How long before my fridge kills me?

Tomorrow we’re doing an interview with Dr. Maddy Janse, the coordinator of the Amigo house project in the Netherlands. Amigo is a smart home, full of intelligent appliances. The fridge knows what’s in it, and can make up the menu for tonight’s meal. Now imagine if your bathroom scale could send the fridge the numbers from your weight-in the night before, so the fridge knows what you should and shouldn’t be eating.

If you think the fridge is smart, you should see what the washing machine can do…

Check out this video of Amigo. We’ll be talking about this project and the future of RFID tags on Spark next week.