Chefmate

Iowa State
Houseware Design Challenge

Duration: 5 Weeks

Chefmate countertop recipe display with camera and carry handle

You hungry?
Let's make some food,
I'll find a recipe

So. Much. Crap.

This recipe for chicken tacos has:

30+

25

11 Pages before the recipe begins

And yet contains:

17 Total Ingredients

6 Cooking Steps

1 Annoyed home cook

What's the alternative?

Printed recipe page used in Chefmate design research

Recipe Book's

Limited to books recipe's
Can't preview recipes prior to purchase
Easy to damage
Needs stand to stay visible
Heavy/difficult to move

Mobile recipe app used as a design comparison

Recipe Apps

Limited to the apps recipes
Possible additional cost
Easy to get cooking oil/debris on the device when scrolling
Small format (on mobile device)
Expensive device near hazards

Let's Make this experience better.

CHEF MATE

Hands Free

Use hand gestures to move through a recipe

Every Recipe

Uses any free recipe online

Simple Cooking

Formats recipes to simple, clear steps

Begin by selecting any recipe by category's or by search.

Gather all ingredients required

Chefmate recipe overview with hand gesture navigation

Begin recipe by swiping hand forwards in front of the chefmate, or swipe with the touch screen.

Chefmate step-by-step cooking instructions

Follow each step as shown

Start, observe, and stop timers hands free with a pinch gesture.

Enjoy the food, yum!

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Hands Free Cooking

Chefmate uses its camera to detect hand motion, allowing users to navigate their recipe without touching the screen, preventing oil, salt, and debris from contaminating their device.

Chefmate recipe filters and browsing screen

Select Recipe

Collect Ingredients

Chefmate recipe start screen with gesture controls

Begin Recipe

Chefmate cooking steps and ingredient interface

Complete Steps

Chefmate prompted timer controlled by hand gestures

Prompted Timers

Complete!

Annotated Chefmate recipe interface showing timer and ingredient controls

Annotated Chefmate device showing camera, handle, frame, and stand

12mp Camera

Using the 12m megapixel camera, the Chefmate tracks the users hands allowing navigation of the recipe possible without contact. This allows to move forward or backward in the recipe without getting oil, salt, debris, etc on the Device. No more knuckle scrolling on your tiny phone screen, Hooray!

So, where do the recipes come from?

Chefmate uses a process called "Data Scraping." This means an algorithm scans the web, grabs the necessary data from free recipe websites, only keeps essential parts of the recipe while discarding the spam, then formats the recipe for the device

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Magnetic Charging

Chefmate kitchen device concept presentation