Kitchens as high-tech social spaces

Maeck Can Yue leads German appliance maker Miji's efforts to make cooking fun

About 18 years ago, Miji Electronics and Appliances, a German maker of kitchen products and systems, launched its electric stove in the China market.

The product is comparable to an electric vehicle insofar as being a symbol of environmentally friendly lifestyle inventions is concerned, said Maeck Can Yue, Miji's founder and general manager.