Three artisanal ice molds to elevate your mixology game | Small Hard Ice Cream Machine

If you want to take your cocktail party game to the next level, it may be time to invest in an ice ball mold. The appeal is obvious: The giant sphere in your glass in downright intriguing. But there’s more to it than that: Ice balls last longer and stay colder than regular ice cubes, so it helps cocktails stay cool — with less dilution — all night long.

It comes as many of the world’s biggest companies – including Amazon, Google and Apple – are racing to develop a plethora of so-called ‘smart’ devices for the home.

If you’re trying to beat the heat, Steve Greenberg, author of "Gadget Nation," is coming to the rescue with creative ways to keep you cool during the dog days of summer.

The inside bottom portion of the pitcher is metal, and it houses the stainless steel blades. You can fill the pitcher with water, but you cannot submerge the entire device in water because it has electrical connector prongs that draw power from the base.

An internal tracking feature from Point of Rental Software, Grand Prairie, Texas, allows businesses that use the company’s software to set up internal stations to track the movement of items via RFID or barcode in their warehouse through the off-rent, cleaning, prep and ready-to-rent cycle. In addition to rental software options, the company has mobile apps, Rental eSign and other products available.

Major Players included in the report are: CARPIGIANI, Bravo, Frigomat, DONPER, TAYLOR, Shanghai Lisong, Guangshen, Oceanpower, Tetra Pak, Gram Equipment, Tekno-Ice, Big Drum Engineering GmbH, Technogel, Ice Group, Catta 27, Vojta

The first ones to try were a writer named Alan Wenkus and documentarian named S. Leigh Savidge. They began writing a Straight Outta Compton screenplay together in 2002, focusing mostly on Eazy-E’s story, got Woods-Wright to sign on and sold it to New Line in 2006. Cube joined the project in 2007 as a producer, but wanted the character based on his life to have a bigger role in the plot (naturally). Cube hired a new writer (Andrea Berloff, who wrote Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center), brought Dre aboard and turned it into a drama with three equal leads — Eazy-E, Dre and himself. (DJ Yella and MC Ren, the fourth and fifth members of the group, are in the film but only as peripheral characters.) F. Gary Gray, director of The Italian Job — and a South Central native who had been collaborating with Cube since his 1991 solo video "True to the Game" — was hired to direct. It looked for sure as if a green light was imminent.

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Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead Sale price: $450 Discount: 10 percent Retailer: Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Target CR’s take: Dyson’s having a manufacturer sales event where many of its models are on discount through September 15. The recently CR-tested Cylone V10 Motorhead comes with a 25.2-volt, lithium-ion battery which runs for nealry an hour on low power. It earns an Excellent rating for bare floors cleaning, so if you have a house with little carpet, this could be a good option, though there are cheaper stick vacuums that perform similarly. It weighs 5.5 pounds.

“When I told them that the meet would be in our barn, they said, ‘Oh, my word,’” Sherri said. But it was built with gymnasts — and combines — in mind, including the floor radiant heat for the benefit of the girls who perform in bare feet.

At a dinner party I attended recently, when one of the hosts—an artist friend, who can be a little loopy—announced, as we cleared our plates of lamb tagine, that she was going to whip up some ice cream for dessert, I was skeptical. Making ice cream typically involves not only a machine but more than a day of preparation: you have to pre-chill the machine’s cannister overnight in the freezer, prepare your base—often a custard that you’ve cooked on the stovetop and let cool in the fridge—and then allow the machine to churn and freeze it for twenty minutes or so before putting it in the freezer for several hours to let it fully solidify.

Vincent Rubio, better known by the ring name Eddie Ryan, is a British professional wrestler originally from Plymouth.