Interactive Gestures Coming to Appliances

First it was public restrooms. Now your kitchen. This new side-by-side refrigerator by AEG-Electrolux conserves energy by going into sleep mode and but can be woken up with a wave, just like the paper towel dispenser at an airport bathroom. They call it “Wave Touch Control Technology.” I call it a short-range motion sensor.

When the fridge freezer is in sleep mode, the lights are turned off, giving it a clean look while conserving energy. Just wave at the screen to bring it back to life.

(via Appliancist)

This was written by Dan Saffer. Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 3:09 pm. Filed under Gestural Interfaces, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Strategy, Products We Like. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.