01/04/2013 | 11:33 AM

From robot coffee pots to turning tables

Closest thing to a coffee robot

Who hasn’t wished for the day coffee brewed itself? From keeping up with the lunch rush to offering customers a higher degree of customization, Cafection has a solution. 

The Cafection Innovation Series Total 1 and Total Lite are interactive and Internet connected, touch screen coffee systems. The systems offer three cup sizes and strengths, and a variety of flavoured coffee. Options include a mounted credit card system and receipt printer. 

For more information, go to: www.cafection.com/en/products/innovation-series.

Dry and wash all in one

The Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer washes and dries hands with no need to leave the sink. Infrared sensors pinpoint hand positions and release water from the tap stem. Once hands are wet and drying is requested, integrated circuitry computes the information and activates the Dyson digital motor V4, creating two high velocity sheets of air on the tap’s branches. Using Airblade technology, the Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer sends sheets of unheated filtered air at 675 kph towards hands, literally scraping them dry. Hands are dry in 14 seconds. 

The Dyson Airblade hand dryer passes washroom air through a HEPA filter which removes 99.97 per cent of bacteria at 0.3 microns from the air used to dry hands. 

   
For more information, go to: www.dyson.com.

Taking the pressure off servers

Expediently turning tables is the key to raising the bottomline in the restaurant industry. HubWorks has devised a tablet-compatible software that allows customers to place orders and pay bills on their own, rather than waiting for a server. The software can be accessed by diners on a table-mounted iPad and is fully integrated with restaurant point-of-sales systems. To alleviate concerns over security and durability, Synapse has developed the HubWorks iPad Case, that allows for protection and safe use of the software.

For more information, go to www.synapse.com/projects/ipad-point-sale-case.

Scallops and sauce for foodservice

Clearwater Seafoods is making seafood preparation easier for foodservice operators with their new product, Scallops & Sauce.

The scallops are MSC-certified and come in a garlic cream sauce. The scallop cooks in the cream sauce giving it a rich coating and are ready to serve in approximately six minutes. Cooked in either the microwave or pan fried, the scallops can be added to pasta, risotto, chicken, steak, fish or as a side.Clearwater Scallops & Sauce are available in 6 oz. portions for foodservice and can be customized under a private brand label.