Tag Archives: household

British scientists have claimed that they have done the impossible. They say they have created a compact device that can create energy out of nothing. This thermal energy cell could one day soon be placed into homes, and could significantly decrease power consumption. The hard part is actually explaining how it works. The scientists who created the device even have ...

Over the last few months Hard drive clocks have been all the rage on sites selling handmade goods, but most of them have featured clock mechanisms inserted into a HD shell. Unlike those devices, the clock featured here actually uses the drive mechanism and heads to tell the time (the arms indicate minutes and the platter position used to indicate ...

Believe it or not, the product pictured above is an expresso machine. To be honest, I’m not sure how it works (the German to English translation talks about “cafe gropes” – whatever the hell that is), but it from what I can gather it seems to be fairly easy to operate. All functionality issues aside, a product like this is ...

Despite the fact that an old man’s trick knee or a simple moistened finger in the air is probably more accurate than your average weatherman, our obsession with weather forecasting continues. That is why the new ViewStat Color Communicating Thermostat will probably be a huge hit. Unlike your average thermostat, the ViewStat also gives you a complete 5 day forecast ...

Imagine a coffee maker that precisely times your coffee and delivers a perfect cup time and time again – all thanks to the power of the internet. Now your caffeine laden dreams can finally become a reality thanks to the folks behind this Internet Enabled Coffee Machine hack. All you need to enjoy precision coffee and a more flexible scheduling ...

The “mu” is a light table sculpture developed by Simon Giles of Billycan Design. It features LED fibre-optics in the top and a remote controlled color changing LED in the base. It is the perfect piece of furniture for anyone going for a “nightclub” or “strip joint” theme with their home decor. Now that’s classy. Videos of the “mu” table ...

A Tokyo based broadband and communications provider will begin offering an earthquake warning system to subscribers starting on October 1st 2007. These little modem-like boxes will stand on guard 24/7 forecasting quake arrival times along with the seismic intensity ten seconds before the tremors occur. That’s just enough time to piss your pants and freak out. The earthquake warning boxes ...

It still amazes me that a long metal spring has kept our attention for over 60 years. Even after all that time, people are still coming up with ways to get more mileage out of the Slinky – and this Desk Lamp is certainly one of the best examples. Each lamp features a 50W, 12V halogen lamp with a working ...

Now I’m all for convergence when it comes to technology, but sometimes you just have to laugh when a product takes it to irrational levels. Take this iPod / CD / Digital Radio Playing Alarm Clock Fridge from Cooltone for example. It can cool up to twenty 400ml cans ( or six bottles of wine ), play tunes from your ...

Thanks to this “food robot” designed by retired Beijing professor Liu Changfa, it seems entirely possible that one day I can have my Hot Pocket cooking ritual fully automated. Unfortunately, I would still have to push a few buttons with this one – users must program simple instructions into the robot’s computer before he begins to cook. Once the data ...