Super technologies making life easier in the kitchen

Home technologies have traditionally been associated with televisions, hi-fis and other various entertainment systems. As the kitchen has shifted into everyday life prominence, emphasis on technology in there has also grown. This shift of focus for technology is quite natural, as more time is seemingly spent in the kitchen, the need to make life easier for would be chefs becomes more important too. As a result, all sorts of innovative inventions have appeared and found a place in people’s lives in the kitchen.

Siemens have been known to lead the charge into the final frontiers of kitchen space age technologies, and are looking to revolutionise the way ovens are used. Traditionally, people are required to bend down to gain access to the oven door to get to the baking area. This could well become a thing of the past, as the Liftmatic wall mounted oven would have you believe. Almost totally indescribable, this contraption is truly ingenious. Positioned at a comfortable height on the kitchen wall, the bottom of the oven drops down to allow you to place your food on the shelf with ease. When that’s in place, the bottom returns to its rightful place, lifting the food into the oven with it at the touch of a button.

This ingenious development from Siemens isn’t thoughtless showing off. It is truly something that can make people’s lives easier, especially for those who have trouble with bending down to their ovens to open doors. In addition to being able to cook pizzas, the Liftmatic oven can also clean itself. Just press the right button on it, and it will burn the inside of the oven at temperatures so high that everything turns to ash, leaving users to just wipe clean. The oven is also very safe. If there are any obstacles blocking the way for the lift underneath or preventing it from closing, sensors will detect the blockage, switch the heating element off and stop in its tracks. In terms of actual cooking ability, the oven also has its own fast cook mode that cooks food quicker than the average oven.

Waste disposal units have already made a bit of a buzz, by helping people with reducing waste that would otherwise clog up their sinks. By churning and grinding up food into fine sediments, they get flushed away with the water. These units are highly powerful, and can easily detect tougher items and increase their torque to combat them and reduce them to the fine dust particles they are destined to become. These little motors are serving more than one job though, and by reducing the household waste, they are also playing a part in saving the environment. This is a theme that is fairly synonymous with the advances of technology, and today’s appliances are far more economical than those produced 10 years ago. For example, a modern day washing machine uses approximately 40% less electricity, and about 60% less water.