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AGA's iTotal Control range cooker packs GSM connectivity, lets you pre-heat via SMS or web
There are many options available if you want to control your appliances over WiFi, but how about an oven with its own SIM card and phone number? That's exactly what AGA has done with its latest kitchen-oriented offering, the iTotal Control range cooker. Regardless of whether you're cooking in one, or all three of its ovens, sending an SMS message to this smart appliance lets you control each one. It even texts you back to confirm whether your commands like "baking oven on" successfully initiate. The cooker naturally works over WiFi as well, giving you an on-screen emulation of its control panel on either your computer's web browser or AGA's iOS and Android apps. An external GSM remote access device -- basically a router / modem -- connects to the appliance to make it all happen, with cellular service provided by Orange. Ready to get cooking? The iTotal Control is set to sell for a hefty base-price of £10,090 (~$15,826), and you'll also be tied to a one-year contract with Orange for £5.95 (~$9) a month to enable the texting functionality. Simmer over the details at the source link below.
Caption Contest: Bakebot learns to actually bake things, feed the looming robot army
Aww, look! Bakebot's soooo cute! He's actually cooking things these days, thanks to MIT grad student Mario Bollini, who recently upped the creature's skill level in an effort to grab more calories with less effort. Little did he know, however, that teaching a self-contained machine how to feed the future uprising wasn't exactly the best long-term move. No, that creeping feeling of fear isn't unwarranted. Darren: "01001111 01001101 01000111 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001111 01001011 01001001 01000101 01010011!" Terrence: "Bakebot's lessons with the master chef were going so well, until his Bork to binary translator failed" Brian: "Bakebot love kitten. Bakebot eat kitten." Brad: "Stephanie! Johnny no add vanilla!" Sean: "It's so unfair! I have eight other senses, but I'd trade them all -- even smision -- to be able to taste." Christopher: "Rachel Ray hit a wall with 15 minute meals, so we found a faster, more charismatic replacement. Meet Rachel Number 5." Michael: "Here I thought the robot apocalypse would be powered by nuclear fusion and laser beams, turns out it'll be running on profiteroles and delicious cakes." Jon: "I'm toasting bread in my head right now...seriously" Zach: "You want me to wear a what? Why don't you trying sticking a fan in your scalp. Then you can tell me to wear a hairnet." Joseph: "How do ya like my ganache now, Martha???" Daniel: "A robot may not injure a cupcake or, through inaction, allow a cupcake to come to harm." Richard Lai: "How do you like them cookies, Firefox?" Jose: "How am I supposed to add a teaspoon of sugar with this underperforming Kinect camera?" Kevin: "Enough with the cakes, what was Leia saying about our only hope?" Dana: "I. Love. A. Little. Bourbon. In. My. Cookies. Don't. You." Richard Lawler: "Death to all humans. Sweet, delicious, chocolatey... death." Don: "Just don't call him Iron Chef. He hates that." Billy: "Ace of Cakes was canceled because I annihilated the host.. now I must weaponize that Millennium Falcon cake." Zachary: "Jobless MIT grad narrowly avoids soup kitchen, emerges from basement with replacement mother."
Panpaka Panya-San baking away in the oven
Since general cooking games aren't obscure enough already, Starfish is placing its development clout right in the middle of the bakery. With no messy Cooking Mama kitchen tomfoolery, Panpaka Panya-San lets you work the oven and bake like a madman. Or, in this case, baking like a cute little girl with pigtails.The official website is ready for perusal, and it's stylish in a "brown crayon" kind of way. Along with the female hero Roux, the world of Panpaka is populated by a group of smiling pastries and cakes, blissfully unaware of their inevitable demise within the mouths of hungry gamers. Happy music accompanies this disturbing scenario.Cooking fanatics can pick this pie up when it hits the shelves in Japan on July 3rd. [Via Siliconera]
