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Hoimo@ani.social 4 days ago
I want a microwave that has a database of every possible food type that tells it the optimal programming for everything, supported by sensors measuring weight, humidity, maybe even an infrared camera inside, if those can survive microwaves.
Until I have that: 100% until stuff starts to steam/bubble boil, take it out, bite into it, regret not putting it in for longer, eat mostly cold leftovers.
encrust9870@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Hoimo@ani.social 4 days ago
Interesting, I can see why it failed though. TCP’s ideal situation is that you buy a microwaveable item with a TCP code on the box, pop it in your TCP enabled microwave, punch in the code and done. But those items will still need instructions for people without TCP microwaves, so those aren’t really my problem anyway. I want to know how long I should microwave my leftover pasta (plastic container, 300g, from the fridge). TCP would have me… go to a website and look up the right code in a table? I could probably find the right settings for a regular microwave in much the same way and that way I might actually learn something useful instead of an opaque 4-digit code.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Ultimate convenience microwave - add a camera inside the microwave and use image recognition to identify the food and automatically cook it perfectly.
And this is how you end up with an AI subscription-based microwave that sells your data.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 days ago
That would cost like $1500
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Theres absolutely no reason an infared camera couldnt survive a microwave. All you would need is for the camera body to be outside, and to have a mesh blocking the sensor. You wouldnt be able to go through the door if the door is glass(not that ive ever seen a glass microwave door) because glass blocks infared, not sure about plastic. either way though, you could just cut a hole, remove the plastic, and then replace the mesh. Youd have to do some software work to ensure the camera is not picking up the heat from the mesh.
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The Antique Microwave Oven that’s Better than Yours
DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 days ago
You can see a technology connection a mile away
Hoimo@ani.social 4 days ago
I just remembered that this video is where I got the idea from and came to edit my comment to link it! It should be possible to build something like that in 2025, no? Why is every microwave I see in stores the exact same microwave my parents bought 30 years ago but in black?
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Black plastic doesn’t yellow like white. Microwaves are pretty much a commoditized item. Unless they’re trying to make it a “smart device” and sell you a subscription.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
My microwave does all of the humidity sensing stuff and has a variable power transformer. Setting it to 70% doesn’t mean 70% of the time it’s on at full power (ie PWM), it means it’s running continuously at 70% power.
It was made in 2024 and cost $120.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It’s so absurd that Panasonic still has exclusive rights to that. It was never a novel idea and they’ve been profiteering and holding back humanity for nearly a full human lifetime at this point.