Via Jo comes this post from The Kitchn.com about a new gadget on display at the recent International Home & Housewares Show. Cleverly named “KitchenSync”, it’s an ultra-thin web-enabled device that lets you access your favorite online recipes and also input your own recipes. The vertical orientation of the device is more like a traditional cookbook than a laptop, and the built-in WiFi means you aren’t tethered to one particular spot to use it. You can even get it dirty and then just wipe it clean! Personally, I would love to have a thing like this to use in the kitchen instead of a laptop. Sadly, it’s not a real product yet, it’s just a concept project from the industrial designer who was demoing it.
In the more immediate future, the crazy folks at Jones Soda are teaming up with the gigglemeisters at “I Can Has Cheezburger” to put together a contest where submitters can suggest names for a LOLCat-themed variety of soda.
No word as to what FLAVOR the soda might be, but these are the same people who have developed such classics as Brussel Sprout, Christmas Tree, and Turkey & Gravy, so be warned…
This article in yesterday’s Manchester Guardian takes a look at some of the areas where nanotechnology might have an impact on food production. To date, most of the interest has been in the use of nanoparticles to improve shelf-life and “intelligent” packaging, but many food processing companies are unwilling to discuss their nanotech initiatives due to the backlash against GM foods. Nevertheless, they are pursuing such diverse lines of research as using nanoparticles to hyper-target pesticides to delivering additional nutrients or even medications via “nanofoods”. Any use of nanotechnology in food production will come under intense regulatory scrutiny in Europe, but also quite a lot of public resistance in the U.S. as well as the E.U.
Mmmm… my soda, it haz a flavur. Can haz bukkit flavur soda plz? Kthxbai.
Some kind of web-connected electronic device would be handy to have in the kitchen, since I often end up printing out or writing down recipes I find online and using them in the kitchen (thus avoiding the problem of flour or other contaminants in the laptop).