Kitchen buddies

Not sure about this, feels a little too forced an interaction. Usually you know exactly what you have in the fridge and don’t need for someone to keep track for you. What if you have nothing? Or just a pint of milk? “There is no recipe corresponding to your stock level, go shopping!” ?

“a wall-mounted touchscreen PC that keeps track of food you have in the house using a barcode scanner on the bottom that’s connected to a community database.

You tell the device your diet and your favorite recipes, and it hooks up to the blogosphere to help recommend what might like for dinner according to your likes and dislikes. Since it keeps track of what food you have your pantry, it can also recommend a shopping list. Once you have all your ingredients together, it can show you recipes and tutorials right there in the kitchen while you’re preparing your meals. ”

via Gizmodo