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RFID Cookware

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the never-burn-your-water-again dept.

HaggiZ writes "Vitacraft are claiming to have what they call RFIQin Robotic Cookware (unfortunate name). It's basically pots and pans that you can place RFID cooking cards in the handle with. The communicate with the induction stove 16 times a second to adjust the cooking when required. Neat idea, although I'm not sure anything I cook needs to have it's temperature reviewed or adjusted every 0.06 of a second." For all the evil uses of RFID that have been floated over the years, it's nice to see that someone is going to finally make it so I stop burning my lunch.

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  1. This being Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I assumed it was for cooking RFID to kill it. Just like if I saw "RFID Aluminum hat" here, I'd assume it was to block it, not use it to monitor head heat.

  2. It's Linge'RFIQin good! by pieterh · · Score: 3, Funny

    One more step to being able to cook a meal without leaving the desk.

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    1. Re:It's Linge'RFIQin good! by John.P.Jones · · Score: 2, Funny

      All I need is more negative feedback on my cooking... I get plenty of that already.

  3. More money for useless toys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What's next, an RFID fork that communicates with your plate to pick up just the right amount of food?

  4. ummm... by heatdeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's nice to see that someone is going to finally make it so I stop burning my lunch.

    Well, no, it'll just help regulate the temperature more accurately. It's still up to you to remember to stop playing doom 3 and go rescue your omlette from becoming a black crunchy lump.

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    1. Re:ummm... by Fatal67 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, the obvious use for this would be int he modern kitchen where you can pull up the recipe and cooking instructions from a LCD in the wall / countertop / whatever. The HKPC (home kitchen PC)(TM) would communicate with the pots and pans and trigger an alert so you know what pot to use. The LCD mounted on the pot handle would display the name of the ingredient and how much you are supposed to put in it.

      The Pot(TM) and The Stove(TM) are in constant communication to control tempatures and times. Since they are in communication with the rest of The Meal(TM) also, they know when to slow it down so that the whole meal finishes at the same time.

      I am not sure this setup would have saved me from the day I had to call my mother and ask her how to use the electric can-opener because my wife was not home. It will allow just about anyone to cook more than your standard ramen noodles and ravioli.

    2. Re:ummm... by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well... It could tell Doom and then all the monsters could laugh at you when it does burn. (Which would be nothing compared to RFID tags in your laundry and a reader in your washing machine. "Haha! Look he put red in with white again! Die pink boy! *BAP*BAP*BAP*!")

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  5. Microwave... by eosp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't you melt the chip? It _is_ metal, after all. (I learned the hard way with a Pop-Tart wrapper.)

  6. Taco by truthsearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's nice to see that someone is going to finally make it so I stop burning my lunch.

    Scary thought for someone named after a food...

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  7. Nice by kryten_nl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice, now the industrial complex will know if I like my eggs baked or boiled.

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  8. This is part of the RealPlate act by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which insures the identity of your cookware and that only legal US plates are used and that taxes are paid. The RealPlate act will insure that your china is not made in China and that only US knifes and forks labor to cut your meat.

  9. Close, but not close enough by Brento · · Score: 3, Funny

    The next thing would be pantry integration. I'd like to pick out a stack of recipe cards, drop them into a pile, and have the system figure out what I need to buy versus what I've already got - especially since it could link with RFID tags of the stuff in my cupboard. Granted, it won't know which items are full and which are empty, so it won't know if I've got enough vegetable oil for the particular recipe, but it can always print out a list of exceptions that I could investigate.

    Then, I need it to integrate with my wine cellar, so it can see whether I've got an appopriately matching wine for each of the recipes.

    And it'd obviously have an internet connection, so it could check prices on each of the ingredients. I could put in my work address and my girlfriend's work address, and it could balance out the list and prices so it could SMS me (or her, depending on the shop) right before I leave work.

    Ha! This is Slashdot! Who am I kidding? I don't have a girlfriend, a wine cellar OR a job! Much less RFID cookware, bwahaha. Now pass me that pizza delivery menu.

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  10. The grand plan by peektwice · · Score: 2, Funny

    1: Come up with crappy inductive heating cookware/stove combo. 2: ??? 3: Make liberal use of the term RFID in marketing hype 4: Post slashvertisement 5: Profit!

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  11. English by quokkapox · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's basically pots and pans that you can place RFID cooking cards in the handle with.

    ENGLISH, CmdrTaco, ENGLISH! ! !

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  12. I wonder how this.. by quick_dry_3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..will pan out boom tish

    Interesting idea, can it alter temperatures per pot on the stove? so my meat sauce cooks on high then simmers while something else does a controlled slow cook? Nice vendor lock in - you now have to buy pots, pans, skillets AND the stove they belong to.

  13. Re:Grammar Police to the rescue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dear Grammar Police,

    It seems as though you are attempting to write correctly, let me help. Posessive [sic] is spelled possessive.

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