Gizmodo: Soda

Pour Thing Keeps Sticky Sodas Off Your Gadgets

Sean Fallon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:55:00 EDT

Spilling soda is a death sentence for gadgets. Even if it still works, that damn thing is going to be sticky forever. The new "Pour Thing" helps prevent spills from awkward 2-liter bottles using a container that can be manipulated with an easy push. To be honest, it seems that this thing could actually cause more spills than it prevents because you would have to put it on the edge of a table to finish it off. Plus, the physics of the swinging action could catch someone off guard if they are not paying attention. Using 2-liter bottles sucks anyway—I say stick with nerd-friendly cans. Available for $19.95. [Solutions via 7 Gadgets]

Cooler Scoop Prevents Ice Hands

Jason Chen — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:00:55 EDT

You know how you get the Han Solo shivers after you shove your arm into a cooler to find the last beer in a sea of Diet Pepsis? What you need is the cooler scoop, a scoop that proxys for your arm in order to dig out a drink without freezing to death. The only problems we could potentially have with this are the relatively short handle and the fact that the scoop only holds one, which means multiple trips are necessary—unlike the fishing net strategy we were picturing. [TaylorGifts via Cooking Gadgets]

Coke: The Most Dangerous Fuel

www.gizmodo.com — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:25:52 EST

Colas such as Coke are a popular form of fuel for the sitting-in-front-of-a-computer-all-day set, but what exactly does the magical elixir do to our engines? You'll probably want to take the straw out of your mouth before reading further.

In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.

20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get it's hands on into fat. (There's plenty of that at this particular moment)

It just gets better from there. Basically, drinking Coke to give yourself energy is like filling your car with some sort of acidic jet fuel. You might get an initial speed boost, but in the end your engine isn't gonna last too long. I'll stick to whisky while I'm blogging, thank you very much. –Adam Frucci

What happens to your body if you drink a Coke right now? [via Core77]

Windows Vista Soft Drink

Jason Chen — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:15:25 EDT

Microsoft commissioned special-edition cans of the Lemon-Lime Talking Rain sparkling water for their employees, complete with Vista logo and an intranet link for them to find out more information about Vista. Guess Microsoft needs to hype up the energy internally as well, since they're adding these to the stock of other free sodas employees drink.

Apple should do the same for their upcoming Leopard launch. But instead of Lemon-Lime, they should pick a more obvious flavor—grape. – Jason Chen

The Insider: Microsoft rolls out Windows Vista, the soft drink [Seattle PI via Sagags]

Programmable Soda Bottles

rhbaby — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:42:18 EST

Ipfini offers the ability to program your soda with up to 32 different combinations. The patent-pending bottle design has aroma, flavor and color buttons on the side. The bottle is filled with basic carbonated high-fructose water and the user hits additives to taste. For instance, press the cherry flavor button and add the lime smell. One can only assume you shake the bottle vigorously to mix and then hand it to an unsuspecting cow-orker and enjoy the show. After hearing it was programmable, the obvious questions arose: where are the caffeine buttons and will it run Linux?

Customizable Soda [The Raw Feed]