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Feedback fridge: tangible visualization of nutritional data with preventive effect

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The Feedback Fridge is a system that makes the visualization of nutritional data tangible and thereby more understandable to the user. Using RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology and one inflatable airbag inside every compartment of a refrigerator the fridge reacts on the kind of food that is put into it. Is the food healthy or unhealthy? Low in fat or high in fat? By inflating or deflating the airbags correspondingly the user is shown how nutritious or healthy his food is. This visualization also has a certain preventive effect by pushing food out of the fridge if the airbags get too big. The Feedback Fridge can thereby help enhance people's health and lead them to a balanced and nutritious diet.

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METRO Group Future Store Initiative http://www.future-store.org/fsi-internet/html/en/1613/index.htm.
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Tarver T.(2008). Food Technology Magazine, p. 55.
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Latour, B. (1992). Where Are the Missing Masses? The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artifacts. In: W.E. Bijker and J. Laws. Studies in Sociotechnical Change. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press), pp. 225--258.

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    TEI '11: Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction
    January 2011
    470 pages
    ISBN:9781450304788
    DOI:10.1145/1935701
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    1. feedback
    2. food
    3. healthy food
    4. nutritional values
    5. preventive action
    6. refrigerator
    7. rfid
    8. visualization

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    • (2019)Introducing Innovative Item Management Process Towards Providing Smart Fridges2019 2nd International Conference on Communication Engineering and Technology (ICCET)10.1109/ICCET.2019.8726900(62-67)Online publication date: Apr-2019
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