I spent 5 years in college, and as such, I spent a lot of
years dragging stuff up and down from my home base to my college, 3 hours to
the south. I loaded up my TV, video game
system, computer, refrigerator, stereo system, and the other necessities of
life into a van, and drove down to college. It was a full load of junk, too, but all if it was necessary for having
a good standard of living.
If I could’ve combined this stuff, I would have, believe
me. Trudging up several flights of
stairs with tons of gear is a major pain. That’s why seemingly weird combinations, like the Cooltone
mini-fridge/stereo system looks like it should be a fit anywhere where space is
at a premium.
As Engadget says, “On the fridge side of things, it’ll hold
twenty 400ml cans and it boasts a so-called Quick Cool feature that’ll get
things ‘cooling within seconds.’ On the
less practical part of the equation, the fridge boasts a top-loading CD player,
an AM/FM radio, some built-in speakers and, of course, a line-in port to
accommodate your iPod or other MP3 player (no iPod dock though).”
Convergence is a big deal these days. Even in the 7 years since I graduated from
high school, devices are getting smaller and more powerful, and consumer goods
are merging. The PS3 is also a Blu-Ray
player. Plasma TVs double as computer
monitors. Laptops are as powerful as
desktops. The iPod serves as a music
player and a movie storage device. It
seems only natural to me that my fridge becomes a stereo system as well.
Why not?
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