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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

tupAWARE

Emily + Mitch
ART387: Physical IxD
Instructor: Dominic Muren



tupAWARE is a smart food storage container that tracks the temperature and save time of a user's food selection, alerting them when their food is about to spoil or is already past it's acceptable save time.

tupAWARE from Mitch Johnson on Vimeo.





Powered by Arduino and temperature sensors, once the user has made a selection tupAWARE assigns an average save time to the category of food and subtracts time when the container is left in warmer temperatures for more than an hour. Normally food silently expires in the fridge, tupAWARE allows users to effortlessly know when it’s still safe to eat (green), when the food will expire the next day (yellow), and when the food is past it’s acceptable save time (red).







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  1. TimmyG.65June 8, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    I would buy a dozen tupAWAREs and make up the cost in food savings! I think you guys have hit on a big food waste problem and developed an excellent solution. Ah, technology! Woot Woot Emily and Mitch, from proud uncle Tim :)

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