There are only two of us and heating an oven always seems like a waste of energy. Not to mention you heat up the whole kitchen something I hate doing in the middle of the summer heat. Still there are times when you need to use an oven. In fact often during the holidays one oven doesn’t seem like enough.
Let's say you're a crack team at Palm who suddenly has nothing to do because HP decides to get out of the mobile device market. What do you do to follow up on the Treo, the Centro, WebOS and the TouchPad? You create Hiku, a pebble-sized gadget that "turns everyday grocery shopping into something modern, magical and fun" and fund
The Gadget Show isn't all high-tech TVs and tablets; sometimes the gadget is much more practical. Case in point, Hygiene Innovations' Auto Stirrer, a gadget for the kitchen which unsurprisingly stirs saucepans to stop the contents burning. As you can see from the small picture on the left, it's a tripod-like device. Obviously the feet go in the sauce and the
If you think CES is all geeky gadgets and gear, think again: many household names take the opportunity to show off their latest technology-driven product developments. Home appliance manufacturer Maytag talks to Courtney about their latest innovations. Self-cleaning ovens are associated with high temperatures, long waits, clouds of smoke and bad smells as the deposits burn off. Maytag's new self-cleaning
Kenmore's Connect system turns your white goods and household appliances into smart devices. Through either a touchscreen on the device or remote access from a PC, you can see what your refrigerator is doing, how much energy it's consuming and whether there's a problem. If there is something up, Kenmore's technicians can carry out remote diagnosis to see what's wrong.