Sberbank patented a smart refrigerator. He monitors the freshness of products.

The patent was filed in November 2018 and registered in March 2019.The refrigerator monitors the condition and

number of products and transmits this data to the owner through the application.

According to sources of the publication, the device was developed by the Sberbank Internet of Things Laboratory. Whether its employees are engaged in any other developments is not reported.

Earlier it was reported that engineers from TverState University and MISiS have developed a fundamentally new type of refrigerator, in which the working fluid is not a liquid, turning into gas, but a magnetic metal. This allows you to increase the energy efficiency of the device by 30–40%.