With a twist of the air-tight cap, 1.4 grams of traditional Kyoto matcha (high-grade green tea) is released into the mineral water below, creating a serving of fresh (yet instant) tea with no added chemicals or preservatives. In the same fashion, CIC Co. also offers Ukon (tumeric) and Aoijiro (kale juice) health drinks. Bottle Innovations: Instant fresh tea [Trends in […]
Instant Fresh Tea Innovation
Scout Music For Cash
Iconoculture: For anyone who has ever said, “If I had a dollar for every time I turned a friend on to a new band … ” — well, now you can cash in, thanks to Surrge. Publicly launched at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Surrge is an iTunes for populists, empowering its listeners, dubbed “scouts,” […]
Dinner in a Bottle
What happens to all the moisture when a juicy hunk of sirloin is transformed into chewy beef jerky? Truth is, we don’t know. But the salty, savory flavor of this vitamin and mineral packed concoction will make you think we collected all that sweet, meaty juice just for you. Flavors: Beef Jerky, Chicken Teriyaki, Texas BBQ, Fish ‘N’ Chips and […]
Ketchup Pistol
Gizmodo: This oversized cartoon-esque pistol can be filled with your favorite condiments and fired at your food for the ultimate in BBQ fun. Naturally, the temptation to misuse this device will be overwhelming, but at least you can take solace in the fact that you will have the upper hand in any food fight you instigate. Tabasco anyone? Available soon […]
Speak your Mind
The Audeo is being developed to create a human-computer interface for communication without the need of physical motor control or speech production. Using signal processing, unpronounced speech representing the thought of the mind can be translated from intercepted neurological signals. By interfacing near the source of vocal production, The Audeo has the potential to restore communication to people who are […]
Go Green, Go Unplug
Pedal the plug out with Eject Powerstrip. It is a forward-looking redesign of a powerstrip that would allow people to easily, safely and enjoyably unplug their devices. People don’t unplug their devices because: 1) they are lazy 2) they are too old or disabled to bend down 3) their powerstrips are located in areas they can’t access without accidents (under […]
New Age Bar Go-ers
Iconoculture: Millennial and Gen X parents are changing child-rearing expectations to remain as close to pre-kid life as possible — so much so that meeting up with friends for drinks is low-key enough to bring the kids. Not everyone thinks it’s so sweet, though. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, Union Hall bar posted a “Please, No Strollers” sign, causing the neighborhood […]
Car Camera Recorder
Record Everything Happening In front You With The Rear View Mirror Car Camera Recorder Pro. The first of its kind, this advanced mobile DVR w/ built in 2.5″ LCD screen provides instant playback of recorded audio and video footage of everything in front of you. When you turn on your car, the mobile DVR is automatically activated and turns off […]
Campfire Music
Gizmodiva.com: One thing all of us hate about Light outs and Load shedding is the deprivation of music. There are a thousand emergency products combining 3 or 4 factors. But Life+Gear’s LifeLight compiles all the stuff you’d want in one single pillar, like a radio, a directional compass, a night light, a regular 15super bright light with 20,000MCD LED’s, an […]
Pillow That Wakes You Up!
The pillow uses an LED fabric substrate below the surface to wake the user using light. This substrate also functions as a display, showing the time on the pillows surface using the grid of LEDs below. 40 minutes before the pre-set alarm time the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. This natural waking process […]