{"id":311472,"date":"2019-02-12T05:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/dating-app-for-smart-fridges-matches-singles-based-on-leftovers.php"},"modified":"2019-02-12T05:45:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T10:45:23","slug":"dating-app-for-smart-fridges-matches-singles-based-on-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/dating-app-for-smart-fridges-matches-singles-based-on-leftovers.php","title":{"rendered":"Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2019\/02\/samsung-launches-dating-app-fridges1-300x158.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><h2>Refrigerdating<\/h2><p>Electronics giant Samsung has launched a dating app called &ldquo;Refrigerdating&rdquo; that runs on smart refrigerators&nbsp;&mdash; and connects eligible singles based on the compatibility of their food choices.<\/p><p>&ldquo;We hope people can meet under more honest or transparent circumstances with the help of the contents of the fridge, because that can tell you a lot about the personality,&rdquo; Samsung PR manager Elin Axelsson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/samsung-is-trying-to-turn-your-refrigerator-into-tinder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told&nbsp;<em>CNET<\/em><\/a>.<\/p><h2>Hacksaw Fridge<\/h2><p>The app is available on the Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator, which costs $4,000&nbsp;&mdash; so even if the food algorithm isn&rsquo;t perfect, Refrigerdating&nbsp;will at least connect mates in the same socio-economic sector.<\/p><p><em>CNET<\/em> describes the app as working much like Tinder, giving lonely hearts the opportunity to swipe right or left on the contents of their peers&rsquo; fridges.<\/p><h2>Stunting<\/h2><p>If the idea sounds silly, it could be because the app is likely a marketing stunt.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be honest: this service isn&rsquo;t strictly altruistic,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/home\/refrigerating-helps-you-find-love-based-contents-your-fridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote&nbsp;<em>Digital Trends<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;Samsung is using it to promote its Family Hub line of smart fridges, and you&rsquo;ll need to own one in order to participate.&rdquo;<\/p><div><div><p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/samsung-is-trying-to-turn-your-refrigerator-into-tinder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Tries to Turn Your Refrigerator Into Tinder<\/a>&nbsp;[<em>CNET<\/em>]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div><p><em><strong>More on online dating: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/facebook-dating-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Makes Dating Service &ldquo;Facebook Official&rdquo;<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/samsung-launches-dating-app-fridges\/\">Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\">Futurism<\/a>.<\/p><p>See the rest here:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/samsung-launches-dating-app-fridges\/\" title=\"Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers\">Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Refrigerdating Electronics giant Samsung has launched a dating app called \u201cRefrigerdating\u201d that runs on smart refrigerators\u00a0\u2014 and connects eligible singles based on the compatibility of their food choices.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/dating-app-for-smart-fridges-matches-singles-based-on-leftovers.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}