FASHION BRAIN • Home Styling
Well, for starters, it isn't a toaster oven - it's a spectroscopic calorimeter. This is the Calory Answer [sic], a new device that can evaluate food's nutritional information with the push of a button. No, really.
This $28,000 contraption runs on Windows XP and can accurately calculate the protein, sugars and fat content of any food. How?
We've read the press release several times, and all we know is that it uses some sort of "near-infrared analysis."
Normally, the combination of bad neon grammar and junk science keywords would make us skeptical, but since Joy World Pacific is one of Japan's most respected engineering firms, we'll take their word for it. Plus, its website links to a number of newspaper articles about the Calory Answer.
If only we could read Japanese...
www.j-world.co.jp/ca
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Who needs mom anymore?
I also considered crumpling all my dress shirts, cos apparently crumpled shirts are all the in thing now, but they refused to stay crumpled.
But now, I can give my mother the boot, because the BOSCH Shirtmaster is here in Singapore! What is it? Only the most amazing half-body mannequin that I've ever seen.
Put a damp shirt, or jacket on it, and boom, it's straight as a straight line (this is an intentionally bad simile) in eight minutes flat. Half of the stress of each workday-worrying about getting creases-is gone. Now you only need to worry about getting red wine on your shirt.
And don't worry even if your shirt is Oscar de la Renta's latest collection, the Shirtmaster will get it uncreased, and in perfect condition.
If not, you can go ahead and sue BOSCH. In fact, if you could take your skin off, it could probably get the wrinkles uncreased too. The Shirtmaster is truly the perfect half-mannequin to add to your interesting furniture. Now I'm just short of a Pantsmaster. Then I'll have a ManMaster to keep at home.
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This year's winner is the AirWash, a waterless washing machine that treats clothes using negative ions, compressed air and natural deodourants.
The unit was inspired by the shape of a waterfall and was designed by students at the National University of Singapore's School of Design and Environment. Electrolux will now manufacture the product, although no release date has been set.
www.electrolux.com
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