This concept vending machine created by a partnership between Sanden, Okaya Electronics, and Intel offers customers more than just junk food – using a 65 inch touchscreen, transparent HD display, the machine presents a series of animations and menus in order to get the attention of those passing by. It can be used to tell the time, and even features a public safety mode that provides information in emergency situations, such as evacuation routes.
The machine also records the physical attributes of the person standing in front of the machine, in order to tailor ads to that particular demographic. The company developing the machine sees huge potential for such technology, and is looking for new and interesting ideas that will allow the device to act as more than just a way to peddle crap.
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This ingenious stem food sprayer pushes directly into citrus fruit and allows you to easily spray the juices while preparing food. Currently the device is only a concept, although Quirky is interested manufacturing the product in the near future.
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Think about it—a tea bag enclosure for leftover Oreo crumbs that you can use to infuse your milk with flavor. It’s only a concept at the moment, but it’s brilliant.
(AOTW via Super Punch)
The “Roastie” by Polish designer Mateusz Glówka is a circular toaster which features rotating heat elements which toast bread evenly, rather than leaving the uneven toast marks currently found with today’s devices. The Roastie is also reported to toast your bread in a shorter time than most conventional toasters while also providing a transparent sphere which not only shields the user from high temperatures, but also allows for constant supervising of toasting progress. The design is only a concept at this point, but hopefully it will be on the market soon.
(via Technabob)
When was the last time you wrote something down with a pen? It seems like it happens less and less these days doesn’t it? Well, the introduction of candy pens could threaten the computing industry forever—until they come up with edible computers that is.
Dave Hakkens’ concept is simple—construct a pen out of a bunch of those little candy necklace buttons and BAM!—all of a sudden, it becomes perfectly acceptable to chew on your pen in class. The ink would even be edible.
Of course, you’ll have to exercise a little restraint not to go through 10 pens a day—which we all know isn’t happening.
(Dave Hakkens via OhGizmo)
That’s right, it’s a hands-free sandwich holder—which is kinda like having a Bluetooth sandwich (or the sandwich equivalent of a hands-free harmonica holder). Now you can work and eat thanks to one handy device.
Once you have that down, throw some cymbals between your knees for more multitasking fun!
(ASB via Buzzfeed)
If you’ve ever yearned for a germ-free cookie dunking experience, your wait may be nearing an end with the arrival of this concept “dipr” spoon, which will hold your sandwich cookie as it is dipped in your liquid of choice. The design is patent-pending, and the designer is currently seeking contributions to get the manufacturing of the device underway.
If you think this tool has the potential to change your life forever and you would like to help out, click the project page link below.
Project Page
This brilliant “Switch Me” salt and pepper shaker design allows you to flick on your salt or pepper like you were turning on a light.
Hopefully, these will actually be available for purchase through the fiftytwoways webshop sometime in the near future.
(Epicenter Design via NOB)
What happens when you have a big cookie and a small mug for dunking?
Get a bigger mug? Get smaller cookies?
What? No! Shut your dammed mouth. You get a regular mug with an extension—the TAÇA mug to be more precise. It’s only a concept at the moment, but I’m willing to bet that a company like Fred will end up picking this idea up sometime in the near future.
(Project Page via Yanko)
See if you can solve the maze before the drip dries.
Unfortunately, this coaster and coffee cup combo appear to be concepts at the moment.
(erdemselek via Super Punch)
