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The History of Push-Button Cuisine

17 points by Petiver 10y ago

Animats 10y ago
All of this was made possible by Robert Abplanalp, who invented the leakproof spray-can valve. He had over 300 patents, most related to spray cans. His company is still in business, making valves.[1] Of course, today he'd be derided as a patent troll. [1] http://www.precisionglobal.com http://www.precisionglobal.com
- steve19 10y ago
  Patent trolls neither develop patents (or if they do it is BS maths as a process or otherwise obvious patents), nor do they use the patents themselves. They make money from licensing / extortion. Mr. Abplanalp is the opposite of a patent troll.
- UlyssesSKrunk 10y ago
  ...if he invented something then he wouldn't be a patent troll. Patent trolls buy up patents and then sue everybody who does something at all like what their patent may or may not be related to.
camtarn 10y ago
"A canister of No More Tea Bags emits a nitrogen-propelled stream of concentrated tea into hot water, allowing tea-sippers to adjust the strength of their beverage to their precise specifications. ... 'particularly with younger consumers, the response is that it is cool and modern and not at all off-putting' " Given how famously fussy the British are about their tea, I'm really quite surprised that the response was 'cool and modern' rather than vulgarities and threats of physical altercation ;)
contingencies 10y ago
Should be titled Aerosol Cuisine. There were many 'modern' achievements in food tech in the 1950s. Check out this automated hamburger restaurant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE ... which is uncomfortably close to (and far ahead of) http://momentummachines.com/ http://momentummachines.com/ (7 years in?). Last month I founded Infinite Food, an automated food preparation and retail service startup (based on actual fresh ingredients and just in time preparation) here in mainland China... currently we have a minimum functional prototype, a mechanical demonstration, a strong business plan and financial projection and are seeking additional seed, see http://8-food.com/ http://8-food.com/

17 points by Petiver 10y ago

All of this was made possible by Robert Abplanalp, who invented the leakproof spray-can valve. He had over 300 patents, most related to spray cans. His company is still in business, making valves.[1] Of course, today he'd be derided as a patent troll. [1] http://www.precisionglobal.com http://www.precisionglobal.com

steve19 10y ago
Patent trolls neither develop patents (or if they do it is BS maths as a process or otherwise obvious patents), nor do they use the patents themselves. They make money from licensing / extortion. Mr. Abplanalp is the opposite of a patent troll.
UlyssesSKrunk 10y ago
...if he invented something then he wouldn't be a patent troll. Patent trolls buy up patents and then sue everybody who does something at all like what their patent may or may not be related to.

camtarn 10y ago

"A canister of No More Tea Bags emits a nitrogen-propelled stream of concentrated tea into hot water, allowing tea-sippers to adjust the strength of their beverage to their precise specifications. ... 'particularly with younger consumers, the response is that it is cool and modern and not at all off-putting' " Given how famously fussy the British are about their tea, I'm really quite surprised that the response was 'cool and modern' rather than vulgarities and threats of physical altercation ;)

contingencies 10y ago

Should be titled Aerosol Cuisine. There were many 'modern' achievements in food tech in the 1950s. Check out this automated hamburger restaurant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE ... which is uncomfortably close to (and far ahead of) http://momentummachines.com/ http://momentummachines.com/ (7 years in?). Last month I founded Infinite Food, an automated food preparation and retail service startup (based on actual fresh ingredients and just in time preparation) here in mainland China... currently we have a minimum functional prototype, a mechanical demonstration, a strong business plan and financial projection and are seeking additional seed, see http://8-food.com/ http://8-food.com/