I did a little “is shit rotting in your fridge?, also inventory” thing for senior design. It was a cursed project for a variety of reasons, but even what we did was a stretch in terms of utility.
If only we had known that the girl that came up with the idea was actively detrimental to everything she was even adjacent to
There’s a super easy way to find out the answer to that question that does not require a screen… it’s incredibly innovative and kind of magic though, so I understand it’s not everyone’s first thought.
I keep racking my brain on this one. Unless it’s doing advanced things like automatically tracking fridge inventory and helping build shopping lists, there’s literally no point. Analog controls work fine, even for fancier fridges with integrated ice makers.
Fridge screen with recipes would be great for my family. If it was smart enough to track the contents of the fridge and create meal plans, that would be a helpful reason to add smarts.
Maybe to plan something to eat, but the practice of actually using a recipe its in a bad spot.
Think about it you bring everything together to cut and cook, it makes so much more sense to not have it on a door. Instead in front of you, like a cookbook. Better still if it’s movable.
Fortunately self hosting recipies is easy and there is great software for doing it. Use any device you want for that purpose.
Possible useful applications? Reporting on anything relevant to the fridge (temps., power consumption, water level, maintenance reminders, usage tracking etc…)
Other than that I can’t think of anything other than 'bragging rights.
why does a fridge need a computer and a screen?
The burning question on the hearts and minds of everyone who isn’t a complete dolt since these things came out
I did a little “is shit rotting in your fridge?, also inventory” thing for senior design. It was a cursed project for a variety of reasons, but even what we did was a stretch in terms of utility.
If only we had known that the girl that came up with the idea was actively detrimental to everything she was even adjacent to
There’s a super easy way to find out the answer to that question that does not require a screen… it’s incredibly innovative and kind of magic though, so I understand it’s not everyone’s first thought.
Equip a sensor that figures out how much ethylene is in the air inside the fridge?
Or just open the door every once in a while and look…
Congrats, you just won 100k magic interwebs coins.
Oh yeah. It was a shit project. Fucking nightmare.
So they can show you ads. Obviously 😌
I keep racking my brain on this one. Unless it’s doing advanced things like automatically tracking fridge inventory and helping build shopping lists, there’s literally no point. Analog controls work fine, even for fancier fridges with integrated ice makers.
Displaying recipes is about all I can come up with
And even that one is not a good use case really because of the location.
The counter makes a lot more sense for a recipe screen, and turns out a tablet is good at that.
Fridge screen with recipes would be great for my family. If it was smart enough to track the contents of the fridge and create meal plans, that would be a helpful reason to add smarts.
Maybe to plan something to eat, but the practice of actually using a recipe its in a bad spot.
Think about it you bring everything together to cut and cook, it makes so much more sense to not have it on a door. Instead in front of you, like a cookbook. Better still if it’s movable.
Fortunately self hosting recipies is easy and there is great software for doing it. Use any device you want for that purpose.
why does anything aside from a computer?
‘need’? It doesn’t.
Possible useful applications? Reporting on anything relevant to the fridge (temps., power consumption, water level, maintenance reminders, usage tracking etc…)
Other than that I can’t think of anything other than 'bragging rights.