From the Portable Pizza Pouch to Soylent’s (video) game-changer, below are some interesting reads from the week:
NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) paid General Mills' James Ford Bell Technical Center.
"General Mills is an iconic company with lots of great brands," Cynthia Bouthot, director of Commercial Innovation & Business Development for CASIS told Kevin Hunt, the social media manager in global communications at the company. "The types of research that you could potentially do in microgravity on the ISS are really relevant for you and we think really match our capability."
The Portable Pizza Pouch is a perfect invention
Ever not wanted that last slice of pizza but knew it would come in handy later? The Portable Pizza Pouch is here to help. The slice can be zip-locked and worn on one's neck. I wonder if Pizza Rat could have benefited from this.
Is the fig ready for a comeback as demand increases? NPR's The Salt examines the issue.
Soylent's latest idea is one that fits with its meal replacement premise: providing nutrients to professional video gamers who don't want to eat food or have enough hours in the day to do so. A company executive will be walking around in a space suit this weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York with samples at a video game event.
The target audience for Taco Bell's new blog is no surprise
Taco Bell launched a new website with a simple and logical URL: ta.co. The website has new features like the ability to personalize menu items and order food in advance, plus a lifestyle blog called "The Feed" geared at — no shock here — millennials.
Plus, this Modern Farmer tweet is on point:
Hey, @Twitter! We keep trying to put up a pic of raw chicken, but you keep taking it down. We swear it's not obscene. #poultryproblems
— Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) October 1, 2015