Back 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 i

Back 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.