Smart in the kitchen
Nur Zarina Othman recommends eight hi-tech kitchen aids any householder would find useful
FRIDGE-CAM IT’S the world’s first wireless fridge camera that can retrofit inside any refrigerator, allowing you to see its contents from anywhere via the Smarter app. It’s a tiny revolution for your fridge so that you don’t double up on groceries anymore, which means less food wastage and smarter spending too.
Compatible with iOS & Android, the camera has a wireless technology and comes with a USB recharging port. Connect FridgeCam with other smart home devices like Amazon Alexa and IFTTT or pair it with BlinkUp Technology for a quick setup. Price:
£149.99 (RM808) at Store.smarter.am REMOTE COOKING USE your smart sous vide to perfectly cook from your smartphone. Simply attach the Anova Precision
Cooker Nano to any waterfilled pot, put your food in a sealable bag and set the time and temperature. It heats and circulates the water to a precise temperature, cooking food to an exact temperature which creates maximum tenderness and moisture retention (without overcooking).
It connects to your phone, so you can cook amazing meals with the touch of a button — spend less time in the kitchen by relying on the app to notify you when your food is ready. Price: US$99 at Amazon.com GROCERY SHOPPING MADE EASY GENICAN may be the only commercial IoT device that’s meant to be unboxed and put straight in the trash. GeniCan sits with your waste bin to track items as you throw them away, so you’re always ready to restock the groceries you need.
Barcode scanning and voice recognition help you save time and money. To add items to a shopping list, you simply swipe the item’s barcode code on GeniCan’s barcode reader. You can then find the item added to a list on the GeniCan app on your smartphone.
If the item doesn’t have a barcode, hold the item (or your hand) in front of the scanner for a few seconds. When GeniCan does not sense a barcode it will ask “What may I add to your list?” and you can tell it to add asam pedas ,or whatever you want. Price: US$149.99 at Genican.com SMART SCALES DROP is a Bluetooth-enabled kitchen scale that intuitively guides you step-by-step through finding, making and sharing delicious dishes with the help of an app. You’ll be at the top of your cooking and baking game thanks to interactive recipes, simple ingredient substitutions and smart ingredient scaling. The Drop Kitchen app offers an amazing collection of unique interactive recipes. Price: US$49.99 (RM209) at Amazon.com. TEMPERATURE ON POINT THE Xiaomi Mi electric kettle is a 1.5L smart kettle. Like other electric kettle, it too automatically switches off once water comes to a boil but what sets it apart is that the water temperature can be remotely controlled via the Xiaomi smart home app.
Keeping the water at a certain temperature is possible too and the kettle will keep the preferred temperature up to 12 hours. Hot or warm, it gets the right temperature for you. Price: RM139 at Xiaomimy.com BALANCED MEALS SMARTPLATE TopView is world’s first Intelligent Wellbeing Platform that uses advanced photo recognition and AI technology to identify, weigh and analyse everything you eat.
Say goodbye to manual and imprecise calorie counting. The 10-inch plate is WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled and it comes equipped with three mini cameras and weight sensors.
Set custom health goals or use one of the many doctorapproved dietary programs SmartPlate has. From weight management to building energy and endurance, SmartPlate analyses and adjusts meals accurately and quickly.
If you serve yourself too much, the plate will alert you. There’s also an app that syncs up with the plate to automatically analyse and keep track of every meal, and connects to MyFitnessPal and Fitbit too. Price: US$129.95 at Getsmartplate.com PERFECT GRILL This gadget is powered by smart technology and is WiFienabled.
Besides allowing you to keep tabs on your food without being tied to the grill, the ShareMyCook function on the Cyber Q Cloud allows you to closely track cooks in real-time by watching up to three food temperatures from a WiFi-enabled device.
Via any Amazon Alexa-enabled device, the CyberQ Cloud’s voice activation can control and monitor your cooking with a total hands-off approach and your next delicious barbecue is just a voice command away. Price: US$559.99 at Amazon.com. AS YOU LIKE IT AN essential for coffee-lovers, Smarter gives you your beverage on demand. Simply connect the coffee maker to the Smarter app via any smart devices and use it to operate your Smarter Coffee remotely. Smarter, the secondgeneration Smarter Coffee, can also be connected to Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant-enable devices.
Created to save time waiting in the kitchen for your coffee to be ready, it waits on you instead. Wake up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee or have one already prepared for when you arrive home, and kept warm. Price: US$238 at Amazon.com