Each century and each decade has its own food trends, which arise from changes in the modern culture and influence the culture simultaneously. So, culinary can be named one of the most powerful tools in shaping tomorrow’s attitudes and likes, and that’s why we need to know these tendencies. The international manufacturer of home appliances Electrolux has surveyed the world’s most influential food critics and chefs to reveal the top trends in the culinary world—as it turns out, now the hottest thing in this area is “a Scandinavian bistro style slow street food restaurant with Japanese influences focusing on local ingredients,” says the press release.

The worst thing about mornings is waking up, but Philips helps mankind deal with it. Last year, the domestic appliances manufacturer launched the hilarious ‘Wake up the Town’ project, a one-of-a-kind experiment which took place in Longyearbyen, Norway, the world’s northern-most settlement with a population over 2,000, where sun doesn’t rise for about four months each year. There, the brand was testing its Wake-up Light, gadget, an alarm-clock, which uses light, not the usual annoying sounds to help people shake off drowsiness in the morning—it was a tough challenge regarding the fact that in the town the polar night lasts from October till February. The residents of the town received the gadget to use it during the dark period and when the long night was over, they provided their feed-back. After six weeks of the experiment, 87% of respondents said they “were waking up feeling more refreshed, alert and ready for the day,” so Wake-up Light proved its effectiveness in extreme conditions (see the report here), but will it help people in countries where sun doesn’t disappear for longer than 12 hours?