Gizmodo: bowls

Loopa 'Spill-Resistant' Bowl Uses a Gyroscope to Prevent Spills When You're Gyrating

Andi Wang — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:30:13 EDT

Labeled as "gravity-defying," this spill-resistant bowl uses gyroscopes to avoid spillage, no matter which way kids turn, tip and flip it. Impressive, but I'm sure I can still find ways to create a mess.

In fact, ~~the other day~~ as a kid—while eating my sugary breakfast cereal—I would jump on my bed with my bowl still in hand: Spillage. Then there were those times I'd throw my bowl across the room when my mom would make me eat brussels sprouts: Spillage. Granted, those bowls didn't have the same type of technology, but gravity-defying? The Loopa gyroscope-esque bowls probably would only be able to resist spilling to an extent, but anything involving kids and food cannot be 100% spill-resistant, can it?

Although it seems like just another gadget for gullible mothers, with a $8.95 price tag, it still might actually be worth giving the Loopa spill-resistant bowl a shot. [Product Page via Craziest Gadgets]

Play In a College Football Bowl Game, Get Piles of Free Gear

Jack Loftus — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST

There's more to playing football in college than a potential NFL contract and a sound education—there's stacks of free gear and gadgets to be had too!

Just as an example, the players that butt heads in the Rose Bowl will receive a package that includes:

# Sony DVD camcorder
# Commemorative Fossil watch
# Commemorative Ogio backpack
# Commemorative New Era 5950 fitted hat
# Commemorative plaque
# Commemorative autograph football
# One-year subscription to ESPN the Magazine

And the title game between Florida and Oklahoma? Try a $300 Sony Gifting Suite (player's choice up to $300 in Sony electronics), a Tourneau Watch, and a Blockbuster video movie rental subscription. Even the lowly Poinsettia Bowl, which I hadn't heard of until today, nets players an iPod touch and some Best Buy gift cards.

Oh, how I hate my decision to go into journalism. All I have to show for it is a drinking problem and the ability to toss anonymous snark around the Net with the grace of a disgruntled gazelle. Sigh. [FOX Sports]

Flavour Designs Solves the Mystery of the Tipping Bowl

Haroon Malik — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Sure, this soup is great. Yeah, I'm really enjoying it. Aw, crap—the spoon's only gone and tipped the freaking bowl all over my Diesels. Well, not anymore, friends. Please welcome Flavour Design's problem solving bowl, cleverly titled, And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon. It is so simple it will make you cry about all those embarrassing times you could have easily avoided—a receptacle for the spoon actually built into the bowl. Pure genius. Nobel Prize committee, the search is over for this year's Peace Prize winner. [Neatorama via Boing Boing]

O Aquarium/Vase: For Flowers, Fish

Mark Wilson — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:22:58 EST

Produced by Paris studio 5.5 Designers, the O Aquarium/Vase is an elegant combination of aquatic and plant life that will beautify your home without torturing the fish like those beta+flower minitanks do.

Sure, the concept is simply a vase stuck in a bowl, but it's executed with grace and that counts for a lot. Now where should we stick our treasure chest/diver/topless mermaid bubbler? – Mark Wilson

5.5 Home [via core77]

Chill-a-Bowl Water Dish

Travis Hudson — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:00:34 EDT

Believe it or not there are reasons that dogs (and even cats) drink out of the toilet. With how much beer I manage to drink, it seems the toilet water is always fresher and colder than the week old giant bowl of water on the floor. The Chill-a-bowl is a freezable water dish that keeps the liquid cold for a few precious hours more. For a mere $14.99 your dog will love you. Until it pees on the carpet again. That means it hates you.

Product Page [Via GadgetryBlog]