Samsung Says You Need a Fridge With Wi-Fi
It's a wonder how we ever lived without it.
Samsung revealed its new Wi-Fi-enabled refrigerator in South Korea, solidifying rumors that the company was incorporating wireless technology into consumer appliances.
The heading of this article asks if we really need such a device, and at first thought, it seems rather silly. But after checking out the features, adding Wi-Fi to a fridge does make sense.
According to the Samsung Hub, the new Zipel e-diary features a 10-inch screen mounted on the top-right door, integrated Wi-Fi, and is compatible with DLNA devices so you can play your favorite TV clips while looking for that mayo.
The screen can actually be used to take notes, display current weather conditions, and can even sync with Google Calendar. It can also show more than 500 different varieties of food and their nutritional values and pull up current news from the Internet. The display can even serve as a digital frame by importing images from a memory card, or wirelessly through the network.
While no expected ship dates were provided for the States, the Zipel e-diary refrigerator will cost around $2170 USD.
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No thanks, just a water cooler and ice dispenser..
For the fool who has everything.
I guess I could just mount a netbook to my refrigerator for some savings. Or I could be normal and just put it on the counter. I was hoping it could be used as a repeater for your wireless network, that would at least be useful.
guess now i can watch youtube when I am cooking, chopping meat, and wash veggie in the kitchen
They should put a camera inside it. So that I can tell what's left in the fridge before I drive home.
I don't want the wi-fi or LCD screen just the nice Asian(?) hottie to the right in the pic!!!!
me too
soon we will need asian hottie with wifi ...
no i dont samsung
It's not an awful idea, but it would be better if it could send a text message or email if the temperature rose above a certain level (ie someone left it open/partially jammed). For instance, I just opened the freezer and found all my ice cream to be soup because something blocked it from completely closing, a heads up would have saved my evening
I am a huge proponent of home integration; however, some of it is just not needed. If the screen had an inventory of what was in the fridge and could let you know when things were running low, now that would be useful. Being able to play your TV on the small screen on the fridge with probably really crappy audio, not so much.
Seriously, if someone was buying that crap I think they would have enough money to have a flat panel mounted on the wall with a small htpc networked with a home server.
Fridge Magnets = Dead Wifi.
OMG! I would buy that fridge if it came with that chick! Then I would get "creative" with the chick, and the fridge...
can it run crysis?
lool just kidding guys.. but i still think that there is no need for the wifi in fridges!!!
so cool i want one.
will it perform BJ?
It would be interesting if it allowed you to scan objects' UPCs as you placed them in the fridge and then scan them again when you finished them. It could then tell you what you had and you could check the contents of your fridge from anywhere by logging into the secure web panel.
Can it refrigerate Crysis?
perfect...another place to watch Rick Astley spam video..best of all...in the middle of a yummy cookin'.
perfect...another place to watch Rick Astley spam video..best of all...in the middle of a yummy cookin'.
Can it refrigerate Crysis?
you should be the one refrigerated for that comment my friend
No thanks, just a water cooler and ice dispenser..
My fridge doesn't even have a ice dispenser. We use those good old fashioned things called 'ice trays'.
I know, it's barbaric.
Well, can it automatically email chickens for new eggs and cows for milk?
Imagine the overclocking potential with that sort of cooling...
Anyway, LG brought out an internet fridge a few years back. Guess what happened to that?...
Well, I could see 3 uses for this, providing they eventually add a webcam:
1. Scan the content of my fridge and show me recipes to do with the food I have.
2. Read the expiration date of the packaging and alert me of soon-to-be-spoiled food.
3. As mianmian said, show me what I have in the fridge remotely so I know what to pick up at the store after work.
Farfetched? Not that much...
Well, I could see 3 uses for this, providing they eventually add a webcam:1. Scan the content of my fridge and show me recipes to do with the food I have.2. Read the expiration date of the packaging and alert me of soon-to-be-spoiled food.3. As mianmian said, show me what I have in the fridge remotely so I know what to pick up at the store after work.Farfetched? Not that much...
Not far fetched at all. Barcode scanning has been done with webcams very successfully for ages now (e.g. Delicious Library). You only have two hands after all so can only put one or two items in to the fridge on each move, holding that stuff up to a camera wouldn't take much longer. Even better, maybe packaging could also be sold with rfid chips in to allow wireless scanning of item, expiry etc.
I'm sure we'll end up with this kind of technology within the next 10-25 years. Just a few years ago my girlfriend would often carry a cookbook into the kitchen. Now 9 times out of 10 when she needs a recipe, she carries her laptop in instead.
Useless. The girl's cute though.
Apple will sue Samsung, because that fridge has "Apple inside"
The features provided are fairly useless. If I buy a fridge with wi-fi, it needs to have temperature monitoring, inventory with barcode scanning and expiry entry, ice cube `ready` notification and weight (to estimate quantity,) etc.
Who care about a fridge, though, when you've got a girl like that sitting next to it!
Yeah great so I have two voices telling me to go get milk.
Miele a german brand has wifi in there fridge too, you get lifetime monitoring for free frome it ! hmm korean or german ?