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Vape maker PAX launches PodID to explain what’s in your cannabis oil
Consumers want to know what's in the stuff they buy and where it comes from, whether that's food, electricals or clothing -- so why should cannabis be any different? Vape company PAX Labs is rolling out a new feature for its mobile app which gives us...
Coffee Composer lets you build your coffee by stacking “ingredient tokens”
Almost like a Minecraft-esque representation of your coffee cup, Coffee Composer has a unique way of letting you build your cup of coffee. The Coffee Composer is a coffee maker with a twist. Rather than following the mundane process of tapping away at a touchscreen to build your cup of coffee, fumbling with the janky UI, Coffee Composer has a unique, foolproof way of letting you ‘compose’ your cuppa.
The Coffee Composer comes with practically no interface. It does, however, come with a collection of ingredient tokens, ranging from different types of milk, to sugar, coffee, and even foam. Just layer the tokens one above the other to create your unique coffee composition (the color-coded tokens even end up visually representing your coffee cup). Place the tokens on the Coffee Composer, and an empty cup underneath and you’re ready to go. Each individual token is, in fact, an NFC tag that is read by the coffee machine. The machine reads the tokens one by one, dispensing ingredients one after another into your cup. You can play with the quantity of tokens based on your tastes (two sugar tokens for extra sugar, three milk tokens for three pumps of milk, a mixture of tokens for half-and-half), and top off everything with the foam token to add a layer of froth to your deliciously bespoke beverage. A single display on the machine shows you the price of your cup, and a corresponding card-zone lets you tap to make a payment. How elegant!
Designers: Xinyue Yang & Antonia Nandori
Google AI could keep baby food safe
Google's artificial intelligence technology can help the food industry beyond picking better cucumbers. In one company's case, it could prevent your child from getting sick. Japanese food producer Kewpie Corporation has revealed that it's using Googl...
Caffeinated Baking Sugar Jacks Up Your Food a Notch
A whole host of food has been treated with the caffeinated effect, from popcorn and bacon to candy and gum. The newest one is baking sugar, which allows you to literally jack up the foodstuff that leaves your oven.
From pancakes and cookies to cakes and muffins, amping up any dessert is possible. If you need an extra kick, then pair these baked goods with coffee and you’re guaranteed to stay awake all through the night (and even into the morning.)
Each teaspoon of Jacked Up Sugar contains 137 mg of caffeine. For your reference, a 16 oz. coffee from Dunkin Donuts has between 143-206 mg of caffeine, so I don’t think you’ll need to much of this stuff to perk up your day.
A 40 oz. bag of Jacked Up Sugar is priced at $15(USD).
[via Oh Gizmo!]
Caffeinated Granulated Sugar: Why Should Only Your Coffee Have A Kick?
Jacked Up Caffeinated Baking Sugar is sugar that you can cook with, which comes with a little extra morning boost. Now cookies, muffins, cakes and even pancakes can pick you up if you incorporate some of this sugar in your recipe. Of course, you probably already had that figured out from its name, so we’re not really telling you anything. So on to the facts: 1 tsp of the stuff contains 46 mg of caffeine, while 1 Tbsp has 137 mg and one cup, 2200 mg. Now, for reference, a 16oz. coffee from Dunkin Donuts has between 143-206mg, and your Starbucks’ Venti Bold Pick Of the Day packs a whopping 415mg. You’ll want to notice that it’ll take about three table spoonfuls of Jacked Up to have as much caffeine as a Starbucks large, so you’re probably not going to want to replace all the sugar in your recipes with this stuff. Figure out just how potent you want that wedding cake to be, and replace only a portion of the required sugar with Jacked Up. A 40oz. bag will set you back all of $15.
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