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MIT Counter Intelligence Group Cooks Up Kitchen of the Future

November 19, 2002

The Wall Street Journal Kurt Scherf, vice president of research at Parks Associates, a Dallas market research and consumer-technology consulting firm, said interactive household devices with energy-savings applications were getting lots of attention at builders' home shows a few years ago, when energy prices were rising out West. But that trend has passed, and he says he remains "a skeptic" of some of the most sophisticated computer-driven kitchen technology now for sale.

"There are practical benefits for distinct consumer segments, such as people with disabilities or the elderly," but so far there's nothing out there likely to appeal to the mass market, Mr. Scherf said.

From the article "MIT Counter Intelligence Group Cooks Up Kitchen of the Future," by Frank Byrt.

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