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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (54876)	4/30/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I don't imagine a large market for this product but you never know... FWIW. news.com Japanese firm developing "intellifridge" By Jim Davis Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM April 30, 1998, 2:40 p.m. PT If a Japanese startup company has its way, people will be able to get Internet access and keep vegetables fresh with the one appliance. Why you might desire this kind of device, however, is a whole other matter. Japanese startup V Sync Technology is hoping to shake up the bland world of kitchen appliances by combining a 333-MHz Pentium II processor with a refrigerator. A prototype unit places a desktop PC with 128MB of memory and a 3.2GB hard disk drive on top of the refrigerator, according to a report in the online edition of Nikkei Business Publications. The unit will offer a built-in touch screen in the door that could display Web pages using the Netscape Navigator browser. Voice recognition software could also be installed, although it's not clear if the refrigerator would be used to dissuade users from eating fattening foods. "I could see someone going to [a store] and having to go to the stereo section to see a refrigerator," mused Bruce Kasrel, senior analyst with Forrester Research. A salesman would say 'Here's the Compaq refrigerator for $8,000.' That's pushing it a bit," although it might be popular in Japan, he notes. In other news, Samsung said it has developed a "multimedia" TV that can hook to digital VCRs, computers, and other products via the "FireWire" high-speed interconnect technology. Samsung said the digital TV can exchange sound and picture data among various devices with the technology. Also, a Web browser has been incorporated into the TV for viewing Internet content. And IBM has begun marketing home networking products that will allow home owners to monitor energy consumption or turn security lights off and on.