Prototype device aims to revolutionize the boiling of water
An innovative device created by a Danish design studio is seeking to disrupt the market for electric tea kettles. The team behind Miito claims that modern electric kettles are loud, slow and above all wasteful, since drinkers usually boil more water than needed for their cup of tea. This leads to great energy waste: it is estimated that if everyone in the UK boiled only the water they need, they would save enough electricity to power the nation's street lights for two months. The solution is an induction base paired to a magnetic rod that is placed directly into any receptacle. Miito, which is still in the prototype phase, uses the electromagnetic field to heat up water around the rod.