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Stovetop for the Visually Impaired

I started to panic as I imagined by grandmother, living alone, and burning her apartment (and herself) down because she didn't gauge the stovetop correctly. What do blind people do in these situations...

Thermochromic Pot Changes Colors as it Heats Up!

Remember those hypercolor t-shirts from the 1980's? Well apply that visually novel idea to cookware and that's basically the idea for the Coral cooking pots, a concept which gives would-be Giadas a vi...

Safeguard Yourself From Burns With LED Faucet

It's a given that almost everyone has scalded their hands from water that was just too hot. Wouldn't it just be easier to be able to tell the temperature of the water with a simple glance? • R...

10 Digital Kitchen Scales We Love

A little over a year ago we extolled the virtues of the kitchen scale. I had, like the author of this post, thought that kitchen scales were something for calorie counters and that I was quite all rig...

VAP Cooking Steamer Concept

Since we live in a one person at a time sized kitchen, we think this kitchen steaming appliance concept from French designer Arthur Senant is a good once, since it requires the use of one less stove b...

Feeling Qooqy? Qooq, a Computer for the Kitchen

As an avid home baker with a penchant for recipes found on blogs, we frequently bring the laptop into the kitchen. We try our best to avoid spills but have often toyed with the idea of having tech tha...

Spice Up Your Kitchen With The Bosch Classic Fridge

Bosch has recently redesigned their iconic refrigerator. There is something quite marvelous about these appliances, especially if they look vintage. That's basically what this is: a new fridge that lo...

Irinox Wine Chiller Cabinets

For the wine lover and modernist who wants to showcase his or her collection, there's the pedestal perfect freestanding Irinox wine chiller cabinets. These cellar-replacements offer European chic indu...

Indesit's Stylish Prime Appliance Range Saves Money

Appliances are a large part of any kitchen. They use a lot of power and tend to be used quite a bit every day to make our lives easier. These nice-looking appliances are all part of Indesit's Prime ...

De Dietrich Ultrasonic Dishwasher Is Detergent-Free

Ultrasonic cleaning has been around for years. However the concept is rarely seen used in traditional dishwashers in homes. De Dietrich is a French appliance manufacturer that is seeking to change thi...

Electrolux Design Lab 2009 Winner Crowned

Possibly our favourite annual home appliance and electronics competition, the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 came to conclusion in London last night, with a winner announced: Rickard Hederstierna's Cocoon...

The Linea Pura Range for Bialetti

Amongst our most foolish mistakes we've made in life was once leaving our beloved Bialetti aluminum espresso maker on the stove for too long unattended, resulting in a melted handle and ruining the cl...

Eco-Friendly Steam Dishwasher Saves Water and Power

Essentially, dishwashers haven't changed in years. The only way that we've found to keep green while doing the dishes was to do them by hand, but this becomes unfeasible if there are a few people livi...

Underappreciated Home Tech: An Ode to the Kegerator

We spend a lot of time talking about the best televisions and grills and the other great home tech that can make a game-watching get-together into a serious party, but there's one great invention that...

Karim Rashid's The Touch Of Light Appliance Line

Karim Rashid has always remained a divisive figure in design, bringing out extreme words of praise or dislike in almost equal amounts. We've loved and hated his designs in equal amounts throughout the...

The Most Beautiful Refrigerators by Meneghini

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach...and it doesn't hurt when Nigella Lawson is the one doing the cooking. The British celeb cook was also kind enough to steer us over to checkin...

Dacor Millennia Microwave In-A-Drawer

We've always had a love-hate relationship with microwaves. They're admittedly a very convenient kitchen appliance for certain situations, but they tend to be poor at cooking foods from a culinary pers...

Arctic Air Commercial Refrigerator

We can't pass up browsing at restaurant supply stores, but the giant scale usually makes those alluring 3-bay sinks and enormous mixers impossible to consider taking home. Not to mention the rewiring ...

Re(al)view: ZeroWater

We've been using a PUR gravity fed pitcher water filter system in our household for several years now, a decision that has weaned us off a bottled water addiction. Yet there's always been this sneakin...

StillTasty.com Tells You When to Clean Out the Fridge

Where was this when I needed it in college? I always needed advice on which food expiration dates are strict rules and which are just guidelines. I never knew how to defrost different foods safely and...

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