newVideoPlayer("/siemensraisingoven_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); The Siemens HB 78P570 oven looks like any other oven until you notice that it has no door, which is precisely when it starts to open automatically from its bottom: The glossy black food platform slides down mechanically until it is at the same level as your kitchen top. Sounds a bit crazy, but it’s extremely convenient to put your suckling pig stuffed with chicken wings, then easily paint it with BBQ honey sauce until it’s done. [More IFA 2008 Coverage]
Elecrolux’s Inspiro oven launches this week, using technology that could be the future of cooking. Using a heat management technique rather like auto focus on a camera, the Inspiro’s sensors first analyse what is to be cooked before calculating the temperature and time needed. The company’s CEO, Hans Stråberg, likens it to the way cameras now automatically set aperture, exposure time and focus, depending on the light and what’s in the frame.
