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> I'm personally waiting for my refrigerator to detect my food inventory, and auto-order grocery delivery once a week I imagined this as well, and it would be

by freyr 12y ago

> I'm personally waiting for my refrigerator to detect my food inventory, and auto-order grocery delivery once a week I imagined this as well, and it would be pretty cool (although I actually enjoy grocery shopping). As you say, it's still a long way off. In addition to Internet connectivity and an API, fruit/vegetables/meat and all other refrigerated items would need some kind of tracking label (RFID perhaps) so that the refrigerator could automatically track levels. Scheduling delivery of refrigerated food might also be an issue (I'm not sure how existing online grocery delivery services handle this), as I don't want my dairy items sitting on my hot doorstep all day waiting for me to get home from work. This could be extended to pantry food items as well.

bduerst 12y ago
I've thought about that too - you can create biodegradable passive-RFID tags to put on to packaging, and then have the trash bins read them as they are thrown out. Problem is the biodegradable RFID tags don't exist. A dutch company was researching them a few years ago but that ship sailed when the iPhone 5 came out without NFC. Google's project tango could be used with a standard library of objects, but that's still too early to tell if it's possible. Not to mention you'd be tied to Google's services and their whims.
- azdle 12y ago
  A friend of mine actually made something kind of like that: https://github.com/danslimmon/oscar https://github.com/danslimmon/oscar Instead of using RFID, it's using barcodes. It's a little more manual, but same basic concept.
Sanddancer 12y ago
The online services I use let you schedule a window for delivery, and also require someone to be there to sign for the order, and will also let you change an order to some extent. So I imagine that you'd get an email when your fridge has decided to order more food, and you'd be able to see if the normal window works, or if you need to move it a few hours, days, etc.

by freyr 12y ago

bduerst 12y ago

I've thought about that too - you can create biodegradable passive-RFID tags to put on to packaging, and then have the trash bins read them as they are thrown out. Problem is the biodegradable RFID tags don't exist. A dutch company was researching them a few years ago but that ship sailed when the iPhone 5 came out without NFC. Google's project tango could be used with a standard library of objects, but that's still too early to tell if it's possible. Not to mention you'd be tied to Google's services and their whims.

azdle 12y ago
A friend of mine actually made something kind of like that: https://github.com/danslimmon/oscar https://github.com/danslimmon/oscar Instead of using RFID, it's using barcodes. It's a little more manual, but same basic concept.

Sanddancer 12y ago

The online services I use let you schedule a window for delivery, and also require someone to be there to sign for the order, and will also let you change an order to some extent. So I imagine that you'd get an email when your fridge has decided to order more food, and you'd be able to see if the normal window works, or if you need to move it a few hours, days, etc.