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A complete history of internet-connected fridges

James CookJan 5, 2016, 21:25 IST

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There's one piece of technology that's almost guaranteed to appear at every high-tech trade show: the connected refrigerator.

The idea behind a connected fridge is simple: it's a fridge with a screen that can show emails, news, order food, and play TV. But internet fridges have been around since 1998, and they've still never taken off.

We took a look at the history of the internet fridge, from early experimental devices in 1998 through to the brand new Android fridge released at CES this year.