In order to expand the flexibility of the cooking system, the cooktop have been splitted in to two elements: a smart surface ( which features the control interface and the power system) and the tiles ( which take the place of the burners).

Taking advantage of WiTricity the tiles can be arranged and grouped freely on the cooktop, in order to manage in a personal way the location and the dimension of the burners, as well as use the surface itself in different way, like for cutting the ingredients.

The interface is designed to be as much flexible as possible and to allow progressive levels of customization. It is possible to use the system as a regular cooktop; to chose among a series of default cooking programs or to create a custom program to best suit the users personal needs.

Press release.

I firmly believe that communication have to be a bilateral exchange; in order to made this feasible the receiving subject have to be able to answer, in an elastic way, to ours imput. To allow such exchange with an artificial device such as a mobile-phone, it have to be able to supply both physical and virtual answers to our actions; in order to adapt itself to our needs and moods, in an automatic and effective way.

Technology such as GPS and bluetooth are integrated in this device in order to made it able to recognize where we are and adapt itself to our needs. For instance through GPS it will be able to know if we are at home, at work or on the road and change it’s interface in accordance with the different location and our preference (you don’t need quick link to GPS while laing on your sofà at home).

The three-dimensional interface, is based on an half-sphere, such spatial disposition infact offers endless possibilities of personalization and virtual expansion of the interface. In order to achieve an immediate perception of the three-dimensional space, the screen surface is convex.