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  • geil ich bin total naja wie soll ich sagen reich

  • I thought this was The Hardest Ever by will.i.am!

  • I'll stick to my gas range thanks.

  • It's of course another overpriced way to make Ramen Noodles.

    There is no doubt that this would be in the many thousands and affordable to certain people that most likely don't cook their own meals.

    I will use a large burner for anything and don't care about wasting the electricity.

    If for some reason that one day you assholes will stop putting a monetary value on every fucking thing then we can rush into an era of Star Trek where everyone is equal and no poverty or starvation until then....

  • ha is ja cool

  • That's one sweet-looking ipad app

  • hihi wie geil hab 3 brüste

  • I totally came up with this idea a month ago and told my mom while we were both in the kitchen cooking. My idea.

  • @MGStanky Who's to say this idea came out a couple months ago?

  • I want it I want it I want it!

  • @Midnight0Mistress Up the butt!

  • And it will cost one million dollars muwahahahaha.

  • I am a chef and this would be handy in so many ways. could be very useful in a commercial setting.

  • fuckin cool concept

  • I can get this for free with my wife.

  • i am soooooooooo getting this!!!!!!!

  • want. so. baaad...

  • this is the best fucking thing ever...

  • Gas range is still better.

  • Brilliant aesthetic and functionality. Love it!!

  • Neat concept, but how about making it an induction stove? That way, automatically only those tiles who can effectively heat the pan/saucepan anyway would heat, no programming or memory function neccessary (making this presumably cheaper and more reliable).

    I do not however know what that'd do to the energy consumption if you give power to all tiles, even if not all of them activate.

  • bad ass

  • thumbs up if you think will it blend comments are lame

  • Why has it taken so long for someone to realize that conventional stovetops waste so much space? I want one!

  • i hope it's water proof.

  • SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

  • @jaxspider bahahahah this actually made me lol in real life.

  • Too bad they don't make ovens the same way! Instead of the grates in the oven, use the stovetop type and let 2 of them rest in there. Now we would have the perfect stovetop and oven for Thanksgiving, parties, Christmas and many other holidays!! Awesome!!  :)

  • i don't care about the "Idiot proofing" except for it is a great idea around little children and toddlers! :) I love the amount of space you can use. This would be the "IDEAL" stovetop for Thanksgiving! Too bad they don't make ovens the same way! Instead of the grates in the oven, use the stovetop type and let 2 of them rest in there. Now we would have the perfect stovetop and oven for Thanksgiving, parties, Christmas and many other holidays!! Awesome!! :)

  • Ah commercials on youtube. How sad.

    Nice innovative machine, though. Pitty about the name.

  • this needs to be brought to kickstarter, they can help you with funding, just so long you can promise to produce a product.

  • I'm ok with the full surface.. but the touchscreen, come on!

  • That shit looks amazing.

  • will it morgage your house?

    

  • Thank you StumbleUpon! This is awesome! lol

  • great concept!

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  • @artifactingreality And supposing they did come up with a sensor that would work, the cost of 1,500 separate heating elements and sensors would be astronomical. Actually I reckon they probably could build this, for about $250,000. That would buy a lame prototype model that will break down after about 12 hours of use.

  • i am in awe!! i'd be afraid to own one of these, though. i just know i'll burn myself somehow lol

  • want soo much :D

  • FAKE!!!

  • @00pakistani ITS A CONCEPT, READ THE DESCRIPTION DUMBASS!!!

  • Now with 85% more useable stove top space for your children to burn their hands on when touching the pretty red glooooow!

  • @tweek1133 "to get started, just place your cookware and tap the control panel to create a uniquely heated signature", your kids gonna put his hand on the stove and then activate the area hes touching, and select the temperature he'd like to be burned at?. oh and conventional coil stove tops also glow red, as in red hot, cause the metal heated up.

  • @xIChromeIx well thats easy to fix. make it so u have to press a button to first turn on the stove. then accept it being a new heatable area

  • @Zaharkl im sorry, but what comment of mine are you replying to?

  • @xIChromeIx 'sense of humour' fail

  • @tweek1133 also, be a parent tell you kid the "pretty red glow" hurts, after you leave him sitting on the counter next to it (if your kid can reach it and still doesn't know it burns then you've got bigger problems than your stove top.

  • Now with 85% more useable stove top for your children to burn their hands on when touching the pretty red glooooow!

  • I always wonder what the thirty-something people who thumb things down are thinking..."hehe, this'll show 'em!"

  • Neat! How does it detect what's put on the surface? Is it through pressure, magnets (like induction) or something else? I'm wondering how it'd take to glass pots (Pyrex visionware) and cast iron.

  • I don't think this will work. What to do if you got children who put their hands on it? Or if you got paper on the plate?

  • @Miminaona Listen to what he says at 1:00. If you don't wanna heat up what you've set down, just cancel the heating control or leave it switched off

  • I do like the product, but hell that guy's got one annoying voice.

  • Very impressive.

  • @olllj You have to turn it on...It doesn't just do it on it's own.

  • @olllj

    Watch from 0:30 dumbass. Idiot-proofing was invented for people like you.

  • Only costs $10,500!

  • I'll stick with gas, thank you.

  • Cool concept but it's really a needlessly complex and expensive piece of equipment.

  • Screw cooking, this would be magic in my lab.

  • just toss a steak on it . . .

  • The William is too long, let's call it The Bill

  • now make it affordable

  • So if somebody lifts up a pot or pan and places it back down in another location..i would guess you would have to reset everything?

  • What ads? I never seen one ad on the tube with Firefox/adblock plus, complain less people, gosh al mighty...

  • chris joss - danger buds

  • I just love the possibility of this kind of technology.

  • The average stove top has about 4 or 5 boners!?

  • if that is real... I want one... now

  • me likey

  • My 2009 EDL entry sounds just like this :)) coroflot.com/barbu/electrolux-­design-lab/2

  • You think they could have came up with a better name than "The William"

  • Very cool. Using most of the cooking surface is pretty genius, but how does it determine what is and is not a pan? You can cancel individual elements, but is it possible to custom define objects only if they are over X-hex big? Otherwise, errant food from cooking could create some interesting burning smells.

  • Fuck I never thought I'd say this.......I want William

  • efficient, smart, effective, but gas/open flame will always be the best and healthiest mode for cooking. the value of cooking with a flame outweighs this new technology by a long shot.

  • @NHockerJazz Oh? Please do explain. 

  • @Konraden Haha. Have you ever used a gas stove?

  • @NHockerJazz That doesn't explain why a gas stove is either 1. the best mode for cooking or 2. the healthiest mode for cook or 3. How the value of gas-fire outweighs this electric and efficient stove.

  • @Konraden stop bein a head-nut man, you wouldn't care even if i told you. if you care that much you should figure it out for yourself. peace.

  • @NHockerJazz

    I.E., you have no argument which means your entire statement was unsupported. The William electric range stands against your imbecility. You can't do that kind of cooking power on a belching gas range. The added cost of going electric is well worth the power and convenience. Gas offers nothing than an Electric can provide or do better.

  • @NHockerJazz

    how is gas cooking healthier than electric...and what would make it so?

  • @Engus6 Wood fires were used for cooking millennia until we were able to capture the flame and utilize it through a gas appliance, but unfortunately this also gave way to the electric stove phenomenon which convinced people to deny the purity of the flame, and that science had invented something better than nature. To be politically correct i must say that this is only my opinion, but honestly its just logical. The fact that fire should be used for cooking, to me, is a no brainer. Thanks.

  • @NHockerJazz Impure water was used for drinking for millennia until we realized that we could sterilize it by boiling it. But unfortunately this also gave way to "filters" to purify water, which convinced people to deny the purity of giardia, and that science had created something better than nature. To be politically correct I must say that this is only my opinion, but honestly its just logical. The fact that water should be drank in its unpurified state, to me, is a no brainer. Thanks.

  • @Gizmo4life61887 I'm glad you like my idea template so much. But water and fire are two very different things with completely different purposes. All you did was copy my words but failed to really shed light on anything that has to do with the topic at hand. Does it upset you that your new William, although viewed as above the status quo, is really less effective than a simple gas stove, commonly viewed as primal? And if you don't have one then i'm sorry but you need to get outside more.

  • @NHockerJazz The physical material of my post (water vs fire) was not at all the purpose of my comment. You based your whole argument on the fact that because cooking with flame has been around longer that it is healthier, more energy efficient etc. I personally prefer a gas range, but that is only because I can instantly change the BTU's being supplied to my food, not because that heat is any different than heat produced by any other method, which is isn't, only the reaction that produced it.

  • @Gizmo4life61887 Those are all secondary reasons that are some of the added benefits of cooking with fire. The crux of my statement was that fire is purest form of heat therefore we should heat things with it.

  • @NHockerJazz "heat" is merely the vibration of molecules. Combustion, or "flame" varies greatly in purity depending on the fuel. The fact is, in places where unclean fuels are used, there are many health issues associated with poor air quality due to the chemical byproducts of combusting unclean fuels, such as cow shit, or butane or even kerosene in a house with poor ventilation. You seem to not understand what substantiates a "fact", go rub yourself down with more patchouli oil, you hippie.

  • @Gizmo4life61887 TROLLD!

  • @Gizmo4life61887 I think the guy's point is that burning gas for heat is more efficient than burning gas to create kinetic energy to create electricity to create heat. Thus the "purest form".

  • @BlurbFish That assumes that you generate electricity by burning gas. There are more efficient methods to generate electricity, and ultimately the efficiency of any electric stove is determined by the power source. Also it depends by what means you are measuring efficiency, if it is energy/fuel volume then nuclear power supplying an electric stove is far more efficient, if its energy/fuel cost it varies. I merely wanted to mock his lack of a logical argument. I don't give 2 shits about stoves

  • People that can afford this, dont cook! Talk about an oxymoron.

  • Where to buy??? I want this William in my kitchen!

  • What if your pots are warped? Happens with high heat sometimes (with anything other than cast iron).

  • @lulumialu very good point

  • Ok, where to buy?

  • How much is this cost? I want it. :)

  • i cant wait for a product like this to come out!! I'm sure it will have bugs... but this is innovation!

  • do all pans work? ie aluminum? they don't mention that you'll have to throw out and replace half your cookware.

  • @sadamselizarah umm you're thinking of an induction stove. This is just a regular electric stove probly w/ a heating coil and piezo-electric sensor in each little bit to tell if theres something on top of it. It should heat thing ups like any regular electric stove, by generating heat on the "burner" and transferring it to a pot, induction stovetops use magnetic fields to cause the pots/pans to generate heat so not all metals will work.

  • do all pans work?  ie aluminum?

  • yeah ok sure cool but will it blend?

  • WHY THE FUCK ARE WE NOT USING THIS?!

  • Wheres the oven?

  • All is super but it cost...

    ... very...

  • Ok, so where do we buy?

  • I want one of these. :O

  • It's beautiful.

  • Looks pretty cool. But, I have always preferred cooking with gas.

  • Don’t head down to Home Depot just yet – it’s still just one man’s dream and a YouTube video.

  • While very very cool I'm not too big on electric stoves

  • just about the coolest thing ever

  • It doesn't auto heat, it just recognizes the shape of a object set on it and assigns that footprint a 'control' - you then set the temp etc.

  • @serenevannoy and just what regular cook top does? I'm sure given the electronics involved in this that adapting for impaired users would be relatively easy.

  • Anyone in here cooked before? I'm sure you have. Now, was it the cleanest process in the world? No stray liquids from sizzling pans, your hands are always clean? Touch screen interface just doesn't seem like the smartest idea. Maybe they'll figure out a few modifications to fit better a touchscreen to kitchen usage...

  • bon of a sitch.

  • when where howmuch i want it.

  • Whats wrong with the smaller sized electric and gas stoves that don't have the wasted space? You can't put cast iron and griddles, etc, on this!

  • @serenevannoy do you really want someone with visual impairments handling a stove to begin with?

  • @2uknowit8 My mom is visually impaired, and she is a spectacular cook. And yes, she uses a stove.

  • @2uknowit8

    That's a really idiotic statement. Are you trying to say that blind people should just stay out of the kitchen? I'm sure plenty of them would disagree.

  • @lern2swim Technically, it wasn't a statement. It was a question.

  • @2uknowit8

    Technically, either way, it was stupid.

  • @2uknowit8

    so you're telling me if you had visual impairments you wouldn't want to cook for yourself?

  • This thing looks really cool, and would be really handy, my only problem with it is I would feel compelled to call it the electric willy. And that could cause all kinds of unnecessary confusion amongst people who didn't know any better.

  • The William is sold (to me) it is so good that I hate it it sucks i promise

  • This is sexy but I still love my gas. Over the years I have used both electric and gas. They both have there place. To each chef or cook they must decided which they like better. I have found over the years that electric seems to warp pans more then gas. Maybe it is just me. Over all this is a very classy stove but I can bet expensive. You could get a pro., stove for the price of this.

  • Julia Child used and electric stove top on her show. It had SEVEN burners. I wanted one. Now I want this. Imagine the amount of cooking you could get done? And clean up looks like a breeze!

  • No professional chef would ever use this. They absolutely always use a flame. Just saying. This is for people trying to be all fancy and spend their money on more shit they don't need.

  • @treeners016

    If it's inductive or eddy current they will. About 50% of all professional kitchens use inductive cooktops because they are far more energy efficient than other sorts. I can see a modified version of this being used in a pro kitchen.

  • @treeners016

    Well that's not necessarily true. Electric stove tops have many advantages that gas stoves don't and vice versa. It all depends on what the user is looking for. Electric stove tops have been proven to heat significantly faster than flame burners, they're much easier to clean and you don't need to keep changing the gas. However gas stoves can be more accurate in temperature and can be used in black outs. Some culinary institutes today are using both kinds for certain needs.

  • Very nice. But can you use any type of pans?

  • Is stumbleupon getting paid for all these ads?

  • @dougules Even if they are, this thing is interesting

  • @dougules

    Um, yes they are. That is how they make money.

  • @dougules This isn't an ad. It's just an idea. If you do some research, the stove isn't in production. This is just technology of the future.

  • @dougules Yes, they are.

  • You flame people are crazy. GIMME GIMME GIMME

  • i want this to exist!

  • I gotta cook with gas, sorry. Cool idea though.

  • i want this but it'll be better if it had some thing with fire!

  • AND IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.

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  • I really fail to see how they have decided there are "21 unique signatures". That seems like an arbitrary number not built on either the geometry of the surface, nor any computational limit.

    Considering the thing isn't built yet, seems trivial to put a number on it. Why not just say near infinite cooking arrangements? That makes more sense!

    Let's hope, however, that it can recognize a "signature" as being a hand print.

  • @TrollsArePeopleToo it probably can read, store, or controll up to 21 signatures at a time

  • It's cool, but I would still rather cook with a flame.

  • Yes, touching and stoves go *very* well together.

  • someone have the idea how many it is?

  • and then my kid reaches up and hangs onto it and the "burn child" feature automatically comes on.

  • @treeners016

    No, no. Weren't you listening? If you don't want to heat up your child, simply press 'cancel'.

  • oh shit, what if i forget about some books on the stove or my keys or something and i turn it on

  • but when can i put this in my house?

  • such a modern product in such an un-modern-like setting? is it a real product or just a prototype?

  • @ErosGreatti prototype- see description box

  • William has honeycombs. I like honeycombs.  William and I are now friends.

  • @jdsavoie Honey Combs Big. Yeah Yeah Yeah!

  • but can it make a sammich?

  • but can i fit it in my pocket?

  • Seems like it would be awesome to use but frankly I'd rather use a normal stove top and not pay the big bucks for a convenience that I could barely benefit from.

  • So who make this cooktop, anyway?

  • my name is william!!!

  • i am willing to pay any amount of money imaginable for this thing, the numbers are incomprehensible here people

  • will my cat turn it on when she goes and sits on it?

  • @compassesforhands: Only if she doesn't hit cancel.