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 A smart refrigerator, also known as an internet refrigerator, is a refrigerator with network connectivity and computing functions that can provide features beyond conventional temperature-controlled food storage. Research on smart refrigerators has included systems for monitoring stored food, tracking inventory, identifying items and notifying users when supplies are running low.[1] Proposed systems use technologies including sensors, cameras, Internet of Things connectivity and image recognition to automate parts of food-inventory management. A 2021 IEEE study, for example, tested a smart-refrigerator inventory system using multiple cameras and convolutional neural networks to identify objects entering and leaving a refrigerator.[2] HistoryInternet-connected refrigerators emerged commercially around the beginning of the 21st century. In June 2000, LG Electronics introduced the Internet Digital DIOS, an internet-connected refrigerator equipped with a display and network connectivity. The model had a price of more than US$20,000.[3] Later research expanded the concept from providing internet access through a refrigerator to managing the food stored inside it. Systems described in the research literature have included automatic collection of food information, shopping-list generation, recipe recommendations and inventory monitoring.[4][1] ControversySecuritySecurity concerns about internet-connected household appliances accompanied their early development. In June 2000, The Register reported warnings from Kaspersky Lab that internet-connected appliances, including refrigerators, could eventually become targets for computer viruses as development tools for such platforms became available.[5] In January 2014, security company Proofpoint reported an Internet of Things attack campaign involving more than 750,000 malicious emails originating from over 100,000 consumer devices. The compromised devices included routers, multimedia centres, televisions and at least one refrigerator.[6] In August 2015, Pen Test Partners reported a vulnerability affecting the internet-connected Samsung RF28HMELBSR refrigerator. The vulnerability concerned the refrigerator's implementation of SSL when connecting to Google services and could be exploited to obtain users' Google login credentials.[7] SupportOwners of some internet-connected Samsung refrigerators encountered problems with their Google Calendar integration after changes to Google's calendar service. Reports published in 2015 described users being unable to sign into Google Calendar through the refrigerators and the difficulty of maintaining software-dependent features in connected appliances.[8][9] ExamplesExamples of internet-connected or smart refrigerators have included:
Popular cultureThe television series Silicon Valley featured an internet-connected refrigerator in its fourth season. In the episode "The Patent Troll", Jian-Yang buys a smart refrigerator whose software is subsequently modified by Gilfoyle.[10] In the season finale, "Server Error", a network of smart refrigerators becomes part of the plot involving Pied Piper's decentralised internet project.[11] 
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