Hey, don’t laugh! The refrigerator is largely responsible for you not getting food poisoning, botulism, scurvy, conjuctivitis, sprained ankles and a whole host of other nasty gastrointestinal havoc wreakers. Yet, while many technophiles would happily jump to spending $2k on a new, cool laptop, the lowly fridge is usually only replaced when we move or remodel. So put that laughter on ice and check out these two new coolers.

First up is the Gorenje iPhone refrigerator that will let you use your iPhone or iPod Touch, along with their home server-based iGorenj software, to control the fridge and other Gorenje appliances, such as being able to tell your Gorenje stove how to bake that souffle for your fancy-pants dinner guests. Personally, I would think it would be easier to just hit the Bake + button until you got to the right temp, but that’s me.

Next is the Hitachi refrigerator that sprinkles your food with vitamin C and other nutrients to keep them fresh and healthy. I don’t have any idea where you’d get “vitamin C sprinklins” refills, but I don’t have to worry about it, as these are Japan-only models.

Gorenje, Hitachi via Gizmodo, Engadget