If you thought that there was no more room for smart devices, LG has just the thing.

Today at CES, LG unveiled their smart home appliance line that uses their smart technology called LG THINQ. The appliances include a smart oven, a smart refrigerator, a smart washer/dryer combo and a smart robotic vacuum cleaner.

LG is pushing five new technologies in their home appliance line – Smart Grid, Smart Diagnosis, Smart Access, Smart Adapt and Food Management. LG claims that this software will let homeowners control and manage refrigerators, washing machines, ovens and robotic vacuum cleaners via a smart network.

“We’re excited to add home appliances to our largest ever line-up of total LG innovations ever to be shown at CES,” Young-ha Lee, President and CEO of LG Electronics Home Appliance Company, said. “By drawing on LG’s latest IT and mobile technology, our smart appliances promise to be real game changers, offering a big leap forward in convenience and efficiency.”

Smart Grid programs washing machines to do the washing at the most cost-effective times. The oven also taps into the smart grid to offer cost options that take into account the duration and electrical cost of the cooking. The refrigerators can also adjust their temperatures to take advantage of decreased energy rates.

Smart Diagnosis will take notice of anything that goes wrong with a home appliance. Take for example if the refrigerator door is left open, the appliance will notify the owner on its display panel. In later models, this will be done via Wi-Fi and send a message to the owner’s smartphone or tablet PC.

Smart Diagnosis will also be able to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong in case of a serious malfunction. It will allow service technicians to know exactly what’s wrong to save time and money.

Smart Access allows users to oversee their household chores regardless of their location. Through smartphones or tablet PCs, they can see the time left on food in the oven or check the temperature and contents of the refrigerator. It will even allow users to instruct their robotic vacuum cleaner to clean or watch over the house.

Smart Adapt downloads the latest options for the appliances, included pre-programmed recipes or washing cycles that best fit the user’s lifestyle. Food management goes hand-in-hand with Smart Adapt by letting users keep track of everything in the fridge and when it expires.

These smart appliances came out of nowhere and LG surprised everybody with this announcement. After the initial shock value sank in though, it makes sense. These are all excellent ideas that will make people’s lives easier. Now we just wait until our appliances start refusing orders and begin the robot revolution.

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By Michael Green

Let’s Talk Turkey

 Although we all look forward to the bounty of the Thanksgiving table, truly it is important to remember that this holiday is less about food, and more about family. We gather around a table not only to make ourselves sick on stuffing, yams, and turkey, but to bond with our loved ones, and remember what matters most.

However, that doesn’t totally excuse bad food and wine. I love my family, but I still want a delicious meal, and great wine to go along with it on Thanksgiving, no question about it.

All people, from the casual wine drinker to top sommeliers, have different opinions about thanksgiving wine pairings. Those who think the most important part of choosing wine is determining what will go with turkey generally gravitate towards middle of the road selections, light reds like Beaujolais Nouveau or Pinot Noir, or fuller whites like Chardonnay. These wines add an element of moisture to the chronically dry thanksgiving fowl, clean the palate with acidity, have enough body to elevate the bird, and yet remain light enough to not overpower.

But for me, turkey is no more than a clean surface for highlighting the powerful sweet and savory flavors found in thanksgiving side dishes. Turkey may be the centerpiece, and a necessary part of the tradition, but the really great flavors are in the sides. That said, wines to match must be chosen that are light in body, yet complex enough that they can work with a wide range of flavors.

With so many sweet dishes served alongside the turkey, wines with a bit of residual sugar can marry well with cranberry sauce, yams, and caramelized roasted vegetables. German Rieslings, with enough acid to counteract their sweetness, elevate these flavors without overpowering. Vouvray (Loire Valley Chenin Blanc) or a Viognier from the Rhone Valley are also great choices, versatile, fruity, but dry enough to cleanse the palate.

My favorite way to pair wine with Thanksgiving is to go for sparkling wines. Not only is this holiday a time for celebration (and what goes better with revelry than bubbly?) but the very nature of sparkling wine is refreshing and light enough to work with thanksgiving fare. Demi-sec (“semi-dry”) Champagne can be fabulous, balancing sugar and acid with a bright effervescence. For a truly interesting thanksgiving wine, try a dry Lambrusco, the young, lightly sparkling, low-alcohol red wines from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. These wines have the full body of a red, but the light cleanliness of a white.

Whatever you drink for Thanksgiving however, remember that the point of thanksgiving is to enjoy time with your friends and family. The point is to give thanks for all we have, so leave the wine snobbery for Bastille Day!

 Michael Green is the Wine & Spirits Consultant to Gourmet Magazine. Michael has worked in the wine and spirits trade in the capacities of educator, importer, writer, consultant and retailer for over 20 years. Green has been a guest on Food Network’s Emeril Live and Cooking Live as well as CBS Marketwatch, CNN, Fine Living, and NPR. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report and House Beautiful

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