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No, in that case it would be a fun, and potentially useful feature. That said, the use is extremely minimal, since it's really only a backup for poor planning.

by M_Grey 10y ago

No, in that case it would be a fun, and potentially useful feature. That said, the use is extremely minimal, since it's really only a backup for poor planning. If you check the fridge before you shop (when making a list for example) you avoid all of this. The truth is though, if you want a really secure fridge, it either needs to be much more expensive or... you know... just a fridge.

kardos 10y ago
"Extremely minimal" is debatable. You could make the same argument for GPS / phone map apps. Yes, of course you could have consulted a map before you left the house. The fact that we no longer have to is the benefit that technology has afforded us. Remote fridge viewing is in the same category.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  Lets be real... GPS is a highly versatile tech that can keep time, coordinate global markets, makes Uber possible, enables GPS directions and let us not forget... also fairly useful in military applications. A camera in your fridge, is a camera in your fridge. It serves one purpose, and it's the one you achieve by necessity every time you get anything from the fridge.
  - fnord123 10y ago
    I think there's no way a camera in the fridge could do the job it needs to do (seeing through several shelves and inside drawers; not getting frosted over). I think we'd have to move to rfids on food packaging; akin to bar codes. This could help with the pantry as well. Not sure it can help with food from your butcher or {cheese, fish}monger.
    - jessaustin 10y ago
      For unlabeled foods one can imagine "smart" bins capable of weighing their contents and communicating that measurement via bluetooth to the "smart" refrigerator.
      - fnord123 10y ago
        I can imagine the new arguments. "Honey, why did you put the cheese in the cured meat bin?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnP5oid8fD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnP5oid8fD8
    - M_Grey 10y ago
      ...This is not a remote system! To use the fridge, you must physically access the fridge each time you wish to use it. What... is the benefit of any of this?
      - CaptSpify 10y ago
        > This is not a remote system For you. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be for everybody else. > What... is the benefit of any of this? Has that not already been made clear? People have listed useful examples that you are ignoring
jerkstate 10y ago
I haven't used a road atlas in 15 years and I stopped printing directions out 10 years ago, even for cross-country trips, because my phone is so reliable. Heck, I rarely even look up the address of where I'm going until I'm walking out the door. Is that a "backup for poor planning" or a paradigm shift?

by M_Grey 10y ago

kardos 10y ago

"Extremely minimal" is debatable. You could make the same argument for GPS / phone map apps. Yes, of course you could have consulted a map before you left the house. The fact that we no longer have to is the benefit that technology has afforded us. Remote fridge viewing is in the same category.

M_Grey 10y ago
Lets be real... GPS is a highly versatile tech that can keep time, coordinate global markets, makes Uber possible, enables GPS directions and let us not forget... also fairly useful in military applications. A camera in your fridge, is a camera in your fridge. It serves one purpose, and it's the one you achieve by necessity every time you get anything from the fridge.
- fnord123 10y ago
  I think there's no way a camera in the fridge could do the job it needs to do (seeing through several shelves and inside drawers; not getting frosted over). I think we'd have to move to rfids on food packaging; akin to bar codes. This could help with the pantry as well. Not sure it can help with food from your butcher or {cheese, fish}monger.
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    For unlabeled foods one can imagine "smart" bins capable of weighing their contents and communicating that measurement via bluetooth to the "smart" refrigerator.
    - fnord123 10y ago
      I can imagine the new arguments. "Honey, why did you put the cheese in the cured meat bin?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnP5oid8fD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnP5oid8fD8
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    ...This is not a remote system! To use the fridge, you must physically access the fridge each time you wish to use it. What... is the benefit of any of this?
    - CaptSpify 10y ago
      > This is not a remote system For you. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be for everybody else. > What... is the benefit of any of this? Has that not already been made clear? People have listed useful examples that you are ignoring

jerkstate 10y ago

I haven't used a road atlas in 15 years and I stopped printing directions out 10 years ago, even for cross-country trips, because my phone is so reliable. Heck, I rarely even look up the address of where I'm going until I'm walking out the door. Is that a "backup for poor planning" or a paradigm shift?