patrick.net
An Antidote to Corporate Media
1,191,520 comments by 13,863 users - Blue, Patrick, RC2006, richwicks, stereotomy online now
Ex-Google Engineer Just Reinvented the Measuring Cup
invite response
2017 Oct 4, 1:46am 1,678 views 3 comments
Comments 1 - 3 of 3 Search these comments
1
Tenpoundbass
2017 Oct 4, 7:05am
Tenpoundbass
2017 Oct 4, 7:05am
That's why you should use measuring cups and spoons that a full unit you are using.
If you need a teaspoon, use a teaspoon, if you need a 1/3cup use a 1/3 cup measure.
If you need a teaspoon, use a teaspoon, if you need a 1/3cup use a 1/3 cup measure.
2
bob2356
2017 Oct 4, 7:09am
anonymous says
Seems that people have a LOT of time on their hands after they leave google.
Ex-Google Engineer Just Reinvented the Measuring Cup
Seems that people have a LOT of time on their hands after they leave google.
3
anonymous
2017 Oct 4, 7:11am
Agree with AF when it comes to cooking. Baking however, that's some sciency shit. Off by the tiniest amount and your torte tastes like crap.
According to the Boston Business Journal, Redstone spent four years tinkering with a solution to something that had long annoyed him as an amateur chef: Traditional measuring cups, which are stocky and not very well tapered, don’t do a great job of accurately measuring their own contents. Redstone believes the shape of a cup determines its success, particularly when a cook overfills a liquid or solid by a tiny amount. The smaller the volume, the more the problem is magnified.
“With traditional measuring cups, the smaller the amount, the harder it is to measure accurately. The culprit? The shape. Straight sides magnify errors when measuring lower down in the cup. Some have tried to solve this problem with conical measuring cups, but their results fall short of Euclid’s by up to 60 percent. Euclid is the only measuring cup with a mathematically optimal, tapered design for consistent accuracy across amounts.”
More Including Animated Diagram Showing the % Errors: http://mentalfloss.com/article/504880/ex-google-engineer-just-reinvented-measuring-cup
#SciTech #NomNoms #FoodPrep