Apparently there's this Supah-fridge
Where you scan everything you buy into it, and when the milk (for example) is about to run out of date, it gets online and orders more.

This is how Skynet got started
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:19, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

That would be a right bastard
if you went on holiday for three weeks, and your fridge has ordered your shopping for you. I can imagine the bags of perishables from Tesco sitting rotting on the doorstep waiting for you when you got home.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:24, Reply)

I'm pretty confident that if I got one of these fridges
I'd have to give up the idea of a three-week holiday for some time to come

Although I am entertained by the idea of a massive pile of cheese waiting for me when I get back from DisneyWorld
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:25, Reply)

Oh my god
that is fucking amazing!

Although the idea of sentient fridge is a bit scary.

"I ordered skim milk this time as I see you've put on a few pounds Dave"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Ever read One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith?
It's a horrifying vision of the future I tell you. Horrible.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:31, Reply)

I'll have to add it to the list
I noticed one of the pages left up on the PC at home by my boyfriend was something called the Venus project, which is some guy's idea of a perfect city with ideas like no physical currency, services and products are traded, etc. There are pictures of hover cars on the main page. It looked very pretty but just screamed 1984 to me.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:40, Reply)

I may have misled you by inappropriate use of crap sense of humour.
It is actually quite funny with sentient alarm clocks and coffee machines and suchlike.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I read the review on Amazon
looks pretty good, I'm buying it now.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:47, Reply)

This^
"Open the fridge doors!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, you fat bastard"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:32, Reply)

hahaha
officelol
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:37, Reply)

Yeah, some use RFID, some use barcodes
The RFID ones are rarer because nothing has RFID tags built in.

We postulated that you could also use them to keep track of your diet, as it could tell you how often you had taken beer or other such out of the fridge.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:30, Reply)

I don't know if I could handle my fridge judging me
when I've taken out that last slice of cheesecake at midnight.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:41, Reply)

Agreed
I frequently stash beer in my fridge that I have every intention of drinking within the next couple of hours. I don't want my enjoyment of a day interrupted by an electronic cry of "ALREADY?!"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:44, Reply)

I've already got Wii Fit
telling my boyfriend it hasn't seen me in a while, I don't need it allying with the fridge.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:48, Reply)

Sorry to bring up the one thing I know about you
but can't you just tell the Wii that when it lands a boyfriend who looks like Matt Bellamy, it'll be in a position to judge - and until then it can fuck off?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 12:54, Reply)