These days everything has to be touchscreen. Your table has to be touchscreen. Your fridge can spit out ice? That’s so yesteryear. We introduce to you a fridge with touchscreen, the Infinity I-Kitchen.

This is an icebox with Linux stuffed in it, developed by Electrolux’s Brazilian subsidiary in partnership with ProFusion Embedded Systems. It sports a Linux-based 800 x 480 touchscreen computer built around a 400 MHz Freescale i.MX25 SoC — which itself is based on 400MHz ARM926EJ-S core and already used in some automotive systems.

The touch UI was developed by the open source organization Enlightenment Foundation Libraries and allows users to control a variety of fridge functions like internal temperature in addition to running apps for notes, calendars, contacts, photos, and recipes. All of the particular open source code modifications developed for the fridge have also been shared back with the community in Tux-approved fashion and will soon be posted to Electrolux’s site too. Unfortunately, there’s no mention however of features like internet connectivity (WiFi or otherwise), USB ports, or SD Card slots being on the appliance. Electrolux has yet to comment on availability and price though.

SOURCE via Linux for Devices