Only in Silicon Valley does a longtime tech startup founder find a second career in a chocolate-making robot. Nate Saal studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University after ...

What does a chocolate tempering machine do? A chocolate tempering machine automates the precise heating, cooling, and reheating process that stabilizes cocoa butter crystals in chocolate, creating the ...

Students in the MSR program’s Embedded Systems in Robotics course talk about the challenges of creating a hot chocolate-making machine. There’s nothing much better in cold weather than kicking back ...

The Tools of a Real-Life Willy Wonka In the early 20th century, manufacturer and candy maker Samuel Carey produced machinery, like cocoa roasters and chocolate paste mixers, for confectioners in the ...

Evan Weinstein, the founder of the Philadelphia-based startup, Cocoa Press, which makes a 3D printer for chocolate, doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth. But the young founder was fascinated by 3D ...