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June 14, 2006
Self-Stirring Mug
What I can't understand is why they don't offer a matching beanie with a propeller on top.
But I digress.
From the website:
- Self-Stirring Mug
A favorite gift among our customers, this mug has a miniature battery-operated propeller at the bottom of the well that spins at 3,000 RPM at the touch of a button on the handle, automatically stirring your beverage and eliminating the need to dispose of stirrers or find a place to leave coffee-dampened spoons.
At your command the propeller re-stirs mugs of hot chocolate, coffee, or tea, preventing chocolate or sugar from settling out of solution and overcoming the traditional challenge of adequately mixing honey in a hot drink.
The mug includes a lid to keep contents from spilling and retain heat and the lid can be placed underneath the mug's base as an impromptu coaster.
The mug is lightweight injection-molded plastic sheathed in a stainless-steel exterior.
Requires two AA batteries.
"Honey-challenged" — I've been vexed by less.
Two for $29.95.
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Or you could build on Skipweasel's idea and include a warming base to house the electrics. Drop the bean in, turn it on, have warmed AND stirred honeyed or powdered beverages - no lid required. But you'd probably have to hire a good legal team for the first time someone swallowed your magnetic bean.
All this lab talk is making me nostalgic for those sleek silver bases, autoclaves and petri dishes. ;)
Posted by: Shawn Lea | Jun 14, 2006 4:50:49 PM
I reckon they've got that all wrong. The stirrer should be a magnetic bean you drop in the bottom, the batteries should be in the lid, driving a solid-state set of coils which would whizz the bean round, just like lab stirrers. That way the electrics would be out of the way in the lid, the mug could be washed in the dishwasher along with everything else.
Posted by: Skipweasel | Jun 14, 2006 4:20:40 PM
Just don't put them in the dishwasher - no more stirring after that.
Posted by: Mark | Jun 14, 2006 3:37:50 PM
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