DocumentCode :
78979
Title :
Tasty Morxels
Author :
Myhrvold, Nathan ; Holman, P.
Volume :
50
Issue :
6
fYear :
2013
fDate :
Jun-13
Firstpage :
78
Lastpage :
82
Abstract :
Have you seen a vending machine lately? Most are still pretty basic: Put in some cash and out comes a can or package. But the most advanced models have computer processors and touch-screen displays that let you customize your order to a remarkable degree. Touch-screen drink machines, for example, use a set of flavor cartridges to create more than a hundred soft drink combinations, be it Raspberry Coke or Peach Sprite Zero. The Let´s Pizza machine kneads the dough, spreads it with sauce, cheese, and your choice of toppings, and then bakes it under infrared lamps-all in less than 3 minutes. And MooBella´s Ice Creamery takes a mere 40 seconds to create a customblended. dish of ice cream, with nearly 100 combinations of flavors and mix-ins.
Keywords :
food products; vending machines; MooBella Ice Creamery; Peach Sprite Zero; Pizza machine; Raspberry Coke; computer processors; flavor cartridges; infrared lamps; morxels; soft drink; touch-screen displays; touch-screen drink machines; vending machine; Food industry; Food manucturing; Food technology; Machinery;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6521039
Filename :
6521039
Link To Document :
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