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Sony Student Design Workshop: Print Odor on Postcards

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photo of gadget to print odor on a postcard

Food for thought in innovation

Zhu Jingxuan, a junior in the Fashion & Art Design Institute of Donghua University, loves gourmet food and travel, which inspired her to invent a curious device she calls a food printer.

It’s a combination of camera, smell extractor and printer. During a trip, when people enjoy delicious and distinctive local food, they can use the device to take pictures and collect the aroma simultaneously and then print them postcard-style. Posting the cards to family and friends enables them to share a good eating experience visually and aromatically.

“I spent several months designing it,” said the 20-year-old student majoring in industry design. “What I completed was just an idea and draft sketch. Without the help of Sony’s designers, I could not have made the model.”

Zhu’s food printer concept design won the “most-fun” award of the sixth Sony Student Design Workshop. The annual design contest was launched by international electronics company Sony Corp in 2006 and aims to erect a platform for Chinese university students to undertake industry design, inspire their creative potential and support China’s innovations and inventions industry.

Very cool: both the gadget and Sony’s efforts to engage young minds to shape the engineers of the future. We need to encourage those that are going to give us our gadgets in the future.

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Omega Heavy Duty Low Speed Juicer

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I haven’t jumped into juicing myself. I have thought about it and mainly haven’t done so out of laziness. In looking at options I think the Omega VRT350 Heavy Duty Dual-Stage Vertical Single Auger Low Speed Juicer looks very nice.

I like the convenience of just drinking healthy stuff. The slow juicers seem to capture a greater yield of juice (based on reviews I have read). Reviewers also seem to think greater nutritional value is retained (I am not sure how much credence to give this claim). I do think losing the fiber is a bad part of juicing though.

Omega J8003 Nutrition Center Single-Gear Commercial Masticating Juicer (this is a bit slow but very good for wheat grass and leafy green vegetables). Both have 10 year warranties.

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Zojirushi Rice Cooker and Warmer

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photo of the Zojirushi NS-LAC05XA rice cooker Imagine cooking perfect rice all the time that is a quality like of a restaurant rice but cooked it right at the comfort of home. Unbelievable? Well, actually it is possible with Zojirushi rice cooker. This is a no ordinary rice cooker because Zijorushi NS-LAC05XA uses the Fuzzy logic technology which controls the temperature of the rice cooker to let users cook any kind of rice, even rice like sushi, porridge, brown and white. Its front panel control has a colored LCD to display the timer and clock function. Cooked rice is always perfect and served hot all the time because Zojirushi rice cooker has an automatic warmer to keep the rice warm until you are ready to serve it.

The NS-LAC05XA rice cooker and warmer measures 11.5โ€ x 9โ€ x 7.25โ€ which can cook up to 3 cups of rice in its non-stick inner pan. Its compact size is perfect for small kitchens. The retractable cord and spatula holder keeps the rice cooker tidy looking. This 450 watt Zojirushi rice cooker and warmer is not only stylish in design with its clear coated stainless, but is also durable which comes with a 1 year warranty.

Take a look at the many very positive reviews on Amazon, here are 2 short quotes from a couple of those reviews, The only way to make rice:

I set the timer in the morning and the rice is ready when I come home from work. When I walk in the door, my apartment smells of cooked rice, — which is surprisingly pleasant. The timer is a must especially for brown rice which takes one hour and 40 minutes to cook. If I come home late, the rice is still okay since it automatically goes into a keep warm mode when the cycle is completed.

Absolutely Love This Rice Cooker

The quality of rice and beans has been outstanding. Plus I can’t get over how much money I’m saving by not buying take-out, and I get to season the food to my liking. There is hardly any food that is cheaper, more comforting or nutritious than rice and beans, and you can keep the oil and butter to a minimum to keep the calories low while not feeling deprived.