Disney Patents Interactive Cakes [Patents]

Think back, in case you will, to the last time you ate a birthday cake. Don’t you remember griping about how it didn’t really do anything? Well, Disney’s seeking to fix all that with interactive cakes. Yes, birthday cakes with pico-projectors.

Just when people were perfecting the non-interactive cake , Disney had to move and throw this curveball. Their recently awarded patent for ” Projector Systems and techniques For Producing Digitally Augmented, Interactive Cakes and Other Food Products” has changed the cake game forever. StitchKingdom anticipates what we’d find in this strange new world:

The system could be capable of detecting the topography of a cake which essentially signifies that if a slice were to be cut out, it can detect the missing piece and respond appropriately. As an example, cut out a slice where there’s a simulated lake and you’ll instantly create a waterfall wherein water is now represented as flowing down the perimeters of the most recent missing cake portion. Additionally, props and specially coded utensils could trigger events equivalent to Tinker Bell flying around the cake and leaving a trail of pixie dust when someone waves a wand in front of the cake. Perhaps Captain Hook would instantly appear and draw his sword, preparing for battle, as someone approaches the cake with a knife.

While kids will undoubtedly love the possibility to play with their food, Disney’s interactive cakes should streamline the birthday process for oldsters, too. ” Here’s your cake.” ” But where are all my presents?” ” We got you this pico-projector.” Done! [ StitchKingdom via Engadget ]

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