1999-02-14|Manning Innovation Awards
Topless Microwave Cooking Device
Go Simon Sunatori, P.Eng., M.Eng.
Nomination Form completely filled out including required signatures.
A brief biographical sketch of the nominee including education, employment and other activities.
- Go Simon Sunatori, P.Eng./ing., M.Eng., F.N.A., was born in 1959, and is a Canadian Citizen. He obtained a Master of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in Hamilton (Ontario) CANADA in 1983. He received many scholarships.
- He worked at Northern Telecom Electronics Ltd. and Bell-Northern Research Ltd. (now Nortel Networks) for 11 years as a Member of the Scientific Staff. He acted as Senior Integrated Circuit Designer for the CMOS Standard Cell Library, as Senior Design System Integrator for the GaAs Cell Library, and as UNIX Systems Administrator. For his work and commitment, he earned a few awards. In 1985, he created an on-line news, information and discussion forum called CM4NEWS, for which he served as Editor-in-Chief and later as Editor Emeritus.
- As an Entrepreneur, he founded HyperInfo Canada Inc. in 1989 to pursue Research and Development on Information Processing and Publishing Technology as well as Electro-Magnetic Technology Applications. While serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, he has also functioned as Chief Designer/Engineer/Scientist/Technologist as well as Systems Administrator (Webmaster/Postmaster) and Publisher/Editor. In 1995, he set up "HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre" on the Internet to offer Pay-For-Value Knowledge Services via E-commerce. Some of the websites he created were nominated for some Internet awards. The "HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre" won the 1996 Canadian Internet Special Achievement Award for "Best Internet Publication (electronic)", and 1999 Golden Web Award. In 2002, he launched the NH3 Power Canada project.
- As a Computer Programmer, he has written UNIX and IBM mainframe software programmes, Apple Macintosh applications such as "HyperInfo Intelligent Knowledge Object Organisation System" and "Food Nutrition Knowledge Matrix", as well as CGI scripts.
- As an Independent Inventor, he has filed more than 40 solo patent applications in many fields. He has submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research. Some of his inventions have appeared on the @discovery.ca programme on the Discovery Channel. He has been nominated for Manning Innovation Awards. He builds "HyperFeeder: Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder with Concentric Perching Rings and a Transparent Globe", and ships them to places around the world.
- As an Educator, he joined the Faculty of the New York College of Advanced Studies in 2002 as an Adjunct Professor. He prepared college-level certification examinations. He conceived and published educational software called "HyperGames Centre".
- He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Member of the Professional Engineers Ontario, a Life Member of the World Future Society, among others. In 2001, he obtained une attestation délivrée par l'Office de la langue française. In 2002, he became a Lifetime Fellow of the North American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has made numerous technical and social proposals in the spirit of absolute simplicity and ultimate consistency.
- Married with 3 children, he enjoys cross-country skiing as well as designing and building ice and snow structures for his kids. He makes his own wine from grape juice, makes yogurt, and grows and harvests Ginkgo biloba. He also dreams of living in a dome house. In 1997, he underwent an Excimer Laser Eye Surgery (LASIK) to achieve a 20/20 vision.
A complete description of the innovation, together with a one-page summary.
Topless Microwave Cooking Device
- Topless Microwave Cooking Device has a generally cylindrical door assembly that opens to permit movement of a food container in upwardly vertical direction. The generally cylindrical door assembly has a rigid or flexible microwave-opaque screen so as to be opened and closed to reveal the interior chamber in sliding, folding, rolling, or rotational movement. A means for water molecules to escape from the interior chamber may be provided.
- The Topless Microwave Cooking Device can be best described in conceptual drawings with the door closed and open, as shown below respectively.
- The innovation is explained in detail in the patent application attached.
If the innovation is patented, provide a copy of the patent. If a patent has been applied for and has not been issued yet, include a copy of the patent application.
- Topless Microwave Cooking Device
- Patent Number .......... Canadian 2 253 773
- Status ................. Pending
Specific information on the development of the innovation from concept through to a complete product or process.
- In 1997, a project was initiated to create a new microwave cooking device with top-loading configuration.
- The evaluation of conventional microwave ovens revealed that they only provide a door at the front, and none of them had top-loading configuration. The technological uncertainty was created by the unknown structural integrity of the door mechanism, as well as the need for a microwave confinement technique to contain microwave leakage.
- Thus, new approach to open and close a microwave oven with a generally cylindrical door assembly was conceived. A number of door configurations were developed, tested, and discarded in an effort to find a few that would most efficiently permit movement of a food container in upwardly vertical direction.
- The patent application entitled Topless Microwave Cooking Device was made in 1998.
An outline of the application or marketing results of the innovation.
- There are people who do everything in microwaves and would never use anything else. However, there are many shortcomings with the conventional microwave ovens, including the lack of ventilation which increases the humidity inside the oven to unacceptably high levels, as well as the requirement of many recipes to take out the pot in mid-cooking to stir the contents.
- The concept of the Topless Microwave Cooking Device can be applied to other kinds of cooking devices, such as halogen ovens.
- The Topless Microwave Cooking Device is being promoted on a website on the Internet. A licensing deal is being sought with possible manufacturers.
A statement indicating the nature of the resources and the extent these resources were used in conceiving, developing and applying or marketing the innovation.
- An Apple Macintosh computer and HyperCard software were used in conceiving ideas and documenting the innovation.
- The Internet was used as the primary resource in patent search, literature review, and marketing the innovation.
The details on the involvement of other individuals in conceiving, developing and applying or marketing the innovation.
- No other individuals are involved in conceiving, developing and applying or marketing the innovation.
Endorsements from individuals qualified to comment on the innovation's quality, application or marketing.
- a retired museum curator in Toronto (Ontario) CANADA
- Microwaves are part of the fast food society we live in. I'm sold on microwaves. I do everything in microwaves; poach fish, cook corn and vegetables all the time. I'd never use anything else. Throw in a corn on the cob and it's done in three and a half minutes.
- a Ph.D. chemical engineer with a M.Sc. in electrical engineering and the "expert" on dielectric and microwave heating
- I see a few problems but these are not too difficult to solve.
A statement of the economic or social benefits to Canada, or potential benefits, resulting from the application or marketing of the innovation.
- Canada has one of the highest rate of possession of microwave ovens in the world. In the latest survey, 85 % of Canadian households owned at least one microwave in 1996, an increase of 12 % from 1992, according to Statistics Canada.
- Canada also has a strong and competitive microwave industry, both for communications and for consumers. If the Topless Microwave Cooking Device is mass-produced in Canada, there will be a great economic benefit to Canada, especially with an export potential.
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