DECO2300 My Digital Pantry

A real digital pantry should have better quality than this

I would like to ask for forgiveness from my cohorts of avid followers. This highly anticipated blog post comes to you after an unquantifiable length of meditation. Prepare yourselves...

My housemates wiggled their eyebrows and shot puzzled expressions in my direction as I paced around the kitchen and living room, testing every 'device' in sight. "He's gone crazy!", one of my more worrisome friends cried out. But they were wrong, dead wrong! I needed to consider every device that I regularly used, a seat, a desk, the kitchen sink. Suddenly I realised that in my steely determination to complete this task I had neglected to feed myself for an extended duration, my belly gurgled. How much time had passed since I had eaten anything, I asked myself this question numerous times, but to no avail. Perhaps 10 maybe 20 hours had passed since the last morsel of food passed my lips, however, the details were unimportant! I spun around and approached the pantry and experienced a shock that electrified my digestive organs, shattering any notion of hunger. 'The pantry!' I yelled, my voice laced with triumph.

The pantry door is a device that I as a food consuming human tend to use rather frequently, 4-6 times a day to be more precise. I will operate this device relentlessly in an attempt to evaluate what kind of side dishes, seasonings and sauces are available as I prepare my meals. Long minutes tend to be consumed as I crane my neck to and fro, inspecting each corner of the pantry. My idea is cryptically related to blog's title, a 'Digital Pantry'.

My digital pantry will include an interactive screen, where inventory can be checked without pointless operation of the door hinges taking place and pre-programmed dishes (vetted by the user) will appear in green if sufficient inventory exists, orange and red if only partial or no inventory is available. Inventory management will be assisted by a built in barcode scanner and a manual inventory entry (sugar, salt etc).

This device variation will bring civilisation one step closer to the digital age portrayed in many of our childhood sci-fi films. Look Below for a digital paper prototype.