At one time giant blocks of ice were the best solution we could come up with for keeping food cold. That primitive approach was eventually replaced by electric refrigerators using compressors and chemical coolants. Now, almost 100 years later, G.E. thinks it’s found a better way to cool a fridge using a water-based fluid and magnets.
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Usually if you’re lucky enough to have a fridge in your garage, it means that there’s a shiny new refrigerator in your kitchen, and you couldn’t bring yourself to trashing the old one. But Whirlpool feels every garage, workshop, or industrial space deserves a special place to keep cold beverages. So as part of the company’s Gladiator line, it’s created a Tonka-tough fridge called the Chillerator that looks right at home next to a wall of rolling toolboxes.
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With its new Freshness Center refrigerator, Siemens wants you to get rid of that freezer bag sealing contraption on your counter. In addition to the standard fridge and freezer compartments, the KG38QAL30 has a third drawer with a section that vacuum seals itself, preserving fresh foods like vegetables and meats up to five times longer.
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Every once in a while, something comes along that’s very impressive, incredibly cool and endlessly desirable. The only problem is that it’s not real. Such is the case with this Photoshopped fridge adorned Han Solo frozen in carbonite.
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As part of a recent ad campaign, Canadian beer company Molson Candian took a fridge full of its special adult beverage all around Europe to share with the thirsty masses. But there was a catch—the only way to unlock the boozy treasure was by scanning a Canadian passport. And though you may have already seen the commercial itself making the rounds these past few days, chances are you haven’t seen what’s actually the coolest part of the whole campaign—how a Canuck-specific cooler gets made.
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When was the last time you had to salt your perishables, got dishpan hands, or beat your laundry against a washboard? Chances are, not recently. Your home appliances do so much for you, shouldn’t you return the love? Here’s how to keep your domestic machine in peak condition without putting on a tool belt.
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We’ve all got refrigerators to keep our leftovers not-rotten, but compared to National Institute of Standards and Technology’s latest creation, our hulking cooling boxes hardly compare. This tiny quantum prototype, no bigger than a few inches, packs as much power as a window air conditioner the size of the Lincoln Memorial. More »
Samsung debuted a ridiculous fridge with Evernote that no one needs at CES this year. We can all agree that’s totally silly. Here’s something awesome from Samsung you actually might want—a fridge with a built-in SodaStream. More »
If you’re in the market for a mini fridge, you’ve probably already realized that none of them can approach the quality and performance of a standard-sized refrigerator. That being said, mini fridges can have a wide range of applications-whether it’s to chill beer in your man-cave, stash bagged lunches in the office, or store White Castle burgers in your dorm room. More »
Let’s face it, the things you put in your mouth are disgusting enough even without the constant fear of expired eggs or questionable meat. So let’s all refrigerate thusly: with conveyor belts that give the stale stuff the boot. More »
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