refrigerators

Before finally going back to sleep I started thinking about refrigerators. Yes, a little bit odd in the middle of the night, but there you go... I'm sure you've all heard about those smart refrigerators, that have internet built in and that can order new supplies if/when you run out. Since these refrigerators are already connected to the internet, why not educate its users on food? Think about pop-ups or mouse-overs that show what ingredients are in a certain product with explanations of all those mysterious E-numbers... Think about learning to cook specific recipes or what you can still make that's healthy with the few ingredients you have (rather than go out and buy fast-food!).

By the way... I had a friend in college, Joep, who was a crazy about his refrigerator. We joked about it sometimes and in the end I had him go to a store with a crate of beer and several boxes of pizza. He then tested the refrigerators they had in that store (with permission) to find out which refrigerator would suit a student best. His own focus was mainly on how much noise it made, or as he put it "is she humming nicely"? He wrote up his test and published it in the magazine of our student's union of which I was chair woman at the time. Good old days :-)