You never knew you needed a rugged, battery-powered coffee maker, but you do

Japanese tool maker Makita has a new product in its arsenal, and it's quite different from your typical power drill. The CM501D, dug out by Asahi Shimbun (via The Verge) is a battery-powered, rugged coffee maker. 

Now why would you need a battery-powered, rugged coffee maker, you might ask. That's easy: To bring it along when you go on adventures! Or a picnic. Or a boat. Or when you relocate to a desert island. 

Of course, your adventuring friends will make fun of you at first. You're a hipster, they'll say. But give it a day or two, and one by one, they'll come to your tent (boat, cave, mud fortress) and beg for coffee. And you'll give it to them, because you're a benevolent coffee god.  Read more...