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"One feature that sets certain rice cookers above the rest is “fuzzy logic,” or the ability of an onboard computer to detect how quickly the rice is cooking or
by zer00eyz 1y ago
"One feature that sets certain rice cookers above the rest is “fuzzy logic,” or the ability of an onboard computer to detect how quickly the rice is cooking or to what level doneness it has reached, then make real time adjustments to time and temperature accordingly. " ... From: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/zojirushi-rice-cooker https://www.bonappetit.com/story/zojirushi-rice-cooker
It is a term that is still quite a fair bit for marketing. I think in this case (zojirushi) it isn't trinary, rather some probalistic/baysian system to derive a boolean from a number of factors (time, temp, and so on).
- jasonwatkinspdx 1y agoBack in the late 80s and early 90s fuzzy logic became something of a fad in Japan because several of the leading researchers were at Japanese institutions. So it became a term of hype with a bit of flag waving involved. I'm reasonably convinced my Zojirushi has nothing more than a way to sense when the evaporation shifts and to start the "steaming" countdown timer then, probably using the resistance of the heating coil. In other words it's just a replacement for the weight/balance mechanism in a traditional "dumb" rice cooker, not something doing more complex modeling as far as I can tell. It is however built like a tank and "just works" so I'm entirely happy with my purchase.
- zer00eyz 1y ago> weight/balance mechanism in a traditional "dumb" rice cooker These are far more interesting than that. Technology Connections YouTube channel did a great breakdown of how they really work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI