LG unveils "smart" refrigerator that keeps your weight in check

In what some might deem a step too far into the future, LG has unveiled a high tech fridge that will tell you what to eat - and more importantly, what not to eat, Daily Mail writes.

The new ThinQ Smart refrigerator, which goes on sale in the UK for around £2,000 later this year, has an in-built dietician, which can be programmed to keep an eye on what you're eating - and tell you when you've made an unhealthy choice.

Users programme their BMI and weight loss targets into the fridge, which then uses in-built smart TV and voice recognition technology to ascertain who is opening the fridge.

It can then access that person's details and use them to suggest healthier options, recipes and meal ideas.

The fridge can even switch on a compatible oven to the correct temperature according to the recipe it has suggested. It also has a special high-speed wine-chiller that can take your favourite wine from warm to ice cold in just eight minutes, and a beer in five.

And making shopping lists a thing of the past, a camera inside the device allows you to see what is in your fridge from a mobile phone.

A facility to scan the barcode of every item that goes into the fridge allows the Smart fridge to remember the expiry date of every item inside - and send you a text when each one is nearing its end.