It happens to us all – you fill up the kettle to make a quick cup of tea, and then have to wait ages for it to boil. But that frustration could soon be a thing of the past with a device that heats the exact amount of water you need for your cup...by boiling it in the mug.
This means that not only does the device save time, it also saves energy. To heat water, a mug is placed on a special induction（感应）plate and a magnetic
（磁性的）metal rod is immersed in it. The base creates an electromagnetic field that causes the water around the rod to heat up. And if you have guests over and want to make more than one cup – just place your teapot on the device, called a Miito, and it works in the same energy-efficient way.
The Miito is the brainchild of Nils Chudy and Jasmina Grase, former students of the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. They set out to redesign the kettle after realizing the amount of energy that’s wasted each time it is put on to boil and hailed Miito as an “innovative product that reduces the heating of excess water”.
Mr Chudy, 23, from Berlin, Germany, said: “Miito all started with looking at electric kettles. While researching electric kettles more closely, we noticed that there was a major design flaw（瑕疵）. They are extremely wastefully designed – the minimum fill line of the majority of kettles is at approximately 500mL which means that if you want one cup of tea, around 250mL, you waste 50 per cent of the hot water.
“We set out to redesign the electric kettle to change people’s habits of overfilling electric kettles in order to save energy. Miito is efficient because you only heat the amount of water you need saving time and energy.”
The pair is now looking at ways of mass-producing their kettles, and hopes to sell them for around £80 once they hit the shelves.
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