GETTING SMARTER
Believe it or not, the internet-connected refrigerator is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. LG’s four-door Internet Digital DIOS fridge/ freezer debuted at the turn of the millennium, complete with built-in ethernet port and an LCD screen capable of displaying the temperature inside and recipes downloaded from the web.
It even had a built-in MP3 player.
Two decades on, and consumers are spoilt for choice when it comes to networked appliances. There are fridges that can resupply themselves by ordering food deliveries when you run low, ovens and washing machines that
