The Urbano Eco Trash Can is the winner of the 2005 Pratt Product Design Competition, and it deserves it. This recycling focused trash can allows you to store and reuse the plastic bags that you collect from shopping. Simply loop trash bags around the cut-out sides and push them all the way down. This creates a visual of stacked handles all along the side, and shows you how many bags you have left to use. When you are ready to use one, just move it up to the handles and hook so that it won’t fall in on itself
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The Urban Cultivator is an enclosed hydroponic system designed for growing herbs and smaller vegetables indoors. A computer unit controls water, light cycles, humidity, and air circulation. All you need to do each week is add some fertilizer, and you need to eat the greens when they’re ready to harvest of course. The consumer model dubbed the Kitchen Cultivator is like a dishwasher and needs power and water hookups. Prices for the consumer model start at US $2,200, and a larger industrial model of the Urban Cultivator starts at $6,000. Via Gizmag
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With the iPhone app Annoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage you can slice, blend, and dice your way through lots of fruit and be happy with the results. If you’re unfamiliar with Annoying Orange, head on over to their web site and then you’ll know why you need this app to continue on in your mobile existence.
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The Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain makes juicing just about anything quick and easy. The heavy-duty compact juice fountain with centered knife blade assembly features a 700-watt motor that operates at 14,000 RPM for maximum extraction of all things juice. The extra-large 3-inch centered feed tube will fit entire limes, lemons, and even oranges. There’s even a stainless-steel micro-mesh filter for keeping out the bad things you don’t want in your juice.
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The SlatGrill can be rearranged to fit any backwoods cooking regime, and is one of the first rearrangeable grills we’ve ever seen. It costs just $110 and is also portable. Four pieces make up the base of the grill, and the slats fit in the top. All of the pieces will fit in a green bag packed flat for trekking out to your favorite camping spot. Via Gizmodo
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Did the Nasa Mars program just land a robotic garlic press on our countertops? We guess not but a Garlic Zoom XL did just land, and we’re driving it around to garlic chopping success. How does it work? Just insert one or two peeled cloves in the trapdoor on top, close it up, and then drive your Zoom around the countertop. The stainless steel blades whizz around inside, slice and dicing the garlic. Clear acrylic body with stainless-steel chopping blades Fun for kids (the driving part! Don’t let kids near the blades inside.) See-through design lets you see when garlic is chopped enough No more smelly garlic hands Blade unit removes for cleaning; top-rack dishwasher-safe
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The only single-up machine that makes great coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and espresso, the compact footprint - fits easily anywhere. The CBTL Contata is made in Italy - the birthplace of espresso, and you can match it with their exclusive milk foamer for wonderful latte’s and capiccinos. We’ve been enjoying this machine over the Summer and can safely say the french roast coffee is amazing. At CBTL Contata Single Cup Coffee and Espresso Brewer
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These cups are perfectly sized for a single shot of espresso, and they feature an antique finish with rustic black edge around the rim. There’s a ton of colors available, and they are dishwasher safe, but may get hot in microwave. At Sur La Table Italian Espresso Cups
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This festive and fun football shaped cutting board / serving platter will be the hit of your play off football party, and it’s constructed of high quality moso bamboo, so you can know you’ve chosen an ecologically green alternative to wood. Perfect for football parties and tailgating, it makes a great gift for the football fan in your life as well. At Totally Bamboo Football Cutting Board
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You can choose from the 1kg per piece Knife and Fork Set or work up a real sweat with the Full Set, which includes an almighty 2kg spoon. We love the concept of “working out” while eating a full meal, and if you’re New Year’s resolution includes fitness - these are for you. At Firebox.com
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