How To Create A Beer And Wine Refrigerator That Notifies You If Someone Is Stealing Your Drinks

After a long day, you probably want to head to the fridge for a glass of wine or beer. If you’re a tech-lover, you may even want to connect that fridge to all kinds of fun electronics.

Jamie Bailey, founder of Initial Slate, an Internet of Things solutions company, recently published a DIY beer and wine refrigerator using IoT technologies.

Bailey combined simple electronics like a Raspberry Pi, door sensor, Wii balance bar and a temperature sensor to create a refrigerator that monitors all kinds of cool stats about your drinking behaviors: who’s been in your fridge, how much you’ve consumed in a certain period of time, etc.

Bailey’s tutorial includes the code needed to put it all together, along with wiring diagrams, bill of materials and a guide to connecting the Wii Balance Board to a Raspberry Pi.

By hooking up the Wii Balance Board, you’ll be able to monitor how many bottles are inside the refrigerator. The door sensor will be able to detect (quite obviously) when the door is opened or closed and the temperature sensor will monitor the cooler and provide the ideal temperature. Don’t forget the Raspberry Pi which will monitor all of your data and send it to a cloud service. All of the information acquired can even be sent to your devices by using Initial Slate’s services.

According to the tutorial the entire project should only take you about 30 minutes. For a full set of details visit Initial Slate’s website.