 while an upgraded premium version will sell for $99.95.
Hit the jump to watch one in action.
I like my burritos stuffed with lots of beans and beef and delivered fast and hot. And what better way is there than to have the delivery made via the Burrito Bomber that Darwin Aerospace developed?
The bomber is open-source and made from materials that can be commonly found or purchased. The drop-site is designated via an app, so the bomber can deliver burritos (and most other stuff) packed in mail-tubes to the intended (and hungry) recipient.
Hit the break to check out a video of the Burrito Bomber in action.
Crappy burger flipping jobs may soon become a thing of the past thanks to this Robo-Griller that can automatically prep, grill, and assemble 360 burgers an hour:
Built by San Francisco-based Momentum Machines, this robotic burger maker is designed to do the work of three full-time kitchen staff. The current alpha version of the machine grinds, stamps, and grills patties (made to order), then cuts and layers lettuce, onions, pickles, and tomatoes before slapping everything on a bun and wrapping it to go. The only human labor involved is that needed to take the customer’s money and hand over the completed burger.
Besides offering time and money savings, the Robo-Griller is also extremely compact, occupying only 24 square feet. In addition, the machine can significantly reduce the chance of food contamination caused by human handling and will never complain, slack off or do stupid sh*t like this or this.
A company called EatWave Vending is trying to diversify the crap in vending machines by equipping one with a refrigerator and a microwave so it can prepare pre-packaged burritos and sandwiches:
Since the machine is built on a standard chassis it can be configured to stock all of the standard vending machine snack fare. But with the microwave built-in the food is always sealed in its packaging which helps avoid the pitfalls of a shared oven that usually ends up looking and smelling disgusting on the inside.
If you’re stomach is already growling for nuked vending machine food, it will cost about $12,000 to get one in your break room.
(Market Watch via Ubergizmo)
Sometimes you want some good old fashioned carnival food, but it there’s no carnival in town you’re out of luck. Now you can have those tasty treats anytime with these carnival food kits. You can choose from funnel cake, churros, corn dogs or pretzels. Each kit comes with the basic ingredients, all you have to add is a little carnival-inspired fun!
See all the carnival kits after the break…
