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Spinoff story
Precision Coffeemaker Adapts Brews to Beans, Taste
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
During four summer internships at NASA Research Park, part of Ames Research Center, Matt Walliser learned various skills related to building intelligent, autonomous robotic systems. Some of these, like proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers and embedded communications, became central to the Blossom One coffee brewer created by San Francisco-based Blossom Coffee Inc., where Walliser is now chief engineer. The technology holds brew temperatures constant, ensuring consistent results, and allows the machine to brew according to recipes stored in the cloud.