Jun 15 2010But It Looks So Cool!: The Fridge Of The Future, Today Tomorrow Probably Never

Looks cool. Get it? Refrigerator joke! Anyway, this is Yuriy Dmitriev's conceptual fridge of the future. OMG it's made out of Slimer.
So, what is that stuff? The Electrolux blog -- which lists Dmitriev's concept as one of 25 semifinalists for this year's Electrolux Design Lab contest -- describes it as a "biopolymer gel," or more specifically a "non-sticky, odorless gel." You simply plunge whatever you want to keep fresh into the mass of your Bio Robot fridge and it'll stay where you left it until you come back.
I, for one, am all for it (minus the name). And not just because I want to mush my penis in there and pretend I'm makin' love to the Ice Queen, but you know I'm gonna. And she better not burn my hotdog the way she does the ice cream.
Hit the jump for one more shot explaining the thing.

In the future, refrigerators will store food in gross-looking gel [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. AK Nardski - June 15, 2010 5:47 PM
Sign me up for two!
2. Hah - June 15, 2010 5:49 PM
Hah! you shouldnt put your bananas in teh fridge >.<
3. Chuey The Rock N Roll MIdget - June 15, 2010 5:50 PM
Looks like a giant nook!
4. HA - June 15, 2010 5:50 PM
I WIN
5. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ <- firstard - June 15, 2010 5:51 PM
nope... there's definitely not enough room for the amount of beer I keep in the fridge
6. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - June 15, 2010 5:53 PM
I wanna dip my BALLS in it.... or somethin
7. Greenman - June 15, 2010 5:54 PM
Not enough room for my dick.
8. Nick Diggerson - June 15, 2010 5:54 PM
Finally a place to store Han Solo propery.
9. firstpersonshootergirl - June 15, 2010 5:56 PM
wow. thats awesome!!!!!!!! i want one! now!!!
10. L - June 15, 2010 5:58 PM
I'd be too tempted to want to make babies with it, and no one wants extra relish on their leftovers.
11. Phantasmagoria - June 15, 2010 5:59 PM
I would fuck it. I would probably get an ice-hard on.
12. Baging Roner - June 15, 2010 6:01 PM
And what about ice?
13. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ <- firstard - June 15, 2010 6:05 PM
I'm with anyone who'd stick their junk in there. That has to be the reason why he made that gel 'not sticky and has no smell'
14. callam - June 15, 2010 6:13 PM
Did GW and a few other mad commenters above just admit to wanting to put their junk in something that is described as a "Bio ROBOT fridge".
because i for one wont, i just know it wont end well
i think all these Japanese robot posts are giving people bad ideas..
15. kelehendros - June 15, 2010 6:16 PM
...
16. J - June 15, 2010 6:23 PM
Where are lonely old women supposed to put their cats when they die???
17. Jacob - June 15, 2010 6:24 PM
I still maintain the real GW is on vacation
18. The Person - June 15, 2010 6:25 PM
So now my dogs can take my food out of my fridge when they please.
Freakin' sweet.
19. Banana - June 15, 2010 6:32 PM
I would put myself in that and pretend I am a female Han Solo!....hmmm....
20. http://www.ConfessionsOfAManwhore.com - June 15, 2010 6:39 PM
I'd have girlfriends make boobie impressions in it
21. im wearin my party pants tonight - June 15, 2010 6:40 PM
@17 -- are you retarded? you're not a f*cking detective, this is classic GW.
chances are your cheesy ass has only been reading on and off for a couple months and you have no concept of the "real" GW.
get a hobby.
22. iethun - June 15, 2010 6:46 PM
I'd be too worried about a toddler wandering into it and not being able to get out, or eating the stuff...
23. Hannibal - June 15, 2010 6:50 PM
Sort of hard to hide dead Hooker parts in.
24. Ryan - June 15, 2010 7:01 PM
I can see my cat getting stuck in there now...
25. Cakeflourz - June 15, 2010 7:37 PM
Wait a minute, after you stick something in there (i.e. a microwave dinner) and remove it, won't there be a giant hole in the gel? Or does it fill back in someone?
Also, what about freezers?
26. Fred - June 15, 2010 8:15 PM
I usually don't like blogs. But, the author's paragraph after the quote made me laugh harder than any other blog I've ever read.
27. HektikLyfe - June 15, 2010 8:15 PM
"non-sticky, odorless gel."
Not for long. That concept image has a fish in it. No way it will resist smell. The fish particles will be trapped in there. Scales and stuff. I guarantee that will not stay fresh all snug in that gel after 4 months.
Looks like a giant fly trap. They should make something like this but for fat people.
28. twisteddman - June 15, 2010 8:32 PM
This is a terrible idea. As mentioned already what about food residue, and imagine trying to clean rotten food juice out of that thing. You forget a tomato in that thing and come back to a mass of rotten slime encased in there.
29. Captain Obvious - June 15, 2010 8:45 PM
BIOgel anything that gets old/spilled/left behind gets eaten by the fridge, duh. :P
30. first! - June 15, 2010 9:00 PM
FIRST!
31. PeeAreJay - June 15, 2010 9:31 PM
This isn't much of a fridge, since it doesn't actually refrigerate, just prevents food from reaching the ambient temperature through a passive process.
It's like calling an "ice chest" a refrigerator. An ice-chest filled with alien sex-goo. As in my fantasy.
32. Ewwfukthat - June 15, 2010 10:16 PM
That's the WORST idea ever. I mean, the slime would get on the food when you pull it out to eat it, you'd have to wash it off everytime. What about milk cartons and the like, having to fleck off gel when you pull it out? Even to open a soda you'd have to rinse it off, get the residual gel off an then pop the top.
Then yes, the bad food, the fish odors, ALL the food odors. Did this guy get paid for this concept?
33. donut - June 15, 2010 10:19 PM
wouldn't gel residue come off the thing when you pull something out of it? even though its not sticky one would think it would right??
34. Nosneros - June 15, 2010 10:55 PM
@32
Did you not read the article? It said it's a "non-sticky gel."
I think that means it doesn't stick to the food...but you know I could be off my rocker.
35. just some dude - June 15, 2010 11:11 PM
No one mentioned Flubber yet?
Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber Flubber.
36. Alexandra - June 15, 2010 11:50 PM
i though this idea was freaking sweet, until GW reminded that boys will be perverts and stick it in there... I'll *stick* to the old fridge, thanks. lol geit?
37. Yeah, Right! - June 16, 2010 12:02 AM
So, the gel eats Biomass, hmm? nice, so you forget some leftovers in there it get "digested"? And yeah, I don't care how non-sticky it is, it's gonna have pet hair and stuff all over it!
38. BJ my PENN - June 16, 2010 12:17 AM
id bone that fridge
39. Duke - June 16, 2010 1:14 AM
What if something spills, i bet its impossible to clean!@
40. Axle - June 16, 2010 1:49 AM
olololol pretty awesome, if this fridge works i want one
41. graphic design - June 16, 2010 1:58 AM
I think it looks not so professional – Well I like it because it's pleasant and remind me of FUTURE DESTRUCTION - lol - , yet still keep that business edge to it. I would appreciate to see more of your collected works here :)
42. er person - June 16, 2010 2:49 AM
what if you put lime flavored Jello in there ? Does it come vagina shaped ?? I would probly drown in it
43. RandomNigel - June 16, 2010 3:30 AM
not to mention
How do you store leftovers in a fridge like that? It doesn't look like I could fit a proper plate of food in there.
Raw meat?
Wouldn't that infest the rest of my food with salmonella.
nothnx.
44. L - June 16, 2010 5:37 AM
I like the idea of being able to throw shit from across the room into the fridge, kinda like playing darts. Or maybe you could throw real darts into this fridge and try to hit food. BULLS EYE! Note to self, don't aim for Cindy (she's my blow up doll and I like her inflated and chilled).
45. shin - June 16, 2010 5:47 AM
yeah... what about leftovers? this is only good for fruits and other solid foods..
46. L - June 16, 2010 5:50 AM
Put your leftovers in a zip lock bag or in a plastic container. End of story.
47. ciao - June 16, 2010 7:12 AM
I don't want to be swiping off green gloop from my bee....soda cans.
48. jojodrum3 - June 16, 2010 9:22 AM
I'm gonna go way out on a limb and say this "bio-polymer gel" doesn't yet exist, and probably won't ever exist. I think for the goo to be self supporting, it would be too rigid to thrust things into, like your junk.
49. michelle - June 16, 2010 9:47 AM
but what happens when the gel gets dirty? how do you clean it?
50. Ewwfukthat - June 16, 2010 10:12 AM
@32. Gel & non-sticky. Hmmm. I don't see how can be completely non sticky and still encase the food in any sort of preservative way that would be needed without refrigeration. But then again...this doesn't exist yet probably because it's impossible.
Hair, dirt, spills, leaks, rotting food, accidents, kid's being the tiny JackAss stunt magnets like they are attempting to encase and thus killing their friends in it..etc etc. Bugs like ants or *throws up* cockroaches...what happens if they were to walk on it? Sorry but reality makes this one of the grossest concepts ever.
51. Emily - June 16, 2010 3:00 PM
I love this refrigerator, but only because it reminds me of a giant vat of lime jello NUMMMMM.
52. De'siree - June 16, 2010 3:29 PM
I want one so bad. that thing looks so cool
53. Ay El - June 18, 2010 3:41 AM
If this never makes it into the mainstream fridge units, it's gonna appear in miniature versions at the sperm bank.
54. milK - June 28, 2010 8:18 AM
How does the gel not fall out that thing? Wouldn't it lose a lot of energy in cooling if it is that open? Nice concept, but that's all it will be probably for a looong time.
55. Sisk - July 30, 2010 10:02 PM
This may be a silly question, but how do you clean it? I mean really, meat packages, milk jugs, and various other foodstuffs all leak (not to mention the mess after someone literally makes love to it, which you know some poor horny schlub will be drunk enough to do some night). So how do you clean it?
56. Guy - November 9, 2010 3:28 AM
I think it looks kind of cool. I mean, you actually wouldn't have to clean it or anything. The gel has a massive surface tension so the food just floats inside the pod. If something went all gross, you could just grab it with a rubber glove on and chuck in the bin, much easier than a normal fridge. I would be worried about various pets eating the food and/or getting their heads stuck inside it though.