ECO-OK-Donabine- An Ecofreindly Crockpot

Short Assignment- In 4 weeks identify a global issue and create a product that helps to solve it. I like to cook, but feel a lot of cookware is not eco-friendly. So I decided to research and design an energy-efficient piece of cookware This is a hybrid of 2 pieces of foreign cookware. Namely, The Energy efficient Japanese Donabe, and the flavorful Morrocan Tagine. ECO-OK is a proposed brand of Eco-friendly and easily repairable small appliances that use a universal energy efficient Induction base and swappable tops that bring up contextual menus on said base.

The Hero shot I made in Fusion 360. Mmmmm Fried Rice.

Inspiration Board of the Tagine and Donabes.

Sketching various proposed tops on a variety of interchangeable bottoms.

The design was made with a large LCD screen that brings up contextual menus based on what the top cookware is. Side scroll wheels should be easy to brush for Arthritic hands. Buttons are handled by force sensors to maintain a seamless easy-to-clean look and still be usable with wet or oily hands.

Induction-powered base heats the cookware evenly and directly. It is more powerful than gas while still putting out less dangerous fumes and using less energy. The base can function as just an Induction Cooktop, but each Official proposed top would bring up a contextual menu that is more suited to the piece on top. A Wok would operate at higher temps than this for example and would have settings for Fried Rice. A Belgian Waffle Pan would instead just have a timer.

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