Maurizio Maiorana has created an ingenious concept design that slims down the footprint of a traditional stove top. The Cooka is a thin tabletop electric cooking device that’s made out of non-toxic Liquid Silicon Rubber, a substance that can sustain itself under high temperatures. The heating elements are made out of silver, which heats up and cools down utensils quickly. Surrounding the silver plates are small holes that blow a stream of hot air around the cooking utensils so excess heat does not escape during cooking. Best of all, the Cooka can be rolled up and stowed away when not [...]
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January 20, 2009
From CES: Watch Out! Curves Ahead…
Gadget designers rarely get to think outside the box. Sure, they may get to give things rounded edges or the like, just to spice things up. But it’s the square that fundamentally shapes our technology–from TVs to Kindles.
That is all about to change. In the near future, technology will take on the same twists and curves as our own bodies. Fast Company saw several products from CES as harbingers of the trend, including:
Samsung’s flexible screen/display points the way towards scroll-shaped cellphones–just unroll the screen.
Apple’s new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a lithium battery specially shaped to fit the machine’s innards, significantly [...]




