понедельник, 11 апреля 2011 г.

Use squirrels to save water


Are you a plant or animal lover? Here is a marvelous eco-friendly idea. This nice plant pot, which was designed by New Arriwa Co. Ltd., has a secret. A small cute squirrel rises from the log when you water the plant once every few days. After the water is absorbed by the soil, the squirrel hides again. And you always know if your plant needs some water, or it would be better to wait a couple of days.

пятница, 8 апреля 2011 г.

Rice returns

People in Sanyo were so concerned that consumption of domestic rice in Japan has decreased by half compared to fifty years ago that they invented a magic machine to help the situation.

This magic machine makes bread from rice. As our friend, Naoko Odaka, told us that it was impossible before to make rice bread at home, because rice grains are very hard and cannot be easily processed. Rice-flour always existed, of course, but it was very expensive. The rice bread cooker makes bread directly from rice, and now every Japanese family can make rice bread at home.

The demand for that machine was so high, that it is out of stock now. Probably, rice consumption in Japan will be back to original figures soon. And we wish someone went that far to make us eat oats, when we were kids.