The Futurist: Making Products Better or… CrunchGear Original Concept Designs
We live in an ergonomically-challenged world. It really is amazing how much our appliances and gadgets rely on archaic designs that are almost senselessly stress-inducing So we got to thinking—what are...
View ArticleSilent washer/dryer, low-flow toilet, and a heat pump
Here are a few more strange and wonderful inventions from the Far East – this time from the Panasonic Center in Osaka, Japan. First up is a dead-ass silent washer/dryer combo, which I thought was...
View ArticleNever need quarters for the laundromat again!
If you’re looking for a greener solution for washing your clothes, or you want to be able to wash them in your home but don’t have a ton of space, there might be a solution out there after all. Enter...
View ArticleIn-wall coffeemaker from Siemens: functional but seems drastic
As a Seattle resident, I can confirm that people here do love coffee. But I see remarkably few people with modern espresso machines in their homes. A drip machine here, a Melitta there, and very...
View ArticleScrew cooking with gas, I wanna cook with lasers
When appliance heavyweight Electrolux has a design contest, you know there’s going to be some crazy stuff coming out it. This year is no exception, as designer Ludovic Peperstraete has come up with his...
View ArticleVideo Of The Most Powerful Oven Computer: Gorenje iChef+
Check out this hands-on video of the new iChef+ oven touch control system from Gorenje. Gorenje is a built-in appliances brand that is meant for the exclusive crowd; one who’s butler will likely...
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Revolution Cooking’s R180 Smart Toaster delivers smarter, faster toasting —...
A lot of the past decade in smart home gadgets has been figuring out just how smart we actually want our appliances to be. In a lot of cases when it comes to cooking, the old ways are best, and smart...
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With a plan to decarbonize home heating with hydrogen, Modern Electron raises...
A huge amount of energy use on our planet goes toward creating heat, and not only that, but a large amount of that energy is wasted and byproducts like CO2 blasted into the atmosphere. Modern Electron...
View ArticleDecide.com Brings Its Price Comparisons To iPad; Reveals Plans To Expand To...
Smart shopping service Decide.com, which started off with a focus on consumer electronics before its recent addition of home appliances, is a unique player in the comparison shopping market. The...
View ArticleDiamanti emerges from stealth with appliance to modernize operations in...
Diamanti, a startup aimed at solving the problems around balancing networking and storage requirements in the age of containers, emerged from stealth today with a new appliance and $12.5 million in...
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