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Seven years after the Wireless Power Consortium first started working on a standard for countertop kitchen appliances, Midea announced the first product that works with the Ki standard. According to a story in The Verge, Midea announced its Celestial Flex Series of products, which includes a blender, steamer, and kettle, at the IFA show in…
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Almost a decade ago, while others experimenting with AI focused on algorithms for trading, diagnostics, or digital advertising, a company called NotCo was experimenting with AI by the name of Giuseppe to create plant-based foods that could match the taste and texture of their animal-based counterparts. According to Aadit Patel, SVP of AI Product and…
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Back in 2007, Jason Cohen was an aspiring political scientist studying in China. As it turned out, locals—and the Chinese government—weren’t too enthusiastic about political science students from America asking lots of questions. Luckily for Cohen, that initial pushback from Chinese officials was the beginning of a circuitous path that would eventually lead him to…
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A few years ago, the Bay area was the go-to place if you wanted to eat at a robotic restaurant. Whether your meal of choice is burgers (Creator), bowl food (Mezli or Eatsa), or pizza (Zume), chances are if you wanted food made by a high-tech, venture-funded robot, you were in the right place. Fast-forward…
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Welcome to the Food Tech News Show! This week, Mike and Carlos discuss the following stories: Osmo is trying to digitize the world of smells and use AI to finally help us create Smell-O-Vision The company’s The Principal Odor Map (POM) created by Osmo’s model, outperformed human panelists in predicting the consensus scent of molecules,…
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Since the early 1900s, the entertainment industry has been attempting to pair the experience of smell with video entertainment. In 1916, the Rivoli Theater in New York City introduced scents into the theater during a movie called The Story of Flowers. In 1933, the Rialto Theater installed an in-theater smell system. Hans Laube developed a…
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Last week, Anova CEO Steve Svajian announced that the company will begin charging a subscription fee for new users of its sous vide circulator app starting August 21st, 2024. However, existing users who have downloaded the app and created an account before this date will not be impacted by the change. These users will be…
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What is Amazon up to now? That was my first thought upon reading a LinkedIn update from Nick Avedesian, a longtime ghost kitchen and virtual food hall executive (and a speaker at The Spoon’s ghost kitchen virtual event in 2020). According to Avedesian, he has just taken a new position at Amazon titled Senior Program…
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Ever since Tetra unexpectedly got people excited about the idea of tiny dishwashers in 2018, the category has had mixed success. Some, like the Bob, have shipped but, unfortunately, haven’t made it stateside. Others, like the Shabosh, seem to be stuck in development hell, with backers wondering when they will ship. As for the dishwasher…
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While it’s mid-summer, and while most of Europe (and a good chunk of the American workforce) is taking some well-deserved time off, the AI news hasn’t slowed down one bit. This week’s Food AI bulletin has updates on a new Google breakthrough on enabling better contextual understanding of our homes (including our kitchens), how Gemini…
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This week on the Food Tech News Show, we are joined by Kristen Hawley, long-time restaurant tech journalist who writes for Fast Company, Eater and her own site, Expedite. Blackbird Launches Blackbird Pay This week, Blackbird, founded by Resy and Eater’s Ben Leventhal, launched Blackbird Pay. Blackbird is a blockchain-based guest loyalty and payments platform…
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This week, Amazon gave a sneak peek at the new AI model that powers its Just Walk Out platform. In a post written by Jon Jenkins, the VP of Just Walk Out (and, as Spoon readers may remember, the former founder of Meld and head of engineering for the Hestan Cue), we get a peek…
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