Camera 'FridgeCam' capable of monitoring smart refrigerator contents with Amazon Alexa and IFTTT

If you do not properly grasp what is in the refrigerator, you may decay the ingredients before it runs out, or you may forget that you are out of ingredients. In such a case, using " FridgeCam " developed by British startup " smarter ", you can automatically recognize the inside of the refrigerator with its own tracking function and view the contents of the contents with the smartphone. It is also possible to grasp the contents of the refrigerator in cooperation with Amazon Alxe and IFTTT.

FridgeCam - Live - The connected kitchen - a new way to start your day - Smarter
https://smarter.am/fridgecam/

You can see how FridgeCam actually is what it looks like by seeing the following movie.

Smarter FridgeCam Object Recognition - YouTube


Mr. Stephen Mey, employee of Smarter, has orange juice and yogurt.

When opening the refrigerator, FridgeCam is stuck inside the door.

Put orange juice and yoghurt in the refrigerator.

Launch smartphone application in cooperation with FridgeCam. You can see the inside of the refrigerator. After the door of the refrigerator is closed for a while ......

Synchronization begins and the state in the fridge is updated. Since you can check the contents of the refrigerator at any time with a smartphone, you can immediately check at the supermarket where you went shopping "When was that food ingredient still there?"

In addition, FridgeCam's automatic recognition function allows you to determine what was added to the refrigerator.

By identifying goods automatically, you can see the product information by tapping the things in the refrigerator with the smartphone. For example, if you tap the newly added orange juice ... ...

"Tropicana Orange Juice" and the product name along with the photograph were displayed.

You can also collaborate with Amazon Alexa and IFTTT, and you can see in the movie below how you actually talk to Amazon Echo and teach the contents of the refrigerator.

Smarter FridgeCam Alexa Ask FridgeCam What's in my Fridge? - YouTube


According to Smarter, 7 million tons of food and drinks are discharged as garbage from home every year alone in the UK alone, more than half of them are still abandoned for being eaten. Smarter seems to have developed FridgeCam to reduce food waste by up to 50% and reduce its cost.

Smarter's FridgeCam is an official store of Smarter, sold for 149.99 pounds (about 21,600 yen), but shipping to the outside of the U.K. is not mentioned and it seems to be out of support.

Smarter FridgeCam
https://store.smarter.am/collections/frontpage/products/fridgecam