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An Edmonton-based company is giving kitchen connoisseurs one more reason to keep their countertops clean and clear.

Atlas Granite has developed a touch screen countertop which can display anything from Netflix to emails with a simple swipe.

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The countertop has been in development for about one year but hasn’t hit the market just yet. However, the company was able to bring a fully functioning display to the NAHB International Builders’ show in Las Vegas in January, where it took home the coveted best overall kitchen and bath product award.

Atlas CEO Ricky Nayar called the award the “Oscar of the construction world.”

“It’s still sinking in,” he said. “We could never imagine that (we could win). This is huge. This is going to open up so many doors for us now. I’m getting calls from all over the world.”

Nayar said he’s always had a passion for technology but chose to pursue kitchen countertops as a means to pay the bills. It wasn’t until he was overseas with his wife that they saw a projector displaying an image on a countertop. The projector could link to someone’s phone and display whatever the phone had on it.