A prototype design and implementation of a networked intelligent fridge

In this thesis, a prototype design and implementation of a networked intelligent refrigerator is presented. Based on RFID technology, a system automatically maintains refrigerator's content database. It features displaying contents, alerts and meal suggestions based on database records of tracked items. A touch-screen LCD panel is used for main user interaction. Besides that, the refrigerator is connected to the internet allowing remote access to the some of the functionalities. The hardware equipment of the system is composed of a computer using touch screen display, two RFID readers and a digital weighing scale. Software consists of a system service, main GUI application and a web application. Implementation was done using Java and .NET technologies. There is also presented a short comparison to a classic refrigerator, and some ideas for future work