2022

Harness the power of computation to animate the inanimate for dynamic dining trajectories, where food items can be “programmed” and “reconfigured”. Dishes can self regulate their own deployment (e.g., arrangements, flavour combinations and presentations) in real-time through multiple operations governed by electrowetting technology.

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Publications: 

Jialin Deng, Humphrey Yang, Aryan Saini, Urs Dominic, Lining Yao, Patrick Olivier, and Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller. 2023. Dancing Delicacies: Designing Computational Food for Dynamic Dining Trajectories. Full paper, DIS ’23

🏅✨ BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION

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Jialin Deng, Nathalie Overdevest, Patrick Olivier, and Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller. 2024. From Plating to Tasting: Towards Understanding the Choreography of Computational Food. Full Paper, CHI ’24

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Events:

• Interactive Food: Showcasing Dancing Delicacies at Worksmith Community Event for Hospitality Enthusiasts

• Food Co-Design Workshops: Crafting New Dancing Delicacies Dishes with Culinary Professionals

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Press:

• Whoa. Watch Food Move Around A Plate All By Itself, Forbes

• Scientists create tech-smart food that “dances” on the plate to revolutionize dining, Food Ingredients 1st

• Dancing Delicacies: Combining Food and Tech for Interactive Dining, Tech Xplore

• Pac-Man on a plate: Play with your food to boost taste and experience, New Atlas

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