dishmaker

The dishmaker is a research prototype from the MIT Media Lab for a new kitchen appliance that produces different dishes on demand and recycles them once you've finished eating. The dishmaker was designed by Leonardo Bonanni with mechanical engineer Sam Sarcia and electrical engineer Subodh Paudel
visit http://leo.media.mit.edu for more

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• medialab
• mit
• dishmaker
• appliance
• kitchen
• future
• recycling
• sustainability
• ecological
• acrylic
• reuse
• cradle
• to
• remanufacturing
• manufacturing
• materials
• science
• sustainable
• fabrication
• personal
• bonanni
• leonardo bonanni

[petroslatifoli]

if this prototype was designed as an alternative to dishwasher, the most important handicap is the food remains on these recyclable dishes. if we need to wash these dishes too, it seems we still need a dishwasher.

[hboyce4]

But you still have to clean them!!!

[mushkasdad]

The promise of this incredible technology is that it also doubles as a cocain sniffing surface which can easily be passed around the room. It's the right color, it balances nicely in the palm of even the tiniest open hand. Best of all, since each plate is melted in to shape, there is no need to worry about breakage. So, go ahead and hurl them at each other generously. Everyone loves the sound of breaking acrylics. And nothing is really getting broken. Except maybe the restraining order.

[UNIVERSALCONSOLE]

Stop complaigning so much.

He is actually trying to do something.

I want to see you guys try to invent something yourselves.

[chrisbuffoni]

This isn't an alternative to washing dishes dummy. It's a space-saver. Probably a very expensive one, at that. Thumbs down, this is dumb. Innovative, but dumb.

[skyerocksit]

The applied minds of science. Nice science fair project :P

[AsylumSk8er4Life]

@xollst He said the acrylic lasts 100 uses

[pickmanfox]

Dont you hate dishes? The DishWasher is a kind of appliance that cleans cups, bowls and plates on demand and releases them when youre done. Before dinner, you simply open the Dishwasher and it contains all of the dishes for a family of four. After youve finished eating, simply return the dishes to the Dishwasher where they are cleaned. The dishmaker-sized device takes advantage of soap and water to clean a single dish with less energy than it takes to make a single acrylic dish.

[xollst]

there's alot of potential in this for other applications too, as he said near the end of the video. good idea, but i wonder how many times you can reform that acrylic before it degrades to an unusable state?

[tjamassey]

Yes but a rapid prototyping machine does this and more.

[shrimants]

couldnt you just use a napkin and toothpick and call it a day? i mean if you hate washing dishes so much that you'd purchase this huge thing and eat old heated food off of your plates...

[MirroredHorizon]

What a stupid invention. It takes less than a minute to wash a plate, they last for more than 100 washes, they are cheaper than that big machine or maybe even that piece of acrylic and the bowl is smaller than your average cup.