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date, the fridge tells you, and you can
either use it or throw it out. Fancy
something different for dinner? No
problem, ask the fridge to suggest some
menus based on the ingredients it
knows you have in stock. Or tell the
fridge the menu you require and it will
provide you with a shopping list of the
items you don't have or order the items
via email. This is the Screenfridge from
Electrolux.
But why 'Screenfridge'? On the door is a
touch-sensitive panel or screen that
provides a means of communicating
with the users. For many households,
life revolves around the kitchen, This is
the assumption Electrolux made in
designing the Screenfridge. The same
screen is a messaging centre. Since the
fridge is equipped with a microphone,
speaker and video-camera, you're not
limited to textual information. The fridge
is connected to the Internet, so it can be
used to send and receive email or you
could surf the Web to find a new recipe.
Many people have a TV in the kitchen,
but if you already have a screen on the
fridge, why clutter up the work surface
with a TV? Call the Screenfridge's TV
mode and watch your favourite
programme on the fridge. The
Screenfridge can be interfaced to a
surveillance camera to check out
visitors or to keep an eye on the
children. Finally, the Screenfridge can
perform some of the household
management tasks normally associated
with a PC. For example, it has a diary,
address pad and a notepad.
website.
But the importance of the machine is
that it is the first of a line-up of Web-
connected domestic appliances that
will be able to talk to each other using
a new open communication system
called WRAP - Web-Ready Appliances
Protocol.
Ariston will be launching a dishwasher,
fridge and oven using WRAP early
next year according to Francesco
Caio, head of Ariston's parent
company Merloni Elettrodomestici.
Eventually it will be joined by
Leonardo, a touch-screen kitchen
computer. All the machines will
communicate through the house's ring
main, and to the Web through the
washing machine's mobile phone.
Mr Caio believes he can sell 30 to
50,000 washing machines each year in
Europe. But he must leap some big
hurdles before me system can become
widely accepted. WRAP is a
proprietary Merloni standard, and
people are unlikely to buy ; if locked in
to Ariston for other networked
appliances. Caio claims the standard
is open to other manufacturers to
adopt but so far none have signed up,
whereas the huge Japanese
manufacturers are adopting rival
systems. The main obstacle is the cost
- the margherita2000.com will cost
much more than a traditional washing
machine.
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