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- Perfection, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I digg it for its use of technology, but in reality cooking is more about technique than following a recipe. Read books by Alton Brown if you really want to learn and enjoy how to cook. I think people that frequent this site like myself would all enjoy his books.
- goredsox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2God bless Kevin...he's done excellent work over the years. But do we really have to digg every lame story just because it has his name on it? No digg.
- qwertme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So Lame, c'mon, learn to cook it's not rocket science
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How does a simple RFID tag account for important variables such as the altitude of the stove? If you live in Denver, your stove may perfectly reproduce over-cooked soups/sauces/gravies, for example. Never mind that this places an increased burden on the cook to follow his/her part of the recipe *exactly* -- I hope you don't forget to add the noodles precisely 13.4637 minutes after adding the salt.
"Hurry! Chop those carrots faster! You only have 10 seconds to throw them in the pan before the next heat profile begins!" - latour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1kevin rose diggs it, it goes straight to the front page. amazing.
- sparty1969, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You have to be kidding me (Kevin). I really feel sorry for the people that would have to use this technology. I will have to say NO DIGG with a light basil aioli topped with fried yucca and hearts of palm.
- dcipjr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, I still can't cook -- at least it's one step closer to the food replicators they showed on Star Trek.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ok, here comes the "Cooking for Dummies" book series.
- TheGooseyOne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that is awesome...are they on sale anywhere yet?
- kevinrose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha, they already have that I think...
- Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Would be cool if some sort of standard was developed. I mean that would suck: Proprietary stove, proprietary pan, proprietary recipes...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is genius.
I have this habit of destroying expensive cookware, food and setting off all the fire alarms in my apartment (which causes all of the fire alarms in my building to go off, too). The problem is, I often put something on the stove, sit down at the computer, then forget about it until the apartment is thick with smoke and the fire alarms are screeching.
Something like this would be able to shut the stove off as soon as it is finished cooking without relying on me to come save it. Absolutely awesome! - tskrilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thats cool too bad I don't cook
- wwwaddedsavings, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Finally a good way to make use to chips for cooking.
- dinki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is dumb. How hard is it to follow directions in a recipe?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, if this isn't destined to be a sponsor of "control-alt-chicken", I don't know what is...
- Fenster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I pretty much have a handle on Ramen Noodles and cereal, after that it's really just fluff.
besides - "And after the sixth seal was broken the Beast shall gaze at the automated cooking that he had created and the end of times was nigh"....look it up....i'm just saying. - rlgomes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0pillfred: I totally agree.. it's sad when you get all these really sad sad people who can't even freaking cook for themselves and are looking for an easy way of injecting nutrients into their bloodstream... SAD...
- pillfred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Learn too cook just don't so it for a living unless you want to get all 1337 with it. Cooking can be great fun, let us not forget the BBQ!
- themachina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Call me crazy, but cooking's fun because there's no technology involved (well, not much). It's like you're 13 years old again, playing with fire and knives and stuff, but now it's socially acceptable and it actually impresses girls. Why mess with that?
- HiddenForce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ha! Before reading the summary (and the summary's author), I thought this was a dupe of the "fry RFID chips in the microwave" story.
Very interesting and harmless-to-privacy use of RFID. - Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice digg, Kevin. Finally, the guesswork is taken out of cooking. Awesome
- LiThiuMElectro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0cooking for dummies... RTFM!
- rlgomes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is pretty stupid... what are you going to hold up the card like the person in the picture while you cook? whatever...
- RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This would be extremely usefull if they allowed you to program your own recipes. I would have bought it ASAP instead of the company telling you whats best to cook!
- 1ivewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I look forward to fully automated cooking, and being able to time it to exactly when I get home from work. I don't trust RFID in my car keys yet, but I'm not too picky an eater so this seems worth a try.
- SniperX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Ok, here comes the "Cooking for Dummies" book series." - ghengiskhan
"haha, they already have that I think..." - kevinrose
Haha they do, I own one (got it as a gift), "cooking fundamentals for dummies".
Oh.. and from the title did anyone else immediately imagine an overpowered RF transmitter frying something with RF waves?? - sremick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Even better would be barcodes for microwave meals.
A special bacode would be printed on the TOP of the meal. Encoded in this would be all the information the microwave needed about how much power to apply for how long, all the various stages, including pauses to prompt the user to stir/flip. Because the code actually says how many joules to apply for how many minutes, a variable inverter on the microwave would allow it to adjust its power to match what the food was expect, avoiding the problem of different power microwaves. And because the detailed information is in the barcode, it isn't necessary to cross-reference the UPC with some sort of database (that would need to be updated and would inevitably be horribly incomplete the minute it reached the consumer).
Such a smart microwave would contain a barcode scanner inside the cooking area, pointing down. The scanner would look for the existence of such a barcode on the top of whatever food was being cooked, making this pretty idiot-proof. - JackCampbell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nice, could come in handy when i move to my dorm
- matsiescruff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so, is this the secret to ctrl-alt-chicken?
- gr8fuldane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmmm.... Do you think they'll make an RFID reader for microwaves, so I won't have to punch in how long to cook my frozen dinner?
- dvdcr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so only kevin lovers will digg this cuz this is cool.. right?
- shadowsurfr1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Too bad it doesn't stir the food for you also. Then I could be _really_ lazy while things cook.
- chokedape, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's actually cool i digg
- jaknet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wicked.....
- stilesja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This article is proof that KR could submit a story with a link to a picture of a dog turd and you lemmings would digg it to the front page.
- themachina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@sremick:
Already exists and for sale. Too bad microwave food tastes like crap. - ButchCivic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Saw this on Engadget before I saw it on Digg. A stove that reads bar codes would be better. Plus what happens when the pan doesn't work anymore and people have forgotten how to cook. Kevin, take a home-ec class at your local jc or something.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cooking and Technology can work together...http://chefsjm.blogspot.com
+CHEF - mrshmants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wonder how it works for factors like altitude, things cook faster the higher ones cooking.
- dixonr315, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I would totally use this, anything to make cooking faster, simpler and perhaps a bit better quality than my microwave.
- citycarpenter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0COOL....not
- syuusuke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is perfect for college students :D
- Kinsbane, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is about the only good thing to come out of RFID thus far.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I don't think Kevin owns the site, he has said numerous times that he likes it, though. If there are more stories like this, it may drive me to add it to my RSS reader
- GabeDiaz, on 11/27/2008, -1/+0bah, only way you get good at something is by failing and trying again.
20 years from now you'll have even more girls who don't know how to cook. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"I digg it for its use of technology, but in reality cooking is more about technique than following a recipe. Read books by Alton Brown if you really want to learn and enjoy how to cook. I think people that frequent this site like myself would all enjoy his books."
Yes, because I know that what I really want to do is spend a good three hours a day cooking three decent homecooked meals on top of my 12 hours in the office, four hours of commuting, and two hours of working on my personal project before crashing for the night. Yes - cooking is exactly how I want to waste my time.
I just want the food. I don't care about any of the ***** crap -- just like I prefer to buy my clothes off the rack rather than spend all week sewing myself a pair of new pants. *****, if they had it, I'd live off of food-pills of some sort that required no cooking or storage or preperation and tasted like *****, but gave your body all the nutrition it needed to survive and maintain itself and maintain energy. - fanboy00, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Does kevin rose own the we make money not art website?
- ProAm500, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0wonder how long until this makes the frontpage....
- gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Dugg! because its by Kevinrose =-)
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