Tag Archives: Water Heater

This compact water boiler concept features scheduled heating that can be controlled from your smartphone!

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Nomad is a battery-operated, compact, and portable water heating concept that includes programmed heating and smartphone controls to make heating water as simple as ever.

Nomad is the lifestyle of 2021. Like a newsletter we actually enjoy receiving, we’re all subscribing to it. With remote work becoming more plausible for everyone, a mobile lifestyle has too. While there are plenty of upsides to the nomad life, there are just as many challenges. Luckily, designers across the globe have come up with their own solutions. Industrial product designer, Hamza Bavčić created a compact water heater, aptly called Nomad, designed for the modern nomad to have access to hot water wherever their travels take them.

Inspired by the natural mobility of migratory birds, Bavčić designed Nomad to be portable, lightweight, and beautifully shaped like a stork. To make Nomad portable, Bavčić designed the water heater to disassemble into separate parts that be stowed away for easy packing and traveling.

Once all of the parts are put back together, Nomad’s heating abilities are activated once the device’s orange tip is submerged in water. Users simply place their desired cup of liquid on Nomad’s electric base underneath the heating nozzle and soon enough, hot water is at their fingertips. When there’s no liquid present, the heating elements are automatically shut off to ensure safe operation during and following use.

When traveling, having access to hot water means there will always be coffee in the morning and tea at night. While the entire product requires AC or batteries, once Nomad is charged, the entire operation can be controlled from your smartphone. Bavčić also equipped Nomad with programmed heating so once your alarm goes off in the morning, Nomad turns on. With Nomad, Bavčić makes sure that we’ll never face a morning without a cup of coffee.

DesigneR: Hamza Bavčić

Xiaomi’s portable water dispenser can instantly heat up your water for a quick cup of tea

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With a tiny form-factor, a clean design, and a simple UI, the JMEY M2 dispenser from Xiaomi is both convenient as well as functional. Equipped with suction-cups on its base that keeps the small device constantly stable and grounded, the M2 allows you to connect either a bottle or an external water-reservoir to it, effectively turning it into a neat water dispenser you can control by pressing down on a capacitive touch panel on the top.

The M2 even has a rapid heating feature that allows you to set a higher temperature. Perfect for when you want to make some tea, coffee, or even a packet of soup or ramen, the M2’s internal 1-liter tank instantly heats the water up, giving you piping hot water when you need it. The device comes with its own external water reservoir which plugs neatly into the M2, although if you want to mount a regular bottle onto it, a simple attachment allows you to easily plug your own bottled water into the M2 too.

Designer: Xiaomi

Guilt-free Tea

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It might not seem like a lot, but an incredible amount of energy is wasted in keeping water hot after its been boiled. Rather than boil, re-boil and repeat just to enjoy a little tea, turn to Ferv! This insulated kettle keeps water piping hot for up to 4 hours so there’s no need to keep reheating. Better yet, it has a smart user-interface located directly on the top of the lid that communicates temperature and on/off functionality to the user.

Designer: Abidur Chowdhury

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