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Category: Education & Discovery

  • Oct 2, 2025

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    Connected Kitchen, Education & Discovery, News, Wellness

    Your Smart Light Bulb Just Told You Your Blood Sugar’s Spiking. Is This The Smart Home’s Next Frontier?

    Nowadays, when a smart light bulb shifts from soft white to red, it usually means someone’s at the door, the dog got out, or another home automation routine has been

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  • Jul 9, 2024

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    Business of Food, Education & Discovery, Foodtech, Future Food, News

    The Thimus T-Box Will Measure Brain Waves to Tell You if Someone is Lying About That New Casserole

    So you think you’re a good cook, do ya? Let me let you in on a little secret: If you’re basing that impression on what people told you about that

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  • Apr 3, 2024

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    Connected Kitchen, Education & Discovery, News

    Whirlpool Lays Off Entire Team for Cooking and Recipe App Yummly

    Appliance giant Whirlpool has let its entire Yummly team go. According to industry sources, the company recently laid off all the employees for the recipe and cooking app and website.

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  • Mar 9, 2022

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    Education & Discovery, News

    Can Food-Centric Streaming Platform Kittch Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

    In 2016 I got a pitch about a hugely successful entrepreneur who was launching a streaming site dedicated to foodies. Steve Chen, the co-founder of Youtube, was combining a love

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  • Dec 7, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, Future of Recipes, News, Next-Gen Cooking

    Introducing Manna Cooking, the Recipe App That’s All About Community

    The idea for Manna Cooking came, in a way, from CTO and co-founder Guy Greenstein’s mom — a private chef who cooks all-vegan, all-kosher food. It dawned on Greenstein one

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  • Nov 30, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, News

    With New Funding Mustard Adds More Relish to the Food Ordering Experience

    For hungry L.A. diners unable to decide between the Caliente Burger from Tommy’s in Van Nuys and Yukdaehang from a Korean restaurant in Los Angeles, Mustard may be the perfect

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  • Nov 23, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, Food Waste, News, Non-Tech

    FryAway Turns Your Used Cooking Oil Into a Disposable Solid

    When used cooking oil gets poured down the drain, it doesn’t disappear. It ends up in sewer systems, where it congeals. Over time, more oil and other debris amasses, forming

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  • Nov 15, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, Future Food, Next-Gen Cooking, Smart Kitchen Summit

    Is Home Fermentation The Next Big Kitchen Tech Opportunity?

    There’s been a fermentation boom in restaurants over the past decade. Chefs everywhere are using the age-old technique to make everything from kimchi to katsuobushi, and nowadays, it’s not out

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  • Nov 7, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, Modern Farmer, Smart Kitchen Summit

    SKS 2021: Meet Culineer, an App That Connects Home Cooks With Local Food Producers

    Time to meet our next startup for the Smart Kitchen Summit Startup Showcase: Culineer. Culineer is an app that helps home cooks find recipes and connects them to local farmers

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  • Aug 10, 2021

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    Alternative Protein, Business of Food, Cellular Agriculture, Cultured Meat, Education & Discovery, Featured, Foodtech, Future Food

    Shiok Meats Acquires Gaia Foods, Will Add Beef to Its Cultured Meat Lineup

    Shiok Meats, a company best known for its developments in cultured seafood, has acquired a 90 percent steak in Gaia Foods, according to Tech in Asia, which broke the news.

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  • Aug 9, 2021

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    Education & Discovery, Interfaces, News, Virtual Reality

    Make Beats at the Breakfast Table with Reese’s Puffs AR Cereal Box Drum Machine

    After seeing Mark Ronson’s “Watch the Sound” series on music, my 10-year-old son is now very into drum machines and beats. And while he would love a vintage Roland TR

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  • Aug 5, 2021

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    Business of Food, Delivery & Commerce, Education & Discovery, Featured, Food Waste, Future of Recipes, Waste Reduction

    Plant Jammer Expands Its Food Waste Tech to Aldi, RIMI Baltic

    Aldi Süd and RIMI Baltic are among the first large food companies to implement Plant Jammer’s new food-waste-fighting widget on their websites, according to a press release from Plant Jammer

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