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It is the world’s smallest, portable microwave and can be powered via a link to the USB port on a laptop computer.
The turquoise device – called the Beanzawave – has been created in partnership with Heinz to allow workers tied to their desks to create a warm snack, or hot drink, to see them through the day.
However, it might also sustain a hard-working student through the many hours of lonely revision.
And the convenience of powering it from a laptop computer means you could tuck into a hot snack while flying on holiday or even on the train.
To date, the device, which stands just 7.4 inches tall by 6.2 in wide and 5.9 in deep, is only a prototype.
However, experts at the Microwave Association insist the sophisticated miniaturised technology does exist to turn the eye-catching gadget into a reality.
The mini-micro has been designed by microwave expert Gordon Andrews and Stephen Frazer, an authority on industrial design and managing director of Frazer Designers.
Apart from its size, the key breakthrough is the use of a combination of mobile phone radio frequencies to create the heat to cook both on the outside and within in under a minute.
Mr Andrews, the managing director of GAMA Microwave Technology, said it is possible to ‘tune’ the radio-frequencies to provide the best results with any small product.
‘It is possible to heat a pie, a burger, a cup of soup or tea in quick time,’ he said.
June 11, 2009
