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>>anothe+(OP)
Innovation....

I saw a fridge that had an app so you could control it from anywhere.

My requirements for a fridge are remarkably simple, to the point the only practical use I could think of an app was alarm that I'd left the door open or something.

(If this particular app did have a door-open alarm, it wasn't on the list of features. It did say you could adjust the temperature from your office. A location I'm often worrying about the fridge.)

>>billpg+m2
Mine has a camera that shows you the contents of the fridge. It's been useful on many occasions.

>>varjag+K2
Helpful to save you three steps and a lift of a hand to see whats inside?

>>ekianj+U2
Opening the door wastes energy. And it seems, mindlessly going to the fridge to see what's inside even though you know exactly whats inside, is a thing many people are doing. So there is an argument to be made, that a camera in the fridge is a useful feature. I'm happy without it.

>>jona-f+A3
You could get a glass door fridge?

>>aydyn+k9
That probably wastes more electricity; heat insulators and clear substances don't overlap very much.

>>yjftsj+9b
Is that more heat waste than the habit of constantly closing and opening the door to check what's inside?

>>aydyn+JX1
I don't have the ability to experimentally verify, but I would think so? A window is going to be there 24/7 and air doesn't actually have that high of a specific heat, so you'd really have to be constantly opening the door for it to come out in favor in my understanding.