'I know how stupid this is, but it had to be done': YouTuber gets Doom to run on touchscreen cooking pot

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Let him cook!

1993's Doom running via the touch screen of a smart cooking pot device.
(Image credit: Aaron Christophel)

Internet of things (IoT) devices both repulse and intrigue me. I say 'repulse' because, hoo-NELLY, these simple, WiFi enabled devices are surprisingly easy to leverage into malicious activity, such as botnets. And yet, such an abundance of hardware in a relatively simple device is also what makes them all the more compelling to tinker with—especially by, say, coaxing an unlikely kitchen device into running Doom.

Case in point, German tech creator Aaron Christophel has got the original boomer shooter working on the touch screen of the Krups Cook4Me Smart cooking pot. It proves surprisingly easy to dismantle the kitchen appliance, with the bottom separating the heating elements from your counter top secured by a single screw (conversely, the separate touch screen module is firmly held in place with a whole two screws).

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Aaron quips, "Yeah, I know how stupid this is—but it had to be done."

And, as my rice cooker quivers next to my spice rack, I'm inclined to agree with him.

You can check out Christophel's other projects—including this nifty Doom-running epaper device—on his German-language blog and English-language YouTube channel. If you're hungry for more Doom-where-it-shouldn't-be projects, you might want to check out the shooter running via a charging station, technically on a $30 vape, a bored high schooler's PDF, and—perhaps most interestingly—recursively within itself.

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Jess Kinghorn
Jess Kinghorn
Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

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