Live The Lux Live In A Shipping Container

Not everyone can turn a shipping container into a place someone would actually like to live but Athens, Greece based Cocoon Modules has partnered up with natural mattress brand COCO-MAT to change that. The container architecture startup takes old shipping containers and creates ideal modern dwellings for nomads, emergency housing, or people looking for a weekend home. Their idea is […]

Breville’s Smart Oven Air Does It All

When you think of a toaster oven, you might recall images of that cheap countertop appliance you used during college. It featured a couple knobs on the front, an electric heating element, and that perpetually filthy, flimsy crumb-catching tray. But that was college. We’re happy to tell you that the toaster oven has graduated, and is now doing pretty well for itself. […]

Pickle Juice Slush

Imagine slurping ice-cold, blended dill pickle juice through a straw. That vision will soon become a reality, because Sonic Drive-In recently announced it is introducing a pickle juice slush for a limited time starting in June. Many people, even die-hard pickle lovers, had a hard time wrapping their heads around that announcement. Pickles are in their own category of mouth-puckering: […]

Can Glowing Contact Lenses Prevent Diabetic Blindness?

Remember the early millennium trend for luminous contact lenses which almost appeared to be glowing in the eyes of whoever wore them? Whether it was Marilyn Manson or the WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio, these uncanny valley lenses were a hallmark of popular culture for a few years, before going the same way as downloadable ringtones, Von Dutch hats, and other […]

Will Spread-Style Dining Be The New Trend?

Shelly Westerhausen is firm believer that easy, affordable recipes can taste just as good as the pricier, more time-consuming ones. Her secret? Fresh ingredients and spread-style dining. Westerhausen’s new cookbook, Platters and Boards, serves as a guide to her uncomplicated culinary philosophy. “Because platters and boards are so versatile, they allow me to be creative with my food while giving […]

The Flying Insect Trap

This is the unobtrusive indoor insect trap that lures house flies, fruit flies, and moths without harmful chemicals, unpleasant odors, or propane. The silent trap plugs into a standard wall outlet where its 3,000 hour bulb emits UV light that attracts flying pests. When insects fly into the trap, they become stuck on a glue board and die of dehydration. […]

Lufthansa’s New Slimline Seats

The Lufthansa Group announced a new seat that will be featured across every Airbus A320 family aircraft in their combined fleets. This will mark the first time that Lufthansa, SWISS, and Austrian Airlines will all have standardized seats on select fleet type. Seats will be featured on all short and medium-haul routes, operated by the A320 series. The new seats […]

3-In-1 Ceiling Fan

Despite its ubiquitous nature, the electric ceiling fan hasn’t changed all that much since engineer Philip Diehl invented the first one in 1882. The 3-5 blade configuration is commonly delivered with uninspired and dated designs. Though there are a few modernized smart home connected models available today, there’s nothing quite as full-featured as the ceiling fan imagined by Korean industrial design […]

Easy Monitoring Of Eye Health From Home

Every year, Americans spend more than $40 billion caring for their vision. However, it’s somewhat remarkable that in this age of the quantified self, there are very few high-tech vision trackers for consumers. Newark, California based EyeQue is a company that has designed a pair of devices specially designed for smartphone users to monitor their vision. We had an opportunity […]