A new aerodynamic device has the potential to reduce the energy consumption of supermarket refrigerators by up to 41.5 percent. The product, currently being developed by Williams Advanced En... Read more
Predicted to be 20 to 30 percent more efficient that current technology The fridge is the most common of common household appliances. Despite improvements in efficiency over the years, they... Read more
Computer security: Spam in the fridge “THE internet of things” is one of the buzziest bits of jargon around in consumer electronics. The idea is to put computers in all kinds of products—tel... Read more
According to the company, you will literally be able to ask your washer “What’re you doing?” or your fridge “Do we have beer?” and they will respond just as a person would.... Read more
A robot in Cornell’s Personal Robotics Lab has learned to foresee human action and adjust accordingly. Seeing a person carrying a bowl toward the refrigerator, a robot identifies the objects... Read more
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and nanostructures to cool a much la... Read more
This new approach to icephobic materials is a truly disruptive id Although advances in refrigeration technology means we don’t need to defrost the freezer as often as we used to, many of us... Read more
Fridges are about to get much smarter. PSFK stopped by the Samsung booth at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to see what the future of refrigeration might look like. S... Read more
RECYCLING refrigerators — especially those made more than 15 years ago — is a tricky job. The coolant in old appliances (now banned from newer versions) can cause serious trouble, warming th... Read more