Impulse Labs Cooking with Electricity

BY VIVIEN WANG

Located at 1409 Minnesota Street, Impulse Labs launched last fall with an ambitious mission: to make it easier to electrify homes with better appliances.

The goal originated as part of Chief Executive Officer Sam D’Amico’s quest to build the perfect indoor pizza oven.

while, and the sole reason many homes keep gas lines at all: the stove.”

Impulse is working to improve the performance of induction stoves, which rely on an electromagnetic field below a glass cooktop to heat cookware, enabling more precise temperature control. Induction stoves are less polluting than fossil gas – which produces nitrous dioxide and methane – with lower fire risks.