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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Last updated on: January 17, 2012 10:39 IST

Image: Samsung's Krystle Richcreek demonstrates a prototype Internet-enabled refrigerator.

Samsung's Krystle Richcreek demonstrates a prototype Internet-enabled refrigerator with a 10.2 inch screen during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The refrigerator, which connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi, has a variety of Apps including a grocery in ventory manager and a Twitter feed.

CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 13. Steve Marcus/Reuters.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: TOACTV fitness device.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

TOACTV fitness device is displayed during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The device wirelessly communicates with headphones, heart monitors and smartphones and the music player determines which songs improve your performance, a representative said.
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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

A Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 attracts attention from showgoers during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Visitors check a display at the Panasonic booth.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

Visitors check a display at the Panasonic booth showing electric vehicle technology, including a concept wireless charging system, during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Yi Ding of Los Angeles uses a Kodak photo kiosk.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

Yi Ding of Los Angeles uses a Kodak photo kiosk after sending it a photo via Bluetooth from his smartphone during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Internet-enabled kiosk also lets you print photos from your Facebook account and the accounts of your friends, subject to privacy restrictions. 

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: A demonstration of the Windows 8 operating system at the Microsoft booth.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

Microsoft program manager Chaitanya Sareen gives a demonstration of the Windows 8 operating system at the Microsoft booth during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Jesse Grant plays a 3D Star Wars game on the Kinect for Xbox 360.
Photographs: Steve Marcas/Reuters.

Jesse Grant plays a 3D Star Wars game on the Kinect for Xbox 360 gaming console during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: HP Envy 14 Spectre ultrabook.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

A HP Envy 14 Spectre ultrabook is displayed at the Intel booth during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Panasonic prototype photo and video communicator.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

A Panasonic prototype photo and video communicator is displayed during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The device connects to the Internet over a Wi-Fi connection.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Visitors check a display at the Panasonic booth showing electric vehicle technology.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

Visitors check a display at the Panasonic booth showing electric vehicle technology, including a concept wireless charging system, during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Hans Vestberg (L), president and chief executive of the Ericsson Group, transfers a photo from a smartphone to a computer screen using his body.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

Ericsson engineer Anders Stenkvist assists at right. Ericsson demonstrated the new technology, called "capacitive coupling," in which the photograph was transferred from the phone, through the human body, to the screen without using radio signals.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: A 75-inch Samsung LED television.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

A 75-inch Samsung LED television is displayed during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Elissa Easdale walks on a treadmill as she demonstrates properties of the Motorola MOTOACTV fitness device.
Photographs: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

The MOTOACTV wirelessly communicates with headphones, heart monitors and smartphones and the music player determines which songs improve your performance, a representative said.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: First first eye-controlled laptop.
Photographs: Rick Wilking/Reuters.

A Tobii Technology representative demonstrates what the Swedish company says is the world's first first eye-controlled laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Now testing, the device allows the user to completely control his computer just with eye movements and is expected to be available for professional applications in two years with consumer applications to follow.

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A refrigerator that connects to the Internet!

Image: Steve Marcus/Reuters.

The Pet Tracker GPS pet collar is displayed at the Qualcomm booth during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The collar uses GPS to track a pet's location and can send messages over a cell network if the pet strays from a pre-determined area, a representative said.