Bio Robot Refrigerator – A Workable Concept?

A refrigerator is a must-have in any modern household. However, most fridges are huge and also consume a great deal of power. While the inside of the fridge is cool, the appliance does emit a great deal of heat which actually goes waste. There have been smaller, non-electric fridges which work on different principles, whether it is water or solar but, by and large, everybody uses a traditional fridge.

And these have become more energy efficient and the coolant used is also CFC free, so less harmful to the environment. Yuriy Dmitriev, a Russian student, has come up with a bio robot concept fridge which is thin and can be wall mounted. Electrolux (one of the larger refrigeration manufacturers) has a design contest every year, and his design was the stand-out one.

It defies the concept of a traditional refrigerator which looks a bit like a cupboard with a door. This one is slim and wall mounted – though it can be mounted on any flat surface. It has no moving parts and since it does not use electricity it is completely silent, so no traditional humming sound which emanates from the fridge. It does not even have a door!

It has a green gel like substance (no word on what it actually uses), a bio gel which keeps the items cold. You just reach into the gel and place your stuff in it and then reach into it and take it out. Just wondering – how would you put liquids in and how would you put a large cake with icing? Also what about the freezer section, would it have different temperature zones? Perhaps all these things could be ironed out if the fridge does see the light of day.

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Category: Appliances, Kitchen, Power