If you already automate everything in your home then X10 Freeze Sensor might be interesting for you to expand a little bit your system. It’s installed inside your freezer using X10 Powerflash interface and allows to monitor the temperature. So, with X10 Freeze Sensor you’ll able to know about some problems with the freezer before its contents will die.
The X10 Freeze Sensor is available on the Smarthome site at $49.99.
iPhone is very popular in home automation area. Many well-known smarthome producers released their interfaces for Apple’s smartphone - Crestron, mControl, Lagotek, SpeakerCraft etc. Slovenian manufacturer Gorenje also found iPhone attractive and announced a new line of its home appliance controlled via TCP/IP. For all iPhone/iPod Touch owners the company offers a nice looking web interface. So, consumers will be able to set cooking times or laundry cycles from anywhere. What you need is an Internet connection, iPhone and WiFi hotspot.
Sure, the Gorenje web interface will work with any device with web browser - PC, Internet tablet or smartphone. If you don’t have iPhone you can use them instead.
[via 9to5Mac]
Social networks are very popular this time. You can find many ones according to your preferences. The funny thing is that social networks leave virtual space and go to real world. The Yummy Kitchen Connect can be a good example of this thesis:
“Yummy is a kitchen community device. It connects the kitchen to the cooking network and food blogosphere. It recommends you a good lunch, according to your food supply, current diet and receipes from the web. Yummy is specially designed for the kitchen. No waste of space : it fits on the wall. It is designed to enhance standing interactions (fast and simple operations) in the kitchen.”
[via Ubergizmo]
To build your owautomatic cat feeder you need following parts: old CD Rom, PC with Ubuntu Linux (I suspect that any Linux distibution will be appropriate) and a box with cat food. Detailed instractions can be found here. Don’t forget that you should have a SSH access to run feeder script manually 
Have a good vacation!
[via TechEBlog]
Fridge on the kitchen now is more than just a fridge. It may include LCD TV as in LG TV fridge or Siemens CoolMedia Fridge. It permits to save a space and enjoy favourite TV show during the cooking or eating. The well-known Swedish company Electrolux decided to surprise its potencial customers and produced Cyber fridge. This is the second model of the Electrolux Screenfridge. It has built-in PC with LCD touch screen. So, the Cyber fridge allows you to surf Web, read or send emails, listen MP3 and watch TV.
The price is not specified but I suspect it’s high.
[via Ubergizmo and Home Appliancist Magazine]