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Mobile kitchen: how to cook food on your laptop

In the age of computerization and mobility, there are millions of people taking advantage of the new technologies. There are already hundreds of jobs that only need a laptop and Internet connection to get things done, such as programmers, FOREX traders, writers, designers or webmasters, and the fact that they can work and make money from anywhere in the world, has been a subject of jealousy for people of other, “less mobile” professions. However, things are changing quickly and it looks like the happy crowd of mobile workers will be soon joined by no one else but COOKS (what a surprise).

Introducing the concept of the mobile kitchen designed for Electrolux by Dragan Trenchevski.

This conceptual wunderwaffle that cooks can take with them everywhere is going to have an induction cooking element and a built-in grater. Not only that, it can also act as a high-tech cutting-board and, obviously, a mobile computer with a touchscreen interface, Bluetooth, wi-fi, webcam and a cooking book loaded on it.

As much as I like the concept of a notebook kitchen, it’s highly unlikely that such a device would work to begin with. There are obvious issues such as overheating of computer components, cleaning (imagine hot oil spitting out from a frying pan going everywhere or pasta water boiling over), condensation of steam on a screen so you won’t be able to see a thing, and power requirements (I doubt it would be possible to squeeze enough power from built-in battery to cook even a simple fried egg). Despite all that, the device looks fabulous and… it never hurts to dream, doesn’t it?

Cario steering wheel mountable concept laptop

The Cario concept notebook is a thing of beauty and if it ever gets released it will no doubt sell like hotcakes (well, at least it has more chances for going into production than, say, the mobile notebook kitchen that we wrote about half a year ago). It was designed by Anna Lopez and is ideal for atypical usage situations. Imagine you’re sitting in traffic or you’re parked in the car just hanging out. You can flip the laptop open, hang it over the steering wheel, and type on the touch screen. You can browse online or play games and do it all without having to get out of the driver’s seat. Just make sure you’re not driving while doing so.

The laptop comes with a carrying handle and features an insanely sleek and sexy design. Specs are not known yet because the laptop hasn’t gone into production. They’re working on it though and you should have it soon enough. You can lay the laptop on its back and use it like you would a normal computer or prop it up like an easel for fantastic viewing. Also fantastic is how the notebook can project maps onto the windshield or video conferences. What an amazing thing.

Five gross things you might find on a used laptop

You might not want to think about what yucky things the previous owner of a laptop left behind but it’s most definitely worth the brain power. You don’t want to run into anything yucky, after all. It’s not always going to be gross, of course. Sometimes it’s stuff that could mess with your computers performance. You should consider the five following things when looking into a used laptop.

  1. Have you considered what you might find on the hard drive of a used computer? Yeah, that can get a little weird. The seller should have wiped the hard drive but you never know. You could come across all sorts of weird stuff from videos to private diaries to pictures of the previous owner that you really don’t want to see. That’s why it’s best to curb your desire to snoop and just wipe the hard drive.
  2. If the previous owner of the laptop was a smoker then chances are good the keys are going to have a musty, nasty, smoke smell on them permanently. That’s really hard to get rid of and sometimes you won’t be able to make it go away. It might be weird, but before you buy you should put your head over the keys and take a deep breath to see what odors emerge.
  3. One of the danger areas of a computer is the CD/DVD ROM drive. You’d be shocked at the weird stuff people put in there! Some people use it at drink holders, sometimes kids ram weird stuff in there, and sometimes folks will just get plain nasty. Don’t even think about that kind of thing because it will gross you out. Just make sure that you open the drive to inspect it before you make a purchase.
  4. If the cooling fan on your laptop doesn’t work properly you’re going to run into overheating problems. Few things can kill a computer quicker than overheating so you need to be careful. Lots of stuff can break a fan or slow it down, but nothing does that better than hair. It can be dog hair, cat hair, human hair, or any other kind and if it gets into the fan and clogs things up it’s going to slow down the spin rate and it could possibly melt down your computer. Cleaning that hair out can be a little gross. You never know where it came from!
  5. One of the biggest issues with laptops is dust, dirty, and little bits of stuff getting under the keys. That’s really hard to clean but it can mess with the keys and make it impossible to type at some point. Check it out and make sure you don’t spot any weird stuff or excessive dust down there. You could even encounter dust mites, which are never exciting. Stay away! The point is to make sure you thoroughly inspect any laptop (or ensure that someone else has done it) before you make a used purchase.

The Laptop From The Ninetieth

The laptop makers of early 90-th surely had got talent. Gosh, this machine even came with a blow up doll. And you say Macbooks and Ultrabooks are cool :)


(This is from the movie Brain Donors)

10 comments

  1. US Laptops says:

    Hehe, you’re right. I bet they would call that “heated conversations” ;)

  2. fantastic and creative. I am with you, it won’t work unless they keep all the components separately and on the monitor screen as with the ipad. I love to see an ipad on my range though. To view recipes and tutorials. That would be awesome!

  3. Julia says:

    Interesting! I never could have imagined such a thing – it wouldn’t be for me no matter if they figured out a way to make it work or not. Thanks for the stumble.

  4. mx3652 says:

    I think this is bad idea. It’s impossible to protect computer components if there will be higt temperature on laptop box.

  5. Cammy says:

    This is really convenient for us cooks lol! I wish I’m one.. but seriously, this will become a big hit when it actually come in the market :)

  6. Sara says:

    Thanks for stumbling my post! I’m returning the favor :) Stop on over at my blog for the Stumble Me Friday hop!

  7. ChrisCD says:

    Okay that is too funny. It needs a little pull-out keyboard though. While the meat is simmering, you need to be able to update your statuses. :O) I socialadr’d you.

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