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USB Microwave
This USB microwave is small, but very powerful. It’ll warm up your food, inside and out, in less than a minute. It’s still just a prototype. |
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 Beanzawave will be the smallest microwave in the world |
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The microwave was invented by accident. In 1946, while working on a research project involving radar a scientist began running tests using a tube called a magnetron and noticed that chocolate bar nearby melted. Fascinated by this discovery, the scientist tried using microwaves to make popcorn, and he succeeded. The first commercial microwave was launched on the market in 1947. It was huge. It measured almost 1.60 meters high and weighed 80 kg. But, size wasn’t the only problem, the price was also exorbitant: these enormous contraptions cost about 5,000 dollars each. Seventy years later, the microwave has become a basic standard kitchen appliance and we seem to think nothing of using this machine that looks like a hollowed-out TV set to warm up our food.
So, what’s next? That’s obvious, in keeping with today’s new trend, this USB microwave is powered through a cable connection with your computer. Created by the Heinz Corporation, it’s called Beanzawave, and you can use it to warm up a mid-morning snack, your lunch or a cup of coffee.
The USB microwave is still just a prototype and its manufacturer is also studying the possibility of including a lithium battery to make it portable. That way people who don’t work in front of a computer, such as fishermen or farmers, can also use it. And, of course, you’ll be able to take it with you on vacation.
Nevertheless, this tiny microwave (it only measures 7.4 x 6.2 x 5.9 inches / 19 x 16 x 2.3 cm) has two inconveniences. The starting market price once it’s launched will be 100 pounds, a price many are not willing to pay. And, on the other hand, if it does go on the market and your boss likes the idea, you’ll end up chained to your desk and will no longer need to get up to go get coffee. A bit sad, isn’t it?
Via Daily Mail
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