CNET News - LG's new smart fridge automatically opens door sans hands

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"LG shows its new Signature smart fridge, which lets you look inside by knocking
on the door and has an auto-door open when you stand near it."
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[@SteampunkPhoenix]

Wouldn't you have to take the grocerys out of the bags first?

[@TheMultipower47]

If your hands are full, why don't you just set the groceries on the counter?

[@smks8er]

exactly lol

[@KingsleyUzodinma]

Exactly... And the door did not even completely open

[@texan176]

What do the parts that make the glass and auto open work cost when it breaks? 70% of the price of the whole fridge?

[@alexeymakarenko348]

Finally I can get rid of that necessity of opening the fridge door. FINALLY! That was annoying hard and almost unbearable both mentally and physically. Now I can just do some yoga balancing on one leg in front of the fridge instead of opening this idiotic door manually. THANK YOU LG FOR THIS AMAZING INVENTION!!! Definitely it's gonna improve lives of millions of innocent people.

[@rakeshraaj5620]

F u

[@AlzainAli]

it's for when your hands are full -_- this part flew over some people's heads

[@nursetechnologies4432]

We are creating imaginary problems then solving them for a chorus. lol. Are you putting your full hands of bags into the frig? Generally, I put items in, one at a time.

[@LatvianGamings]

its just a fridge

[@Perceus589]

what did you expect, transformer?

[@LatvianGamings]

+Brad Loyo yeah

[@user-ee5gb4uj4d]

wtf is wrong with people. Why do you need a future fridge. Like wth, I just need something to keep my food safe. Lmao

[@feelgeorge]

why would you be holding groceries & try and open the fridge? why not put your groceries down and place what needs to be in the fridge?

[@orangeradios]

George, that just makes wayyy too much sense

[@ErnestJay88]

doesn't matter as long as they can charge you extra 1000 bucks for feature that actually YOU DON'T NEED !

[@jkcehcyap3398]

I agree, how stupid. I mean why have a car, when you can walk? Why have a fridge when you can store in your basement or food cellar? Technology, what a bunch of hogwash.

[@nayvillegas9318]

Model?

[@fleetwoodmac7707]

how much !!!

[@enzoTHEferrari]

Don't you usually empty the bag/basket before placing the items into the fridge..?

[@chaosknight360]

solving a lot of non issues. I'm not tossing the all the groceries in all at once, the light still uses energy, and I still have to open the other doors

[@pankajbajaj9578]

Remote door opening,wiil prevent corona reaching inside fridge.

[@usselonmusk]

but it can't run crysis

[@Excalibur_86]

Kinda gimmicky. My question is does it have dual compressor? If not staying with subzeros.

[@cowboysfanzz77]

it's not a car it's a fridge. lol

[@bjfifi]

Sans hands?

[@openlog1c]

With the simple fundamentals of engineering, you can retro fit one. A sensor and an actuator is a topic you may want to start for free. For further luck my teacher in the 90's said the new generation of cooling was a Peltier device, most commonly found in 12V eskys these days not in fridges. It is just not easy to keep cool

[@socialismsocialist4981]

LG BE LIKE: YEAH ITS CHEAP, ITS ONLY 45,00000000000$ and 99cents.

[@IceTTom]

45.99 is damn cheap... that is what you typed you know

[@rakeshraaj5620]

its lg dunt

[@bradleyschey]

Door thing is nice, but the fridge looks small, and if this is priced like it's competitor's, such as Samsung, it's probably not worth the money. I'd rather have more space and storage for the price instead of a window and an automatic pop open door.

[@Lherrerajr78]

Full hands ? Can't we just put something down? Free up a hand to open the door. Plus it looks like it just pops it open. Not fully open.

[@anamamer2600]

save time by knocking on the door like seriously just how many nanoseconds r we trying to save here?? how about if we invent a fridge that has a transparent glass. infact y not just open that door.

[@bobbelcher678]

There are fridges like Sub Zero that just simply puts a beautiful UV resistant glass window that shows you what's inside. I've seen it and it is gorgeous worth it's price, since the brand Sub Zero is one of the best brands that specializes in making fridges and freezers and etc.

[@TheOrangeType]

...Why? Also, i'd hate to imagine how much this would cost... Though i'm most definitely not the target audience for this machine.

[@ZaiFuchigami]

This is Grace Vanderwaal's dad. WTF?

[@rrennnerr]

Because opening the door is that hard...

[@matthewfelix1851]

such a people in here. I see you only have problems in your life. lg made an innovation and if you'd don't want it just don't buy it and don't comment, cause a lot of other people appreciate lg 's work.

[@soywaz6645]

How does it know it's a person and not a pet?

[@mikethelegendarygamer4581]

just shut up and take my money.

[@tenzingobom4748]

I got this LG fridge in ad I mean wtf

[@therawofrain]

These are silly ideas in my opinion, just a gimik to get buyers excited. I am a repair technician and have had many customers tell me how much they like the door in door design thats great. however, most of the time i personally am digging around the fridge to find what i want.... a transparent door will not help this and how are you ment to load the fridge with your hands full anyway.

[@marioc5160]

what about if i have a pet and walk around the fridge, still open ???????

[@kudzuey]

Sounds cool on paper but all of these "improvements" are completely useless.

[@xxnamharxx2k187]

This is the worst designed fridge in North America. But the foot opening is nice. I am going to choose the samsung smart hub refrigerator instead.

[@henkew6064]

lol

[@hungrynapps]

oh great. a xtra few hundred usd

[@Magicstockton]

Great, hands free to double stuff your face.

[@lesmoor001]

knock on the door lol

[@brianl9944]

LG means Life would be Good if you were rich

[@Excalibur_86]

brianl9944 no the rich buys sub zeros.

[@gtone339]

For clumsy people lol.

[@LatinoLokaso]

wala... things no 1 asked for

[@genarymdorantes259]

El family hubde Samsung es mejor

[@kevinranders]

SO we are clapping about something the clapper invented 30 years ago?

[@josephhitchcock3381]

Really. I'll just put my groceries on the counter then open the door. These "new" technologies on refrigerators are almost pointless. A see through door.

[@KingChevy239]

It didn't even open the doors up all the way!!! So theirs no point even for the laziest person to buy this

[@mirandareagan9651]

Yea u could just push it know After that.

[@louididdy]

Voi-yawn.

[@VperVendetta1992]

LOOOOOL

[@spanskindustriglass8516]

Hahaha, Love is all I got!

[@oooppiikkk]

Petty

[@theruralwanderer]

Takes laziness to a whole new level.

[@jeremybrown7557]

weak

[@leo7uk77]

what a lot of pointless tech in one item :/

[@colintsang6701]

Listen to this crap

[@taoufik.jabbari]

I nearly laughed.

[@CrythornMadness]

knocking to see inside... partially opening door... wow pointless moronic gimmicks, if it isnt tvs, screw LG

[@zaherqubien6034]

you know they are just trying to come for more reasons to buy it but the one that samsung unvield is the best refredgerator i have ever seen in my life. i don't know how to write refredgerator

[@blastprosful]

yawn......

[@Criticmasterz]

The fatter just got even fatter than that thanks technology.

[@primomx1]

How lazy are people getting? Mofos can't even open a fridge now

[@LA_Lady84]

But it's much faster to open myself just waiting for it to open. I like design better than Samsung

[@ariae05]

Copy cats

[@marcosross8670]

This is all i wanted in my entirely life, it's the most useless "Innovation"of CES.

[@Rcrdo072]

All these advance features plus a faulty linear inverter compressor that dies after 2-5 years no thanks!👎👎

[@lordlexy]

For real?

[@liveyourmoments7474]

stop spreading false rumor, im using it without any issue

[@rizwanmurtaza464]

Rubbish

[@mcminus]

You see this? These things are what people are making instead of stuff like flying cars. 😡

[@meg-k-waldren]

Looks dumb - and I'm sure it's expensive and never on sale, typical of LG and why they lose business to Samsung.

[@hassanabdelfattah5522]

not very impressive ,

[@BigFearedBalloon]

So.... shall I take this as a sign that we are running out of ideas very quickly cause this is just stupid and lazy. LG... Donate to charity rather than making some weak product to replace any capable fridge that will go in the junk yard because of people buying this.

[@chiragkalra]

Useless innovations from LG!!