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S.Korea's LG unveils 'smart fridge'

South Korea's LG Electronics Tuesday unveiled a refrigerator which suggests recipes as it forecast a bright future in the potentially lucrative market for "smart" household appliances.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An energy-saving magnetic fridge? Perhaps, but first some basic research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget the magnets on your fridge. How about a magnet in your fridge, one that keeps your leftover pizza cold while consuming less energy than today’s refrigerators?

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Researchers closer to the ultimate green 'fridge magnet'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are a step closer to making environmentally-friendly 'magnetic' refrigerators and air conditioning systems a reality, thanks to new research published today in Advanced Materials.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 7

'Smart' fridges stay cool by talking to each other

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Smart' fridges that run on renewable electricity and are capable of negotiating the most energy efficient way to keep food cold have been developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Energy Transformed ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2




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Energy mythbusting: The truth about those energy-saving tips

You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills. Not so fast.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

An apple a day isn't enough

Adults from 30 to 60 years old, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, aren't consuming the daily recommended levels of fruits and vegetables. Quebecers, however, eat more of nature's produce than their fellow ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

LG fridge chills cans, bottles in just minutes

South Korea's LG Electronics, a leader in smart appliances, has hit on a solution to a common frustration -- how to chill canned or bottled drinks in less than half an hour.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Graphene reveals its magnetic personality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can organic matter behave like a fridge magnet? Scientists from The University of Manchester have now shown that it can.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Just messy or is it hoarding? Sorting out darker reality hidden inside clutter

It was a living room, but barely looked like one. The lecture-hall audience grew quiet seeing a photo of a room cluttered with mail, bills, and boxes projected onto the screen. The couch had only one empty ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Can you stomach the festivities?

(Medical Xpress) -- Christmas and the New Year is the time of over-indulgence - and long may it continue. But is the season of festive feasting and making merry taking its toll on your body?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EPFL robots will soon appear in school classrooms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss scientists have developed an educational robot designed to introduce children to technology in schools. Baptized Thymio II, it was officially presented to teachers in the Canton of Vaud ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Personal electronics' next revolution: Home printers that make 3-D objects

Just imagine: Instead of sending Grandma a holiday photo of the family for her fridge, you call up the image on your computer monitor, click "print," and your printer produces a three-dimensional plastic model ready for hanging ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Avoiding nasty germs and flaming turkeys on Thanksgiving

People like to gripe about overly dry turkey on Thanksgiving. But nothing’s worse than a bird that goes up in flames.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds 'raw' milk poses risk for some groups

(Medical Xpress) -- Will a fresh glass of "raw" milk nourish or poison you? Pasteurization almost always provides protection from contamination. Unpasteurized "raw" milk, on the other hand, provides a potential ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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