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Comment by gwern

That's fairly neat. If I'm understanding it right, it's a mechanical dial-turner which clips onto a stove burner's control, and is combined with a digital thermometer which reports the current temperature in a dish on said burner; the dial-turner targets a temperature in a negative feedback loop.

(In retrospect, I'm surprised we don't have 'smart' stoves which pair up with dishes with thermometers built in to allow seamless temperature specification. Would work very well with induction stoves, I think, since they can adjust the heating on/off much faster than a regular gas/resistance-heating stove.)

parent gwern 11 years ago

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