N.O.M.S. takes the idea of a traditional
microwave and advances the technology to be on par with technology today. By having a “smart” microwave, users will
never again have to guess at cooking times or power levels. The microwave has all this information
saved in a database and is able to access this information by identifying
the UPC code on the food package. N.O.M.S.
has a camera and an LCD touch screen user interface embedded into the front
of the microwave. Working together,
the camera provides real time feedback so that the user can better adjust
the label for scanning during the scanning process. The image collected by the camera is sent
to the microcontroller, which in turn searches the onboard database in
order to pull the instructions for cooking. Finally, the user will have the ultimate
say, as they will always have the ability to overwrite preferences or enter
the cooking time and power manually.
