Amazon Might Be Creating Smart Fridge That Buys, Monitors Your Groceries For You
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Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store in early 2017, introducing ‘Just Walk Out’ technology that removes the need for cashiers and registers. Now, it has been reported that the company is looking to bring some of this tech into its customers’ homes.
And that, apparently, is going to take the form of a fridge.
Insider states that this fridge will be able to scan its own inventory to take note of low-stock or expiring items and notify the user or place orders for refills.
Codenamed ‘Project Pulse’ , it will also be able to track purchase habits and make predictions based on previous patterns.
Of course, Alexa voice control may be incorporated into the system, too. There’s also a potential for the fridge to offer recipe suggestions based on what is inside the fridge and items that need to be used up soon before expiry.
For example, if a filet of salmon has been there for a few days, the fridge could detect that and automatically suggest recipes that call for salmon so that it won’t end up going to waste.
Although Amazon won’t be the one to manufacture the appliances, the company has purportedly been in discussions with external electronics brands. It’s likely that the fridges will be sold pre-installed with Amazon’s camera and computer-vision software, similar to those in the Go stores.
According to the source, the company has spent around US$50 million each year in the two years that have since been spent developing this project, although there has been no guarantee that it will ever see the light of day.
[via Engadget, image via Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com]
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