Device measurse effects of junkfood
17-2-2011
If you are young and / or fit, it’s hard to believe that certain food or habits like smoking can harm your body. This device the size of a mouse sends a beam of light to your body and then collects the reflected ‘light. It can then be determined how many wavelengths are absorbed by the body, and thus how many antioxidants the skin contains on a scale from 1 to 10.
Grow your own
17-2-2011
A British art student, Ben Huttly, designed vetgetable packaging that is 100% biodegradable. By laser cutting the labels you avoid using polluting ink and it is also is also filled with seeds so the buyer can harvest his own vegetables.
Personalized recipes through Twitter
16-2-2011
The Spanish food brand Gallina Blanca offers followers the posibility to tweet ingredients and you will receive a response with a recipe.
Don’t just eat your dinner, wear it!
15-2-2011
At restaurant Marlow & Sons in New York, guests can purchase bags, purses and clothing made from the animals they have just eaten. So, bags of leather and garments of wool and rabbit fur.
Black Chicken
14-2-2011
The Dutch topchef Marco Westmaas discovered a new special products while abroad. The chef who regularly visits foreign countries, looking for new products and ingredients, has discovered a black chicken in Asia. The chicken is supposed to have a medicinal effect.
Fast Food Fail
13-2-2011
Ever wondered why fast food restaurants get away with misleading advertisements? The website Media Dumb collected all advertisement photo’s and actual photo’s. Very amusing and hilarious!
Heartshaped cucumber
13-2-2011
Especially for Valentine’s day, The British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s launches a heart-shaped cucumber.
What happens when? project
11-2-2011
A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.
A rare handwritten cooking book of the 17th century
10-2-2011
De Library of Heritage in Antwerp, Belgium, has published a handwritten cooking book from the 17th century online.
Chocolate bars wrapped of photos of random customers
9-2-2011
The wrapper of Macskanyelv Chocolate is a smart way to give an old product a new look. They used photos of random customers on the wrapper to increase customer-involvement.