Toshiba tipped to unwrap e-fridge
News The fridge will keep a record of the items stored inside it. Quoting company sources, Japanese Web site Asahi.com claims the fridge could be on sale as early as April 2002. LG Electronics has already created an Internet Fridge, complete with an LCD...
[January 3, 2002, 15:05]
Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
News An average refrigerator now consumes about 435 kilowatt-hours a year, about half that chewed up by a 1973-vintage fridge. Had changes not been enacted, a new fridge would likely consume about 1,870 kilowatt-hours and cost $200 (£100) a year to run...
[June 14, 2006, 10:30]
Home networking spreads round globe
News Although the fridge is too expensive to sell widely at S$19,999 (£7,047.49), this maiden attempt by LG signals the company's interest in network appliances. LG Electronics, one of Korea's largest firms, is rushing to become a leader in smart home...
[August 8, 2003, 10:25]
Digital photo frames infected
Blog Your smart fridge could eventually be a conduit to your data. There's a very interesting thread on the SANS Handler's Diary about photo frames that have been infected with malware. Apparently, US store Best Buy pulled thousands of photo frames...
[January 30, 2008, 16:39]
How to get consumers to swallow electronic tags
Talkback And as for the intelligent fridge, contrary to it being "fairy tale", it has already been developed: http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/369/1/1/ Another example would be making high value items in your home 'smart'.
[October 22, 2004, 15:33]
Emotional machines - Do we want them?
News Imagine a "friendly fridge" that could have its own personality, or a child's toy that would do more than imitate feelings. Yes, we have the library in Java, COM and C++/C packages for game machines; and it can be tailored for custom hardware, such...
[June 21, 2002, 9:36]
2002 shows its silly side
News And if you were stuck in (road) traffic, perhaps you should've forked out several thousand pounds for an Internet Fridge so you could look up the traffic reports while supping on the first coffee of the day.
[December 30, 2002, 6:14]
