October 23, 2007

Iron Chef for Astronauts? The Canadian Space Agency Kitchen is the victor against NASA's.

image from collectspace.com

Not only has the Canadian dollar overtaken the US dollar in value. Canada's space snacks are a better value too. Developed by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for the Canadian Space Agency, these snacks rival NASA's in taste and texture. We don't want Canadian astronauts bullied into handing over their delicious snacks by fellow US Astronauts. In the interest of preventing inter-galactic lunchroom fistfights, Congress better start reallocating funds so the NASA kitchen gets the money it needs to prepare some tastier snacks.

The problem with NASA's freeze-dried snacks is that if you're eating sliced strawberries or Neopolitan ice cream bars, they all taste like oversweetened sofa foam. That's why the Canadian Space Agency just unveiled their own contribution to the space munchies race: the "Canasnack." A cream-filled sandwich cookie, it's made with all-Canadian ingredients like maple sugar, cranberries, blueberries, canola oil and oatmeal. The cookies are bite-sized, which offsets the risk of any potential crumbs floating around in the gravity-free cabin and jamming circuitry boards.

Another new Canadian snack being eaten on NASA's shuttle mission STS-118 is caribou jerky. According to astronaut Dave Williams, speaking to media via satellite uplink, dried strips of salty reindeer meat are the perfect way to get pumped for a spacewalk. Onward, Blitzen!

Posted by Cakehead at 03:07 PM | Comments (0)

September 17, 2007

Intel Demos Skulltrail PC Gaming Platform with Soda Fountain Potential

All those juices in the new Intel dual-socket PC platform make it look like it could moonlight as a soda fountain. Juice up with a jolt of Red Bull before revving up for some extreme gaming. The platform is running their upcoming 45-nanometer Quad-Cores, X38 chipset and dual-x16 PCI Express Graphics.

The board —specially created by Intel and NVIDIA for the show— used two GeForce cards in SLI. However, the big news is that either Intel or its partners could included NVIDIA's nForce MCP technology in future Skulltrail boards. The PCs will be designed for extreme gaming, which may mean either kicking butt in BioShock or playing Tetris while doing bungee jumps.

[via Gizmodo]

Posted by Cakehead at 02:14 PM | Comments (0)

August 22, 2007

Why do industrial products and science projects looks so tasty?

Let us know which non-edible scientific breakthrough looks the most appetizing. Or tell us what industrial product has you salivating.

Aerogel or "Frozen Smoke": "Aerogel can completely transform the 21st century as it can protect your home against a bomb blast, mop up oil spillages and even aid man in the first manned mission to the red planet scheduled for 2018." [Gizmowatch via BuzzFeed]

Fluffy pink fiberglass insulation makes you feel like you're at the country fair.

We'd like to chew on this silicone air hose for hours.

This volcano science project is actually edible. Click here for a recipe.

In her art work entitled, "Dried Gels and Stoppers," artist, K. Gotek wants "to convey a sense of simultaneous serenity and urgency, exactly mimicking the practice of science." Well, we're licking our chops with the urgent desire to gobble these morsels up.

Posted by Cakehead at 02:41 AM | Comments (0)

July 10, 2007

iPhone: Will It Blend?

Everybody is running out to buy the iPhone. But we're more impressed with this blender and its ability to crush the iPhone into a fine black powder. In the Will It Blend lab, everything from cans of Cheez Whiz to transformers are thrown in the Total Blender to find out if will blend. Just think of the magic it will work on those cool frozen drinks for summer. Resist the urge to unclump the frozen strawberries with your fingers. We're guessing this blender can do a number on knuckles and human bones.

Posted by Cakehead at 03:47 AM | Comments (0)