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Hug me.

This is a vending machine located in Singapore as part of Coca-Cola’s ‘Open Happiness’ campaign. The machine dispenses a free Coke for giving it a hug. 

Because people are living too long..

Because people are living too long and the queue at St. Peter is too short, Pizza Hut has introduced a new pizza crust stuffed with hotdogs. Unfortunately, it’s currently only available at Pizza Huts in the UK. 

Darth Vader’s black bun

The Belgian fast food chain Quick is celebrating the upcoming “Phantom Menace 3D” movie premiere by launching four “Star Wars”-themed burgers.

Darth Vader Burger is very spicy and served on a black bun. Humans don’t like viands that are looking dangerous or uneatable. The foods that are hazardous are dressed with spikes, carry a penetrating smell or carry a fearsome color. There is also the factor of habituation. Heinz tried green ketchup; it didn’t stick.

So the black buns are probably just for attracting attention and profiting of that in the future.

source Shortlist

Chrome trout or gold-plated pies - Food spray paint

Want to impress your guests at a dinner party? Well take your spray can and surprise them. The Deli Garage developed a harmless and tasteless metallic spray to give food a freaky color. Easy to use with the spray can and the result is beautiful. Why not create a chrome trout or gold-plated pies. Food Finish brings new luster in the creative cuisine.

source Craftzine

Bio Digester Island - The Microbial Home by Philips Design

Philips Design is launching the latest Probes project Microbial Home at Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2011, which runs from Saturday 22 October – Sunday 30 October.
The Microbial Home Probe is a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design solutions to energy, cleaning, food preservation, lighting and human waste. It is being displayed at the Piet Hein Eek gallery, Eindhoven – see the DDW website for more details.

This is the central hub in the Microbial Home system. Consists of a methane digester, which converts bathroom waste solids and vegetable trimmings into methane gas that is used to power a series of functions in the home.

 The hub is designed as a repositionable kitchen island, including a chopping surface with vegetable waste grinder, a gas cooking range, a glass tank that shows energy reserves and glass elements showing pressure, volume and readiness of compost sludge.

The larder is a system designed to keep ‘living food’ fresh, by using natural processes (as opposed to dead food in the refrigerator). The larder consists of an evaporative cooler and vegetable storage system built into a dining table.

The urban beehive is a concept for keeping bees at home. The beehive is designed to allow us a glimpse into the world of these industrious creatures and to harvest the honey that they produce.

It consists of two parts: entry passage and flower pot outside, and glass vessel containing an array of honeycomb frames, inside.

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These are just the highlights of the Microbial Home, for more information please check out the Philips website or visit them at the Dutch Design Week.

source Yanko Design & Philips