Teraoka’s new the Deli Touch pen allows customers to place orders without human contact. Using a menu with barcodes embedded in the photos of the items, the pen’s camera scans the codes and transmits the information via wireless to a server, which is connected to a printer in the kitchen that prints out the order. On both sides an automated […]

Springwise: Zen Burger aims to revolutionize the fast food world with natural, wholesome vegetarian foods that have the look, feel, texture and taste of meats without the negative effects on health and the environment. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, the restaurant specializes in meatless comfort foods that mimic those sold in traditional fast-food environments, such as the ZenSausage breakfast sandwich, […]

Emerging technology from South Korean fried chicken chain BBQ Chicken. Popcorn chicken rides up top; cola chills out below. It’s perfect for snacking on the move, having it all in one hand. While there’re some concerns in the threats of condensation to your food, we think that the idea’s innovative and some fine tunes to it would make wonders. It […]

Cherryflava: Mmmmm – doesn’t this, slightly off-colour, slab of meat and seed bun cheese burger look tasty? Not only does it look yummy, but it comes in a convenient can. No more late night drive-through for you. We’re convinced that it may have been fluffed up just a bit for the purposes of this commercial shoot [’cause a round, plump […]

Brand Noise: Ice isn’t just for chilling drinks anymore, or for packing fish and treating sprains. It’s a hot snack. Some Sonic Drive-In franchises sell it in cups and in bags to go. Ice-machine makers are competing to make the best chewable ice, with names like Chewblet, Nugget Ice and Pearl Ice. One manufacturer calls the ice-loving South the “Chew […]

Springwise: Customers of You Bar can choose every ingredient that goes into their nutrition bars: the base, protein powders, nuts and seeds, fruits and berries, sweeteners, seasonings, grains and infusions. One consumer might select cashew butter with shredded coconut, organic molasses and nutty rice cereal, for example; another might choose dates, soy protein, walnuts, ground cinnamon and dried banana. Special […]

Cool Hunting: From hot canned coffee to warm corn soup, Japanese vending machines do their best to meet all your vending machine needs. This May, Kyoto-based company Fujitaka began selling Sapporo-style canned ramen for ¥300 ($2.67) a pop to nerds in Akihabara, Tokyo’s electronics district. Yes, you can buy canned noodles! For the country that invented instant ramen, vending machine […]

TerraPass: Chocolate bars. They’re supposed to taste good, but can they also be good? We think so! Climate Change Chocolate bar is meant to educate while tasting great. It comes in a wrapper with 15 tips for lightening your environmental impact. These helpful hints teach you how to save energy by making small changes to your daily habits. And of […]

Strange New Products: The Fizz is a plastic cup that screws on to a plastic PET bottle allowing you to create a mobile ice cream float. Once you screw the cup to a bottle, fill it up with ice cream, then insert a straw, and finally, squeeze the bottle. This fills the cup with soda, allowing you to sip out […]

Strange New Products: Fruit Stickles are wooden skewers used for sticking together chunks of fruit. Except the skewers are seasoned with cinnamon and tropical fruit flavors that leach into the fruit chunks. The idea is that gives fruit an extra boost of flavor to tempt children into eating more fruit. The seasoning contains no sugar, just pure seasoning. It’s similar […]