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Cooky robots will make soup for you, won't clean up afterwards
Cooking robots aren't exactly anything new (even if they haven't yet been perfected), but they generally come in the form of humanoid robots or, at the very least, robotic arms in order to be more adept in the kitchen. JST's ERATO research division has taken a decidedly different approach with these so-called Cooky robots, however, which are tiny, wheeled bots that scurry about your countertop and work as a team to make miso soup for you. As you might have guessed from the image above though, they aren't quite entirely autonomous, and require that you both label all the necessary ingredients with special cards, and pre-program things like cooking time and temperature. They'll take things over from there on out though and, as you can see in the video after the break, the results do at least appear to be edible.
LG Cooky upgrades Cookie with bad spelling
When we see "Cooky," we think "kooky" -- as in, not normal, not quite right, a little crazy. Insane in the membrane, if you will. Think is, at 10.9mm thick, there's nothing crazy about wanting LG's latest domestic-issue touchphone, even if it is just a mildly-upgraded version of the KP500 Cookie available globally for the past few months. The thing's got a 3 megapixel camera, microSD slot, and a 3D-ish UI with accelerometer support just like its older brother, but the T-DMB tuner, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA give this version the edge. Throw in that big Google Cooky logo, LG, and you've won our hearts. Looks like it'll be available in June for about 590,000 won ($383, give or take) -- let's just hope it includes a dictionary.
