Technology is growing rapidly in this fast changing world.These days microwave has been 
getting more attention because it’s not a simple microwave for making the food but you can watch YouTube videos on this microwave.
Chris Crum says: “It’s called CastOven, and it plays YouTube videos while you cook your food. Not only does it play videos, but it plays videos specifically catering to the amount of time you have the microwave set for.”
The CastOven was created by two designers from Keio University in Japan, Keita Watanabe, Ph.D. and Shota Matsuda.
CastOven Developer Says: “CastOven is a future microwave oven, which plays a You Tube movie clip to fit into your cooking time. Watching movies, playing video games, and browsing web pages are fun, but all of them require certain amount of time of us to spare. For example, one would hesitate to purchase a new roll playing game, because it would take him some tens of hours to clear the game. We think differently. One should not make his activities adjusted to a length of contents, but the contents should make adjustment to it.
Our effort around the concept of “Ubiquitous Society” was over. We have been taking a novel step along the idea of “how those products and services have users spent their time?” The next business market is placed at the core, where a time as a flow of user’s activities.”
CastOven has won following awards for this innovation:
- Best Demonstration / WISS (Workshop on Interactive System and Software) 2008
- Outstanding Performance Award and Jury’s Special Award / Mashup Awards 5
Note: What do you think about this innovative product ?
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Ok that’s freaky… but inovative I guess. I don’t know why I would want to watch a You Tube video while I am heating something up in my microwave oven. That would mean that your oven would need Internet access and it’s just weird. Rather have a laptop in the kitchen or something
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Oh that’s just mad! Mind you though, it certainly beats standing in front of the microwave staring at the bowl going round and round and round and…
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That’s so cool – I wouldn’t mind having that thing in my microwave oven!
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hehe cool….. must try it out when im free
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