The fridge comes when called, and the laundry will fold clothes for you Japanese electronics giant Panasonic revealed a whole slew of new smart products for the home at the Internationale Funkausstellung fair in Berlin (IFA) earlier this week, including an ?autonomous? fridge, a sake cooler, and an ?intelligent? laundry system.
Presented under the category ?Better Living Tomorrow,? these products are meant to represent a ?lifestyle enriched with Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and robotics technologies,? according to a press release.
By using Internet of Things technologies, Panasonic hopes to make daily life more convenient by connecting appliances within the house as well as with the outside world. Below, a brief look at a couple of standout products. Movable Fridge
The Movable Fridge is just that: It moves. (Perhaps its name is a play on Earnest Hemingway?s memoir A Moveable Feast") Shaped like a hard-edged cube, the mini-refrigerator has a pearly, acrylic-like finish with a notch near its base. It?s voice- and space-responsive, so it comes when called?bearing food!?and avoids bumping into things along the way.

Sake Cooler
It?s a cooler for sake--shaped like a thicker wine cooler?except it?s connected to a database that will scan the label on the bottle and display information about it on a screen, even recommending food pairings to go with the sake. Necessary" Probably not.

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