- Dreame demonstrated a concept refrigerator at its exhibition in San Francisco
- It uses artificial intelligence to scan and sort your food with a robotic arm to organize items
- It also scans your smartwatch and fingerprint to recognize you and give you personalized nutrition advice
Maybe it’s because I’m in the process of buying a home and looking to buy my own appliances for the first time, but Dreame’s high-tech refrigerator with AI-powered nutrition tracking isn’t just one of the best things I’ve seen at the Dreame Next product showcase so far—it’s also the most disturbing.
I’m here in San Francisco to get an inside look at all the smart home tech the brand is developing, and while Dreame has shown off this futuristic fridge before, I’m particularly interested in the way it uses your health data.
The fridge itself sounds pretty impressive, with a robotic arm that correctly sorts your food into appropriate compartments, cameras that track your food’s freshness, and an AI system that helps you find recipes to use up items before they expire. There is also a water dispenser that can carbonate your water to serve it sparkling.
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However, I’m more intrigued by the way it determines who opens it by scanning your face, fingerprint or smart wearables. Once it knows who you are, it can use health data from your weight, smartwatch or smart ring – plus information about what’s in your fridge – to find recipes to help you reach your health goals.
All of this is apparently handled privately through a partnership with Google Cloud, allowing the fridge to identify over 10,000 ingredients with over 97% accuracy, and not compromise your personal information when offering dining tips.
It’s all fascinating, but I’m not sure I want a judgmental fridge in my kitchen. I also don’t love the idea of it having my biometrics or my health data, although it could certainly help my eating habits.
Dreame doesn’t have a price or release date for this fridge, but even as a concept, it seems like how smart home technology will evolve as brands like Dreame and Samsung promote AI-powered interconnection between our various gadgets.
Hopefully the final form of this integration won’t feel invasive – otherwise I might stick with as stupid a fridge as I can possibly find.
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