Heineken has hinted it is to launch a home appliance for beer inspired by the success of the coffee machine as the result of a global tie-up with industrial designer Marc Newson. The brewer says the appliance will “revolutionise the way beer is experienced and enjoyed at home”. It declined to give further details ahead […]
Seattle-based Dan Newman and his business partner, Bryan Summersett have developed an app that lets you share your leftovers with strangers. They developed Leftover Swap and it is an ingenious way of swapping meals with people around your neighborhood. Using the idea of couch surfing, where you can share your apartment with a stranger, Newman […]
Japanese consumers looking for something to warm them up this autumn are in luck after Coca-Cola announced it has introduced the world’s first pre-heated carbonated drinks can. The hot Canada Dry Ginger Ale will be available from custom dispensing machines in the land of the rising sun from 21 October at $1.20 a pop. This […]
You can Pin it “to win it,” and you can crowd-source your Instagram stop-motion shorts and Vine videos. Now add the Instagram scavenger hunt to a growing list of innovative branded visual media campaigns. Heineken, a sponsor of the US Open, created an Instagram photo scavenger hunt to give its fans a chance to win two tickets to the […]
The hottest ingredients and latest packaging advancements are on the agenda at Food ingredients‘ second annual Future Beverage Innovation conference, taking place in London on 09-11 December 2013. In response to consumer demands for more convenient and healthier beverages, international beverage manufacturers Coca-Cola, Suntory, Britvic, Starbucks, GSK and SABMiller will be presenting their insights into the future beverage […]
Researchers have unveiled cutting edge tech which harnesses the growing potential of artificial intelligence and innovative camera technology to give dieters a boost in the battle against the bulge. Their technique would see tiny cameras embedded within the clothing of individuals, primed to take a snapshot of their dinner plates and calculate the likely calorie […]
‘Conflict Kitchen’ is a one-of-a-kind restaurant in Pittsburgh that only serves food from countries that the US is in conflict with. According to its website, the restaurant will change its menu and identity every few months, depending on “current geopolitical events”. Open seven days a week, Conflict Kitchen “uses the social relations of food and […]
Belgium has long claimed that its frites are the first and the best; now it is boasting a world food-vending first – a coin-operated dispenser that produces hot chips using beef fat. Although chips are already sold this way in other countries, the machine outside a supermarket in Brussels adopts the gold-standard animal dripping, as […]
Imagine being able to pour beer with your mind. Well, stop imagining! Castle Lite has made it possible by introducing the world-first Extra Cold Mind Reader. Conceived and developed by digital agency Hellocomputer, this awesome machine is designed to reward you for focusing on ‘extra cold’. The machine utilises an EEG headset, which is calibrated […]
Scientists have managed to grow cells from cows into strips of muscle, which were then combined into a patty, cooked and served up to food experts. This world’s first lab-grown burger is the brainchild of the Netherlands-based Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University, who said that while this is “a very good start”, it will […]