The Periodic Egg Cooker

[poormystic]

Hi
A group of Italian engineers has performed an engineering study on the cooking of eggs, and concluded that the very best way to cook eggs is to alternately boil and cool the eggs on a 2 minute cycle for 30 minutes.
Yeah right, eh. Still, their claims have been taken seriously.
I think that the world needs us to devise a simple, automatic machine which switches a couple of eggs between cool and boiling for 30 minutes while we take care of more important jobs. Now, that's engineering.
Attached is my concept drawing of the periodic egg cooker. But, how does it work?
Of course mains voltages are just unsuitable for this discussion, and electricity in general is difficult to deploy with so much steam and liquid water in the environment.
I wonder about conveying energy into the system using water hydraulics powered by some low-voltage system and motor, not residing on the benchtop.
I wonder about memory metals.
I wonder about a springy, bent wire mechanism that is lifted and lowered through a spiral arranged to rotate the mechanism through 180 degrees.
Does this catch anyone's imagination? Even the craziest ideas might be good, let's enjoy the preapocalypse

 

[poormystic]

Well nobody's much interested in this little engineering project so I would have deleted the thread just now, if I'd had the option.

 

[shrtrnd]

Maybe somebody is still trying to confirm the experiment's conclusions before replying?

 

[poormystic]

Yes,well... that's what I want too, but I just can't be bothered making periodic eggs by hand more than once. It's hardly a demanding project (except for paying for the bits).

 

[Delta Prime]

You have an egg-squisite idea!
I will keep trying, but I get confused when trying to make a periodic egg.I keep adding argon, but it would not react…