The future begins today, and even refrigerators are already using the Internet, say in the Korean Samsung Electronics. The company today unveiled the most hi-tech refrigerator that can surf the Internet. The new model Samsung Zipel e-Diary supports a WiFi-networks and has a 10-inch touchscreen display with touch.
At the core of a new refrigerator runs its own software, developed by engineers of Samsung. With its built-in hardware and filling the fridge, users can receive on-screen news headlines from the Internet, data about weather, recipes, or just to display family photos.
In addition to working with the Internet, a refrigerator can also receive data to and from mobile phones. Transfer is done through a wireless connection.
The cost of a new refrigerator was 2.49 million Korean won, or about $ 2200. In Samsung said that while the manufacturer will sell the Internet refrigerator only in the domestic Korean market, plans for international release no.
