For the folks designing kitchen tools at Oxo, inspiration can come from anywhere.

Take for example the patented brake design on their salad spinner.

Senior product engineer Mac Moore explains.

The area of the pad that comes down on the ring is larger,

so the breaking force is stronger.

The second really cool feature is that the break doesn't squeak.

The inspiration for that came from actually the way that the

brakes on a bicycle contact the rim.

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They say that the most important discoveries were made out of true need, like fire, the moldboard plow vaccines.

Now I'm going to add one more to that list that's not on too many others

fermented beverages. Okay I'm biased here I've been brewing beer for decades and I think

that whomever discovered all those thousands of years ago, that drinking a funky

smelling mixture that was festering in a hot jar should have their own day named after them.

Or at the very least, let's throw them a parade. Fermented beverages

kept people alive. It was often safer to drink meat or wine instead of water. Fermentation

was sort of a preservation for foods as well. of So all of this is to say that I feel pretty well versed in the whole world of fermentation.

Or I thought I was.

Until I heard about a beverage from Korea that was a little fizzy, a bit boosy, and had a tart tangy flavor.

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