Inspired by Takeshi Kaga and his Iron Chefs, HappyZap has developed a Personal Digital Kitchen Assisstant (PDKA) using the Atmel Mega103L 8-bit RISC programmable microcontroller and a low cost Seiko 321D, 320X200 pixel LCD display. "The Iron Chef" is a famed Food Network show which show pits the finest of culinary experts against each other in a battle for honor and fame. Incredible, as the chefs may be, they still need swarms of assistants to oversee the process of creating several dishes simultanesouly. Naturally, we thought, "Wouldn't it be great to have your own personal assistant?" And the Cooking Coach was born! The Cooking Coach will precisely lead you though the steps to make exquiste dishes as seen on "The Iron Chef" and performs the simple tasks that the assistants would normally do; such as preheating your oven, serve as your timer, and turn the oven off when the dish is ready. It even generates a shopping list for you based on what you want to make.



Link: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/e...ts/s2001/paras/