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Ice Straws Mold Makes Ice Tubes, Not Ice Cubes

Technabob — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:44:00 +0000

Here’s a fun way to keep your beverages nice and cool at the same time as giving you a nice straw to drink from. This special silicone rubber ice mold can freeze six 8-inch-long, frosty straws at once.

A plug at the ends of each tray ensure that water doesn’t get into the middle of the straw molds, so you can drink through them. The straws this thing produces look a little chunky to me, but that’s okay – just more ice surface area to keep your drink chilled.

Ice Straw trays are available over at FredFlare for $14(USD) each. I’d love to see someone come up with ice-based Crazy Straws. That’s an ice tray I’d buy.

Titanium Drinking Straws Laugh In the Face of Plastic Straws

Technabob — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:51:29 +0000

Continuing in the tradition of geeky items none of us really need, the guys over at ThinkGeek have dug up another goodie – the titanium drinking straw. Yep – just what every one of us nerd-dorks needs – a straw made out of metal!

It’s made from sturdy, food-safe titanium, and because of its poor thermal conductivity, will let you sip hot or cold beverages without the straw being adversely affected by the temperature. While you may think that a titanium straw might only be a way to replace a bunch of cheap plastic straws, you should take pause to think of the possibilities. Can your plastic straw do this?…

Not only will you have a metal straw you can keep forever, you can use it to piece through fruit, milk cartons and even aluminum cans without so much as flinching.

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You can grab yourself a titanium straw over at ThinkGeek for $15 (USD) a piece. Sure, you could buy nearly 1500 plastic straws for the same price, but you wouldn’t be nearly as cool… unless, of course you made something like this out of the 1500 straws:

Constructable Straws Are Like Erector Sets for Milkshakes

Karen M. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:32:44 +0000

Bendy straws are soooo last century. This constructable straw set allows you to make straws of all shapes and dimensions – even straws that allow you to drink from multiple glasses at the same time.

Designed by Frank Frisari and John McCoy, the set includes a variety of rubber connector pieces to hook your straws together. You can buy a set for $14 from MoMA.

Here’s what I’m thinking, because I love milkshakes. Vanilla, meet chocolate. Rendezvous point: inside my mouth. Yeah!

[via CookingGadgets]