Use case – a smart egg boiler

There are numerous egg boilers on the market; however, all of them suffer from one basic limitation – they treat all eggs in a batch the same (using the same quantity of water, boiling duration, and so on). However, even eggs from the same hen can have different characteristics. But for the best taste and texture of a boiled egg, each one needs to be treated differently, and boiling conditions need to be customized as per the unique internal and external characteristics of the egg:

• External characteristics include the size, shape, shell color (indicating the hen pedigree), and altitude at which the egg is boiled.
• Internal characteristics include the texture/density/viscosity of the yolk and albumen, egg age (the time difference between the hatching of the egg and the time of the egg being boiled), shell thickness, and proportion of egg white versus egg yolk.

This use case suggests an innovative boiling process for each...