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Nuker.]]>Dec 31st 2006 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/Dec 31st 2006 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/Dec 31st 2006 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/
we have been using these for months for our baby...spoon changes color depending on temp...probably found in every baby food corner of a store]]>Dec 31st 2006 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/Dec 31st 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/Dec 31st 2006 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_materials -

(Those chemistry lessons are paying off - finally!)
These are cheap to make and are extremely useful (also hard-wearing).

Oh, and Engadget? Come back to us when you have news of a superconductor being implemented and mass-production of said item is imminent (ie. within the next decade). Thank you.]]>Dec 31st 2006 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/
They probably weren't as accurate as these ones, but the idea has defiantly been around for a while.]]>Dec 31st 2006 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/
You're not supposed to heat up food in the microwave with a plastic cover because the heated plastic becomes apart of the the food. Same way coffee melts Styrofoam cups a little bit. Just because its not fully melted doesn't mean some of it doesn't gets in there.

I'd take my chances with a metal spoon and hot soup any day.]]>Dec 31st 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/
They do mention it for it's aesthetic value... I'm sure all of you have plain, beige computer cases, right? And you never consider looks when buying a car or piece of stereo equipment...

You don't have to eat with the spoon. Personally I like it, it looks a lot nicer than 'an old thermometer', wouldn't you say? Besides... are old thermometers really microwave safe? I think it's an innovative use for modern materials. I wouldn't eat with it, but I wouldn't eat with a thermometer either. I'd keep it attached to the fridge or in a drawer and use it just for heating. If I nuked that much, personally I'm a pot'n'pan stove man. (yay for unintended culinary rhymes!)]]>Dec 31st 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/31/heat-sensitive-spoons-designed-for-better-cooking/
I'm not saying its going to kill you or make you sick. Well, not that day. But over years of trace amounts of plastic in your system, it adds up.

And no, I don't drive a hybrid car or wear tye-die.
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