Ask Impulse Labs and they’ll tell you that home appliances haven’t changed much over the past five decades. “We’re here to change that,” claims the company on its website. They just launched the Impulse induction cooktop, which has a big lithium battery built-in “that will help people remove fossil fuels from their homes, while delivering a premium experience with top performance.”
“Over the past 20 years, home appliances have seen little to no game-changing innovation and are still largely powered by gas—a nonrenewable energy source that, when burned, we know harms the environment and isn’t great for people,” said founder Sam D’Amico in the funding announcement. “When you cook with gas, toxins from combustion (the act of igniting the gas from your stove into a flame) are released directly into your home. These fumes include toxins such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide,…