There’s a reason why they call ice cream, ice cream. Too much iciness and it feels like you’re sucking flavored water, too much creaminess and it feels like you’re suffocating on a stream of condensed milk. I’m not saying they’re not delicious but texture plays with ice cream. That’s why you need the Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker. More »
It seems a little counter-intuitive for a product that’s designed to promote healthy snacking, but Philips has updated its AirFryer cooker with the XL model that boasts 50 percent more capacity and 30 percent faster cook times—encouraging users to gorge themselves even more. But whipping up a batch of crispy fries or potato chips still only requires about 80 percent less fat than regular deep frying methods—so in the long run your heart still wins. More »
If you’d rather enjoy a cup of coffee or a mug of tea as soon as you make it—instead of painstakingly sipping at the scalding beverage until you can tolerate the heat—your plight has officially been resolved. Bonavita’s variable temperature kettles let you specify exactly how hot you want your water. More »
A huge standing mixer is one of those aspirational kitchen gadgets—it’s big and it’s expensive, after all. But having one like Kenwood’s new Barcelona kMix will change your entire culinary horizon. More »
If a wireless light bulb wasn’t quite the Jetson’s style future you were hoping for, perhaps Panasonic‘s planned expansion of its smart home appliances will better scratch that itch. From next month, there’ll be an Android app to let you remotely operate appliances, view energy savings and program settings via NFC. Hardware-wise, the electronics giant is introducing connected air conditioners, refrigerators, washer-dryers as well as smaller devices such as blood pressure monitors and calorie meters. Along with remote control, there appears to be some supportive cloud-based services too, such as reporting device faults to customer service and generating reports (from the healthcare products). When can you get a taste of the future? September 25th if you live in Orbit City Japan. As for the rest of the world? We’ll just have to be patient.
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The microwave is an appliance without glory. You throw in your bag of un-popped kernels, some leftover Chinese food, whatever. Your slop is reanimated by The Power of the Atom, and you save time. But this microwave is different. More »
Seemingly forgetting that 99 percent of the time microwaves are used to reheat pizza, make popcorn, or nuke a frozen dinner, LG has crammed more functionality into its Lightwave Oven than frozen dinner diners will ever need. More »
ARM isn’t content with dominating the mobile space. It’s been by the far the most vocal about an Internet of Things where everything is connected — and to make that happen, it just established an industry forum in the UK that it hopes will establish common ground for all those internet-linked light bulbs, refrigerators and thermostats. Home energy firm Alertme, cloud-aware sensing outfit AquaMW, lighting maker EnLight and white space wireless guru Neul will start meeting with ARM from August 24th onwards to hash out our automated, eco-friendly future. There’s a certain urgency in this for the chip designer: it expects 50 billion devices on the grid by 2020. With IDC estimating a billion new connected devices just in 2011, the clock on that connected device transition is ticking very loudly.
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Maybe you have an apartment the size of a dollhouse. Or maybe you just like to keep everything out of view. Either way, Kitchoo’s Compact Kitchens condense appliances and storage space together into very small, sleek packages. More »
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a 100 square-foot studio in Manhattan or a starter home in the suburbs-a small house can severely limit your choice of appliances. As average home sizes continue to shrink, you can bet that demand will only increase for washers, dryers, refrigerators, and dishwashers that can fit into cozy quarters. More »
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