AI NewsWaveLG Electronics Launches 'LG STEM' Refrigerator With AI and a Drawer-Type Freezer
Key points
- LG Electronics launches new ice-and-water refrigerator on the 26th
- AI food management and drawer-type freezer
- New model of the STEM direct-water refrigerator brand
LG Electronics launched the 'LG DIOS AI Objet Collection STEM ice and water refrigerator,' featuring AI functions and a drawer-type freezer, on the 26th. Chosun Biz, Korea NGO News and IT Chosun reported the same content. IT Chosun and iNews24 explained that STEM is LG Electronics' direct-water refrigerator brand that makes ice with water supplied through a direct water line.
Each outlet emphasized a different point. Industry News wrote that LG is moving to expand its dominance of the premium kitchen appliance market by combining AI-based personalized management with an ergonomic drawer-type freezer. EBN reported that it improved ease of use and space efficiency with food-specific storage functions and AI technology that learns users' living patterns. Korea NGO News highlighted the AI-based food management function and introduced the drawer-type freezer, unlike the existing bottom freezer with double doors that open to both sides. IT Chosun described it in its headline as an AI refrigerator that switches between freezing and refrigerating.
IT Chosun and iNews24 reported that the ice comes in various forms, including craft ice, cubes and crushed pieces.
There was other recent AI news from LG Electronics as well. Chosun Biz and iNews24 reported that LG Electronics, together with Korea Water Resources Corporation, will pursue AI transformation of the Sihwa Tidal Power Plant, the world's largest, on the 22nd. IT Chosun reported that LG Electronics plans to apply the digital twin, AI and robot technologies it has built up on manufacturing floors to the power plant to verify their potential, extending its smart factory business to energy and public infrastructure.
Glossary A digital twin is a technology that recreates real equipment or spaces exactly in a virtual space so that their status can be monitored or tested.