The Mural Dishwasher: Will work on the shelf
By Andrew | May 1, 2008
There’s no doubt about the fact that minds all across the world are working really hard to make our lives simpler by day. And designer Marie-Christine Lacasse & Marie Claude fall in the category of same kind of people who keep experimenting with home appliances to make increase the comfort levels in our lives.
They have revolutionized the concept of washing dishes in a dishwasher by altering the fact of dishes coming to the washer with the washer itself coming to the dishes to wash them with their all new Mural Washer.
Yes, this unique concept of kitchen gadgets takes away the hassle of loading and unloading utensils inside the washer. Instead, The Mural dishwasher combines the cabinets to store the tableware with a dishwasher. It moves from cabinet to cabinet, washing as it goes, keeping you free of cumbersome procedures involved otherwise. I am waiting to see this concept hitting the market at the earliest!
Via: GoodMagazine
Digital Chopping/ Cutting board
By Andrew | April 8, 2008
After the clean cube washer-dryer combo for the bachelor, there’s another wonder gadget from the house of Nardo, but this time for people who love to cook.
Check out the hi-tech gift for your kitchen- the digital cutting board.
Brainchild of a design student Marc Nardengeli, the cutting board features a flexible LCD that keeps showing you the recipes that you can cook. It will also give you cooking instructions to make sure that what you’re cooking is edible and won’t poison your family.
To help you further, it also allows you to download recipes so that you can try them out later. Fitted on rubber nonslip feet, the acrylic board contains the circuitry to run the flexible LCD panel and is packaged neatly on top of the other and is sealed with a safety tempered glass panel which allows finger based, touchscreen operation.
A chic design that this is marked with chromium handle at both ends, makes cooking a fun and hi-tech process rather than a monotonous chore. And the best feature is that it’ll be made out of environmentally-friendly materials which won’t kill the planet. Just a concept till now, but we are sure that it will fetch some big thumbs up to give a techie makeover to the good old boring chopping board.
Via: Gadgettastic
Kahva: The extra ordinary Coffee Maker
By Andrew | March 25, 2008
Hats off to minds who keep working nonstop to either gift a new gadget to the world or work upon the existing ones and add into the functionality, utility and also just nothing in some cases. And this coffee maker called ‘Kahva’ designed by Lina Fischer, is one such home appliance, where she has worked upon to add in nothing but uniqueness.
Interestingly, in Kashmir (often referred to as India’s Switzerland) the local milk-less tea (a local hot beverage) is called ‘Kahva’…I wonder if the designer has some Indian connections!
Coming back to the uniqueness, this coffee maker/ bean brewer violates the nature’s law of gravity and lifts the boiling water towards the ceiling and with in no time dispenses hot hot freshly brewed rich flavoured coffee before the dumbstruck audiences!
To brew your own cuppa, all you need to do is: Fill in the glass container with water and add coffee into the upper brewing unit. Boil the water by any heating device, listen to the bubbling sound as hot water reaches the brewing unit and switch off the heating device.
And there you have perfectly brewed coffee coming out of the glass container, quickly drawn back through a filter by a vacuum witch. Just open Kahva and tehere you have your mocha directly in the cup!
Via: Yankodesign
The Izona CookSurface : Kitchen goes hi-tech!
By Andrew | March 22, 2008
Seems the makers of kitchen appliances have taken the pledge to give a jazzy and techno-freak makeover to the good old kitchen. And ladies are actually loving it! Check out the latest innovation in the kitchen category called the Izona Cookurface. With this new techie-kitchen serving you, cooking will neither be a tedious job nor will it be a boring chore of the day.
Designed by Fisher and Paykel, the Izona CookSurface boasts of a radical design, impeccable work of ark and technology combined to make one cooking wonder.
The chic glowing and easy to clean model is a cool combination of gas and ceramic technology.
The modern, seamless black ceramic glass in the background homes inventive burners and pan supports giving it an all new touch of innovation as they come out only when you are cooking and retract back once you are through.
The vital discreetness of the ceramic surface when matched with the gas output functionality make it a unique gadget.
For the most accurate and precise cooking the CookSurface offers dial controls on the surface that ensure incremental linear flame control, divided into individual flame settings. A dynamic user experience that comes your way with the audio and video feedback, makes Izmona CookSurface a quality as well as efficiency booster.
Via: Dvice
The Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame
By Andrew | March 17, 2008
Husbands who love their wives and look forward to keep them happy and entertained even while they are cooking have a chance here. Gift them the latest technological wonder from the house of Pandigital and get ready to get pampered. We are talking about there multipurpose product that combines a cool HDTV, a digital cook book and a digital photo frame in one.
Now, if you are getting what the product is then I’m sure I need not tell you that the ultimate benefit is yours in gifting her this. She’ll not just remain happy while cooking, but the cook book will also help her cook yummiest of dishes…so the benefit is ultimately yours.
The sleek LCD is designed to get mounted under the kitchen cabinet saving good amount of space together with offering a proper visibility. The hi-tech cook book is loaded with the latest recipes and as and when you feel the need, it can be fed with the newer ones. As far as the photo frame is concerned, you can copy pics into it via memory card or directly upload them from Google’s Picasa website.
The Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame is speculated to be available in the market from the beginning of June.
Via: 7Gadgets
Fevzi Karaman: A new dimension to modular kitchens
By Andrew | March 2, 2008
Blame it to the human tendency of falling back to maximum convenience with in the reach of hand or the lack of luxuriously big spaces, multifunctional and compact gadgets are gaining popularity with day. And the all new stowaway kitchen concept from Fevzi Karaman is next in the line to become a hot property.
A single look on the kitchen and you can’t even call it a kitchen. On a distant look it looks no better than a green colored absurd dining table kind of furniture, but as you get into unfolding technicalities of Fevzi kitchen, whet meets the eye is simply astonishing.
The plain dining table holds everything that a modular kitchen is supposed to fit in the modern times. Right from cooking surface to microwave to pull out drawers and also a sink together with other kitchen essentials…Fevzy homes everything!
So whenever you are hungry…just unfold your kitchen and get with your culinary skills and once done just keep the things on place and fold it again to fit your kitchen in the smallest corner in your home, without taking much of space!
Via: Uncluterrer
LED Coasters: Give your guests a lighted welcome!
By Andrew | February 7, 2008
Dunno why but it seems today it’s the day for some really simple but unique and cute gadgets that might not be highly techie but definitely add some difference to your lives.
What I’m here talking about is these cute Coasters that are fitted in with coloured LED lights.
Yes, you are thinking in the right direction. The coasters will emit a coloured light as you place your drink over it. Now if you place something like a coffee or tea or for that matter your milk shake, you are actually making a boo-boo out of the coasters. Better go for some cocktails and mocktails or for that matter plain water served in beautiful glasses and you can se what magic can the light do to your drink, making it light up in jazzy hues turning your table into a perfect party place!
The coasters are available in a pack of 4, each one of which has seven LEDs to illuminate your drink, ideal party booster!
Via: Cooking gadgets
Oven cum Pop-up Toaster from Avanti
By Andrew | February 5, 2008
I am a sucker for multipurpose gadgets. One, because I live in a small apartment and two, because they are just like me- yeah… multitasking! The reason why I’m telling this to you here is because I got hold of one such appliance for my home that combines the features of an Oven and a pop-up toaster. This one comes from the house of Avanti.
You are most welcome to argue that who can stop you from toasting your bread in that oven. No problems in that only if you are keen enough to get some swelling electricity bills. After all the energy needed to toast two slices won’t decrease in an oven, since it won’t get hot in part and parcel.
This is where the Avanti Oven cum Toaster takes over as it is part slotting toaster that uses less electricity and heats more quickly.
In short it is a smart investment to get a chic value for your money not just while buying the oven but also over the time as you keep increasing your savings every time you toast your bread or bake your cake, in a single gadget!
Via: DVice
Looks like BMW, works like espresso maker: Sirena coffee machine
By Andrew | November 17, 2007
For those who have a fascination for their BMW and are addicted to coffee, this espresso machine serves to be a double treat.
Sirena by Starbucks not only gives the best cuppa, but also pampers your craze for the coupe, thanks to its BMW design and work styling. The Rapid steam boiler, commercial-quality portafilter and patented back-pressure adapter are a few features of Sirena that work together to give you the best coffee.
Every time you operate it …all you get it is a satisfying cup of coffee that you deserve. Price: $600
Via: Starbucks