The Future Of... Kitchen Counters
December 13, 2010 | Length: 00:03:22
Tablet computers may be the gadget of the moment, but what if you could turn any surface in your home into an interactive hot zone? Intel's Oasis technology recognizes ordinary objects instantly and transforms bathroom or kitchen countertops into touch screens. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das gets a cooking class courtesy of these smart counters.
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I have replied to this exact presentation before here
Intel needs to get out in the real world and talk to ordinary people that work in their kitchens everyday. Not geeks that want to gadgetize their kitchen. This is more in telling the world what they want instead of asking what is needed and supplying it.
Would it not be better to let the cook enter what they wanted to make and the computer system give the ingredients and receipe?
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>> Sumi Das: It's the daily dilemma. What to eat? Online recipe guides can help, but what if you could take what ingredients you have, place them on the counter, and find out exactly what you could whip up for dinner? In the future, our countertops may have those answers and more.
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>> Sumi Das: Researchers at Intel are trying to create what they call islands of interactivity in our homes. The technology is called Oasis. Oasis can turn any surface, whether it's a coffee table, countertop, or cabinet into a touchscreen. The key components of the technology are a computer, 3D camera, and compact projector, but the real brain behind Oasis is a series of algorithms.
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>> Sumi Das: The 3D camera gauges the exact location of user's fingers, allowing interaction with the system by touching and dragging projected images. The camera also enables object recognition.
>> What we do is take things about each object, like its shape, its colors, its texture, and we match that against objects we've seen before and know about, and so, essentially, over time we've accumulated this bigger and bigger database.
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>> Sumi Das: So the technology can tell an orange from a lemon. Once an object is recognized, Oasis can offer further details, such as nutritional information.
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>> Sumi Das: If two or more objects are placed next to each other, it can suggest recipes.
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>> Sumi Das: Beyond cooking instructions, Oasis could remind users that certain items, like ice cream, need to go back into the freezer when they've been left on the counter too long.
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>> Sumi Das: And the technology can make sure you don't forget anything at the grocery store.
>> As you're using ingredients up while you're making a dish, you can add that automatically to a shopping list, which gets pushed to your cell phone so that you have this list of, of things you need to purchase to replace.
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>> Sumi Das: While still in the early stages, ultimately, the technology could use a combined camera and projection system, about the size of a cell phone.
>> You could screw these into, for example, light bulb sockets on reading lamps or undercounter lighting as a way of getting the power to the pieces that need power and then all of the data is sent wirelessly to some kind of computer buried in the background somewhere in your house.
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>> Sumi Das: The future of kitchen counters. A creative and well-organized culinary assistant. For Smart Planet, I'm Sumi Das.
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