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Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:42 am
by Chris Corbyn
Has anyone ordered dominos pizza online lately? They have a progress meter which tells you when the pizza is being made, then when it's being cooked, then when it gets sent for delivery.... and it appears to be accurate. Pretty cool idea. Now they just need a web cam so you can watch them doing all that!

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:21 am
by Jenk
Cool, is it actual progress, or just "if they were making this pizza at the average speed, it would be right about.. here!"

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:25 am
by Chris Corbyn
I'm not sure, it seemed pretty accurate. I asked the delivery guy but his response was "I dunno, I just deliver the pizzas..." :lol:

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:50 am
by shiznatix
Having worked at a pizza shop, I am not sure how this could be accurate. Someone would have to be like "this pizza for this guy is going in the oven, click the box on the screen" which would never ever happen. If they did somehow figure out a way to do this then that would be absolutly amazing but I doubt it.

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:56 am
by Kieran Huggins
I'm fairly sure it's guesswork based on a well understood process. It's definitely a nice feedback widget though!

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:36 pm
by georgeoc
shiznatix wrote:If they did somehow figure out a way to do this then that would be absolutly amazing but I doubt it.
Pretty sure it's a radio transmitter in each dough ball.

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:09 am
by Josh1billion
That's very cool. :) You/someone should time how long each step takes, then later order another pizza (or have someone else do it, such as someone from DevNetwork) and compare times. If the times are the same, we'll know that it's just an estimation.

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:08 pm
by Jenk
georgeoc wrote:
shiznatix wrote:If they did somehow figure out a way to do this then that would be absolutly amazing but I doubt it.
Pretty sure it's a radio transmitter in each dough ball.
"Below is a list of your toppings:

Double Pepperoni
Extra Cheese
GPS Locator
Anchovies
Bacon"

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:36 pm
by Kieran Huggins
lol - RFID FTW!

Re: Dominos Pizza Order progress meter thingy majiggy

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:16 pm
by seodevhead
I actually stopped by my local Domino's today to ask them about this new technological advancement, and my findings were quite surprising...

The progress meter DOES accurately represent the entire "creation to delivery" process in real-time. The genius behind the system is several small nanoprocessors that are embedded in both the cheese and crust of the pizza. The reason there is several, is because the one that detects the tossing and stretching of the dough, is subsequently damaged when thrown into the 500 degree oven. This is why Domino's utilized a 2nd nanoprocessor that can withstand these constant temperatures without fail, and deliver realtime updates as to the progress of the baking cycle. A third and final chip, which I am told is not a nano-processor, but rather a standard microchip, is then embedded into the side-flap of the cardboard pizza box, which through triangulation, communicates with 12 orbiting satellites to give precise coordinates on the location of each pizza being delivered respective of their destinations. The manager of the local Domino's told me this process was invented by an in-house GIS engineer at the Detroit, MI headquarters after shareholders were demanding better accounting of both the books and the pizzas.

Truly and inspirational story.