A different kind of information appliance: fridge companion

A prototype device is described that allows a user to understand and contemplate the inner workings of a common home appliance, the refrigerator. The device monitors select physical properties of its host and displays scheduled graphic presentations on the host's principles of operation. Fridge Companion is a device designed to make domestic life not easier but deeper. Keywords Information appliances, time and duration, domain specific design, information utilization, contemplation, contextaware computing.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Marc Böhler
• Keywords: CHI 2002, Device Monitors, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Information Appliances, Prototype Device