inglês para português Tecn./Engenharia Ciência (geral) Electronics

The need for speed coupled with the desire for oldfashioned
‘home cookin’ has led to the invention of several new
products that could make the kitchen the center of the home.
Called hybrid white goods, or simply the smart kitchen, the
new category features such novelties as refrigerators that come with cable-ready TV screens, refrigerators that can monitor the shelf life of your in-box items; ovens that can download and execute recipes via the Internet; and even ovens that can be temperature-controlled during the day so they can store and
eventually cook food via a cell phone request while you’re still at the office.
The new appliances use a mix of old and new technologies,
such as barcode readers to recognize food items in the fridge.But the engine of the smart kitchen is a broadband-equipped home network that connects all of the kitchen’s products with the family’s remote devices, such as a cell phone, pager, office computer or laptop.