Added 13 June, 2013
The WNBA just debuted a new camera worn by official Lamont Simpson during nationally televised game. Mounted above the referee's ear on the right side of a device that looked like a pair of glasses, the ref cam drew rave reviews from players who posted on Twitter. For fans, the cam offered a unique perspective on the game. The camera has already...
Added 13 June, 2013
People like to feel understood by the world, and the companies that inhabit it. To that end, we have seen lots of brands cater exclusively to women, even when the product itself seems rather gender neutral. Examples include taxi services for women, earplugs for women, and even gas stations for women. Now Nestle is releasing a new water that it is...
Added 13 June, 2013
Real and virtual worlds continue to collide with products that interact together online and off. One of the coolest new entries is the Scoche smartROLL dice that use Bluetooth technology to interact seamlessly with a touch-screen tablet. The dice have a built-in accelerometer and motion sensors that make real action appear virtually.
Added 12 June, 2013
Greenmarket devotees who have been lining up to buy ramps (garlicky wild onions that have been going for upwards of $17 a pound) have found another trendy member of the allium family to obsess over: garlic scapes. For years, gardeners and even farmers have been lopping off the stalks of hardneck garlic plants and tossing them in compost piles....
Added 12 June, 2013
Edible "energy gels" are slurpable flavored foods made with fruit juice supplements that are meant to, well, give you energy. OTE Caffeine Gel, a new entry in the category, is said to contains 50mg of caffeine as well. Would you ingest this?
Added 12 June, 2013
Canned wine is getting a push from a French wine brand. Winestar is producing what they call "premium" wine in small formats, like beer-sized cans. Not surprisingly, the cans are marketed toward younger drinkers who grew up with canned soft drinks. While we have seen canned wines before, what makes this different is the quality in the cans, as...
Added 11 June, 2013
As US and European economies cool, Asian buyers are driving luxury retail markets these days. Literally: Rolls-Royce just opened its first showroom in a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia has recently seen an explosion in luxury car sales. In the new Rolls-Royce storefront, customers can specify and customize virtually every...
Added 11 June, 2013
In a fight back against a rising tide of boil-in-a-bag meals and other gastronomic horrors, France is considering a law change that would limit use of the word "restaurant" to establishments that use fresh ingredients prepared on the premises. In a proposal being formally presented today, the National Assembly is being asked to consider a measure...
Added 11 June, 2013
Google offers many automatic answers. Ask it to add or multiply and it will. Ask for a current exchange rate and it will tell you. Put in any flight number and it will automatically show you if it is on time. Now, in line with the world's increasing interest in health, the search engine is automatically showing users nutritional and calorie...
Added 10 June, 2013
The popsicles popping up on restaurant menus this summer are artisanal pops handcrafted by chefs with a passion for fresh, seasonal ingredients and a desire to serve up a little nostalgia. At Nightingale 9, a Vietnamese street-food restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, the only items for dessert are popsicles. Using seasonal ingredients from local...