The Study Of Cyber Fridge Based On Mass Communication

In the information age, computer and household appliances have been intergrading with the development of digital technology. Cyber Fridge starts to enter people's life. Cyber Fridge is a version of the familiar kitchen appliance with a built-in computer that can be connected to the internet. The Cyber Fridge is one item in a growing product category known as information appliances (IA)or 3C appliance (converging computer, communication and consumer products), but also Web-enabled versions of typical household appliances working as a network termination of the family. This Fridge can keep track of what foods are stored in it and how long they've been there. Via video camera, you can leave video memos for other household members, and via the digital camera, you can take a photograph and save it to an album, post it to a Web site, or send it out to an E-mail recipient. You can also watch television, play MP3 files, or listen to the radio. Ordering food through Cyber Fridge that connected to supermarkets is available. By connected with the manufacturer of the refrigerator, these functions of remote inspection, maintenance, and software updates are also feasible. In a word, it bears the functions of information transmission and processing, network communication, and multimedia features.In this paper, I reviewed the developmental history of Cyber Fridge, by clarifying the background of its development, and discussing its important role in the development of information appliances and smart homes. Basically, there are two stages in the technology development of the Cyber Fridges: the food-demand-based stage and the information-demand based stage. I explained the technical components and special features for each stage respectively. Particularly, in the second stage, the Cyber Fridge has developed its media features. Instead of replacing the traditional media, the Cyber Fridge, as a new form of media, evolves and co-exists with traditional media, toward the trend of human development, reflecting more humane and caring.Cyber Fridge distinguishes with traditional media in the way of transmission, its interface and message content. Based on the analysis of its remarkable features, I found that Cyber Fridge not only meets people's needs for food, but also raises people's life quality. It even makes the kitchen become a lieu for communication, which, in turn, leads to the renovation of people's lifestyle. Communication among family members will be easier and more smoothly; boundaries between working and leisure will become blurred; people will have more leisure to handle and enjoy lives; and their consumer behavior will also take certain changes.It's estimated that, with further development of the digital technology, like the Cyber Fridge, other information appliances may also become artificial intelligent network media, thus constituting a media home environment, or we can also call it"medium living", in which there will be more freedom and harmony among people's communication.