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Harnessing the power of convection currents of heated water, Hideki Watanabe’s pot creates a vortex which stirs food as it cooks without any moving parts.  Someone please get this guy on Kickstarter!  Video after the cut.

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That is one gorgeous re-imagining of a traditional food steamer. Love the way they preserved the bamboo feel but brought it up to date with reliable ceramic.  Makes we wish I did enough steam cuisine to justify owning this set.

Steamer Set, designed by Office for Product Design for JIA Inc, is a modern interpretation of the traditional steamer. Steaming food has been at the core of traditional Chinese cooking, but the Chinese steamer has hardly seen any change to its aesthetic, until now. This new rendition reinterprets the classic steamer into a modernized and functional design.

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Very impressive self contained designed for a solar cooker (and water purifier) with accompanying rations.  Although it seems primarily intended for disaster relief and emergencies, I could see this being a nice addition to an off the grid scenario.  Additional images, information and video after the cut.

As the disaster occur frequently, solving the question of disaster victims’ care and livelihood is government’s most important work. But withdrawing the disaster victims from the disaster areas or investing the ready-made commodity in the areas is the futile continually vast project. In the disaster areas waiting for rescue and reconstruction, the disaster …
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In an age of super light, exotic pressured gas mixes in proprietary canisters, Camping Solutions’ Frontier Stove is a marvelous throw-back that is remarkable durable, reliable and practical.  I love the design that looks like you could fight a bear off with it, or haul it to the next base camp. The only challenge?  A US distributor?

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