SlashGear Japan
Blenders haven’t changed a lot over the years, they blend. Its pretty basic and leaves little room for a huge change or revolution. However, MIT students have created the Blendie 2000 and have managed to completely change the way I look at a blender. The video included is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen that involves a blender.
The blender is voice activated, by voice activated I don’t mean you say things like “blend high” or “blend low”. You have to learn to speak the same language as your blender.
Make a low growl and the blender will blend at a low speed, make a high pitched growl and it will speed up. The girl in the video has to be the coolest chick ever, mostly to agree to go on video and growl at a blender.
VIDEO: MIT Students Develop Voice-Controlled Blender, Great for Making Smoothies [via techeblog]
10 Responses to “Blendie 2000 from students at MIT”
purdue engineer September 21, 2008
we always knew they were crazy over at MIT
Neutralbtfx September 21, 2008
Hmm, I guess traditional-button blenders can be used as an interpreter.
NeutralTroy September 22, 2008
Obviously this should have been in cars a long time ago.
VrooooOOM.. vrooOOM…. Hey I wanna pass that guy! VROOOOOOM!!
+1Paul B September 24, 2008
OK. So What. You pay all that money to go to MIT to make a voice activated blender. What will they invent next? Possibly a device that can turn lights on and off by clapping your hands!
-2Why not make a blender that has a micro chip programmed with various foods to blend. Then you can just tell the blender you are making a margarita and it knows exactly how to blend it. Kind of like the popcorn button on my microwave oven. The blender could then even tell you when to add ingredients (or where to buy them if you add a GPS!).