ATTRIBUTES OF THE CYBER FRIDGE

· It will be a built in interface in the fridge that is connected to the internet. It is an idea that is meant for the reduction of food waste and the idea that it will prevent a person from contracting any form of food poisoning from not knowing when the product was due to go off.

· There will be a scanning system which means that you will be able to scan in the products (if they have barcodes) to the fridge which will store what the product is and its use by date etc. If the product does not have a barcode, the interface will be a touch screen so you can find the option for that product (like you would find on an electronic till at the supermarket) and manually type in a use by date.

· The fridge will then take into account what it is that is due to go off and remind you with the list of products either with an alarm at some point in the morning, or by text or email, which will be options that you can choose to have in combination or not at all so you can check manually.

· There will also be an option which means the fridge will tell you what recipes can be made from what is due to go off so that nothing will go to waste. It will also tell you at the end of the recipe if the meal can be frozen.

· As it is a fridge-freezer there, the same system works within the freezer with frozen products. If you freeze a made meal it will remind you when you should eat it, using the information it has gathered from the original individual products.

· The system will also maintain the correct temperature for the food and alert you should something become faulty.

· The system will have the option of storing what it is you run out of or regularly buy or for you to manually type in products that you run out of or need and add to the list as the week progresses so that you have a digitally stored shopping list that you can send to your mobile and use when you go shopping.

· As the fridge is connected to the internet, it means that you can use it as you would use the internet on your regular computer and also be able to stream programmes to watch as you eat in your kitchen.

· This is an ideal system for all types of households as it is convenient, safe and beneficial in regards to the reduction of food waste, the minding of fresh produce for the prevention of such things as salmonella etc and it is also time saving.