With populations growing and cities overcrowding, space-saving designs are amassing a huge, highly lucrative following. The only problem is that they often stay just that—designs. But after being unveiled at the recent Milan Furniture Fair, at least one innovative appliance is leaving concept land to become a reality: Ecooking, a fully functional, vertical kitchen. More »
It looks like KitchenAid has finally learned a trick from sportscar manufacturers like Ferrari, and even Iron Man. The company’s newest addition to its Pro Line of appliances is this lustworthy electric kettle that comes with an optional candy apple red color scheme that makes it look like it could boil water in three seconds. More »
If you’re the party-hosting kind, you’ve probably resigned yourself to the fact that things are going to break—a lot. But if your well-lubricated partygoers must get rowdy, you might as well make sure that the source of that rowdiness will at least stay intact. In which case, might we suggest a 15-pound, 7-inch lump of stone to serve your spirits? More »
LG is no stranger to mixing together patents and white goods and this time its trying to bridge the gap between recipes and those all-too-often underwhelming results. One of its patents, granted today, outlines the idea of two RF tags that would offer food information and appliance specs, with a reader located on a terminal (say, an oven) that would attempt to bridge the gap between the two. This (likely wireless) device would then connect to a server, which would return operating details for cooking that specified “food information” on your appliance of choice. LG also hints at the ability of expanding the remit of a book when enough info can’t be given due to the space limitations of the printed word, hopefully offering up some added value to any compatible future cookbooks. Well, you’ve got to try and explain those connected fridge and oven costs somehow, right?
Source: USPTO
Samsung’s corporate image has become slightly tainted as of late — some might argue that recent launch events are to blame, but the company has a different culprit in mind: LG. This latest accusation relates to the company’s position in the all-too-competitive home appliance space. Samsung has filed a lawsuit against LG in South Korea, targeting online advertisements that cited information that the company claims to be incorrect. You see, last year, LG told the public that its own refrigerator offered the highest capacity, but according to the suit, that badge of honor belongs to Samsung. This, of course, follows an LG suit against Samsung for its own promotional video on YouTube last year. 50 billion Korean won are at stake this time around, which works out to roughly $45 million — perhaps just enough for Samsung to recoup the costs of its massive Radio City Galaxy S 4 spectacle.
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Source: Korea Herald
Is it going to produce the best cup of espresso you’ve ever tasted? Probably not. But if you’ve got a thing for cars, or are on the hunt for an obscenely over-the-top coffee maker for your garage, Espresso Veloce’s V12 will give you the hit of caffeine you’re looking for, while gobbling up a huge chunk of counter space. More »
Breakfast sandwiches are one of the best ways you can start the day (taste-wise, at least). But they tend to be logistically difficult. Either you’ve got to take the time to carefully assemble one, or pay some scruffy, minimum-wage employee to make one for you. Hamilton Beach’s Breakfast Sandwich Maker merges the best of both worlds. More »
[WMC 2013] During a keynote at Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs and several high-profile executives like Rob Chandhok were promoting AllJoyn, the company’s open platform for device-to-device proximity communications that allow devices to exchange data over any network protocol, without going through a wide area network.
To shed some context around this new AllJoyn push, you should remember that Qualcomm has been promoting the concept for the past couple of years. We’ve seen demos in previous Qualcomm events and back then, AllJoyn was mainly shown in games, but in theory it works with many types of apps and data. Qualcomm’s idea is that with AllJoyn, smart appliances could be equipped with a low-cost processor and radio that would be sufficient to communicate with a smarter device like a smartphone, tablet or home hub. Today, smart fridges basically integrate an Android tablet: this is not cost-effective and therefore prevents their proliferation. (more…)
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Idea International’s new Aero Sphere isn’t quite poised to shake up the fan industry like Dyson’s bladeless offering did. But it still manages to stand out in a boring and crowded market with a spherical teardrop honeycomb design that’s as functional as it is eye candy. More »
I think most home appliances are rather boring devices. I’ve always felt that way, but as a kid I seriously wanted a refrigerator that would dispense soft drinks right out of the door. It was my second biggest childhood dream right next to Heather Thomas. I think we can all admit that would be incredibly awesome, unless you don’t like soft drinks. Samsung has made my dream of owning a Dr. Pepper dispensing refrigerator one step closer to reality with its new RF31FMESBSR 36” Four-Door Refrigerator.
At first glance you may be wondering how exactly this refrigerator can have four doors. The refrigerator section is on top of this unit and has side-by-side doors that open. The refrigerator also has a pair of freezer drawers that slide out to make it easier to find your frozen pizzas and chicken nuggets.
Like most modern refrigerators, the Samsung unit has ice and a cold water dispenser built in to the door. That water is chilled and filtered before it’s squirted out into your glass. Controls in the front door allow the user to choose between normal ice cubes or crushed ice. The feature that sets this refrigerator apart is that there’s also a button available allowing the user to select three different levels of carbonation for sparkling water.
Honestly, I find sparkling water rather disgusting, but I hope some geeky tinkerers out there can figure out how to introduce soft drink syrup into the mix. Seriously, it can’t be that hard, a little drilling, a small pump, and some hose and my childhood dreams have come true. The sparkling water system uses a standard SodaStream 60L CO2 cylinder stored inside a small area in the left side refrigerator door. The fridge has 30.5 ft.³ of storage and will be available in April for $3899.
[via Samsung]
Fancy Samsung refrigerator dispenses sparkling water right from the door is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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