A recent study by LG found that, in most households, the refrigerators are opened approximately 80 times per day – often by family members looking for the same few items.
LG’s Door-in-Door™ feature, which makes it possible to find needed items without having to open the refrigerator’s main door helps reduce cold air loss as much as 41 percent.
By ensuring the refrigerators compressor is kept at maximum efficiency, the product also helps to cut down on user’s supermarket spending by keeping food fresher for a longer period of time. LG believes that real-time health measurement is a hotbed of debate and innovation among technologists right now. New connected devices with great potential for empowered consumers to measure, monitor and improve their health are proliferating everywhere with brands ranging from sportswear icons, global technology giants and healthcare specialists all looking to get in on the act.
LG’s Lifeband Touch, available in international markets starting with the UK from April, features an OLED touchscreen, tracks key workout stats and links up with popular fitness apps like MapMyRun and Runkeeper. The wearable also allows users to control their phone’s music player, while altering the wearer to any incoming calls. Complementing this, LG’s Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) earphones, also announced earlier this year are in-ear fitness buds that are able to track the wearer’s metabolic rate and maximum oxygen consumption and relay it back to an Android or iOS smartphone app via Bluetooth allowing users to physically hear how fast their heart is beating. Both devices can be used separately or together. Much of this move towards more sophisticated forms of healthcare technology is rooted in the maturing buzz around wearable technology so prominent at CES and MWC.
Allergic reactions to prevalent airborne dust and pollen particles can make life a misery for many people who experience symptoms such as sneezing and itchy eyes during the peak allergy season. To help combat this, products such as LG’s Steam Washer and Dryer Combo with Allergiene cycle have evolved to use optimised washer and steam technology to breakdown and wash out allergens – without harming fabrics. Food and beverage is one of the largest and most important industries in the world and inherently linked to our populations’ survival and personal well-being.
According to analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, global food and beverage sales are expected to exceed $15 trillion by the end of 2014, and with the cost and scarcity of food increasing, the role of technology in preserving and cooking our food has been brought into sharp focus with a slew of new features emerging to meet consumer needs. Ensuring food freshness is one key focus area.
In addition, products such as LG’s Lightwave Convection Oven’s Charcoal Lighting Heater™ showcase how technology is helping customers combine cooking convenience while ensuring nutrition and health are not compromised. The technology uses more natural heating techniques to ensure fats are reduced and nutrients are locked in. Another key human essential is exposure to light. Since the sixth century B.C., the sun has been considered a source of natural health and happiness. Now, amid the acknowledgement and acceptance of homeopathic remedies i.e. the use of light as a source of human well-being, lighting solutions are the latest category to join the ‘internet of things.’
Recently unveiled at the Light+Building 2014 trade show in Frankfurt, new connected devices such as LG’s Colour Tunable Flat Light enable users to alter colour and colour temperature via smartphone apps.
Through options such as remote dimming and personal alerts, users can to personalise lighting to suit their mood and create a pleasant ‘feel-good’ ambience.
Ben Uzor Jr
