Hasta La Gadget!

How many times have you woken up in the morning and yawned your way into the kitchen and filled a giant bowl with some Nutty-O’s or Fruity Pebbles, opened the fridge door and saw that you didn’t have enough milk? or worse, that the milk you did have had expired the day before! Begrudgingly you attempted the sniff test and while it seemed a little “off” you tasted it anyway. I hate those mornings… and the taste test only seems to go well about 1 out of 10 times.

Welcome the Milkmaid Milk Jug, a quart size glass container that you pour your milk into, and keep in the fridge. The Milkmaid utilizes specialized PH sensors that can not only tell if the milk is spoiled, but it can tell you how soon it will spoil if you don’t use it up! Unique temperature sensors even let you know if your moo juice has been left out too long and the jug also comes with a weight sensing base that measures just how much milk you have left.

All of this milk information can be accessed easily via a free iPhone app or you can enable the base to contact you at a pre-selected number for all your urgent milk messages. Currently, the Milkmaid Jug is only in its prototype stage, with a few of the products being tested by the masses as we speak, obviously if it garners enough attention and some nice reviews by the testers, the Jug may actually become a reality. Is this a useful product ,or simply a fun-for-a minute novelty? If you’d like to have one someday, check out quirky.com and let them know. I have to go, my milk is calling.

[ Milkmaid Milk Jug – Honey… I just got a Text from the Milk copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

What do you think Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader do during those afternoons (actually, are there noons when you’re in space? It should be pretty gloomy all the time)? Do they sit down and have a game of chess, or hone their lightsaber skills against one another, get smashed with some extra-terrestrial booze, or simply sip a cup of tea while discussing just which planet the Death Star should blow up next?

Assuming they’re all for afternoon tea with cupcakes and delicious pastry (I still wonder how inconvenient it must be for Vader to eat his meals. Perhaps technology then just pumps nutrients and vitamins into his body), then surely they would have this $19.99 Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser as part of their kitchen equipment. The tea infuser itself has been molded to resemble the Death Star, where you fill it up with your favorite loose leaf tea, and then plonk it into hot water to let it steep.

This is an officially licensed Lucasfilm collectible, and you just got to love the cute little TIE Fighter that is attached to the Death Star.

[ Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Wine accessories never cease to amaze me. There always seems to be another one popping up, making perfect gifts or hosting items. There are devices to aerate and to help pour. There are glasses to make it taste better or with easier grip. There are an abundance of items to cork or decorate your bottle too. Tougher to find is an item that challenges a wine drinkers mind. If you need a gift for a wine lover or really want to get some attention during your next party may we recommend the Vino Vault™, a wine puzzle brain teaser. Make people earn their glass of wine! The Vino Vault turns your bottle into a cryptex – yes, a puzzle. Five lettered rings are the key to unlocking the bottle. Program in your own code and then let guests guess away. The vault won’t open until the right code is entered.

The Vino Vault holds most burgundy (Merlot, Cab, Shiraz) type bottles. If unsure on the size of the bottle simply print out a template on vinovault.com to take with you to the wine store. Their website also gives creative suggestions on how to deliver clues to guests and even contains a code bank to help stimulate your mind.  The great part is The Vino Vault is available for $32.44 on Amazon.

So next time you have friends over for a  night of wine or as you assemble your holiday shopping list keep the Vino Vault in mind…to test theirs!

[ Earn that Bottle of Wine! copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Yes, we all more or less know just which is the best astromech droid to have around whenever you are in a tight spot and need someone to bail you out, especially when there are no Jedi in the vicinity, and the Imperial forces are bearing down upon your location, fast! Well, this time around, the celebrated R2-D2 will not play its role as an assistant pilot, or unlock doors as well as move elevators around, but rather, what it does is something else which is equally important to preserving life as well – that is, by holding its stash of cookies to feed hungry stomachs.

Yes sir, I am referring to the £19.99 R2-D2 Cookie Jar which is currently available for pre-order over at Firebox. This is one special mission of R2-D2 which I believe he will never forget in the immediate future for a long, long time. After all, it might not be a holographic message that hinges the fate of the empire on a single man, but at the very least, it will help stave off whatever hunger pangs there are until dinner time.

[ R2-D2 Cookie Jar copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

You have just got to love Firebox’s tagline for the £14.99 R2-D2 Mug with Lid which goes like this, “I’m thirsty R2, you’re my only hope.” I am quite sure that there are numerous mugs out there in the pantry cabinet, but how many of them are worth having a look at considering the coolness factor of Star Wars is far higher than that of a standard issue porcelain mug? Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, I am quite sure that this particular mug looks good on your desk – after all, who can resist such a cute looking drinking apparatus?

The R2-D2 Mug with Lid’s function is far more limited than his usual repertoire of tricks, as he does not pilot any starships, nor does he carry any secret Imperial documents for the Rebel Alliance to plot their next move – no sir, what he does this time around is plain and simple, to let you sip your favorite beverage (hot or cold, it does not matter as he is made out of some pretty tough stuff) without missing a beat. Made out of high-quality ceramics with sculpted detail and colored glazing, his head functions as a removable lid.

[ R2-D2 Mug with Lid copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]