There are some places where Android makes sense: a point–shoot camera, for instance, would benefit from the vast photo editing social networking applications available in the ay Store. But there are several uses of Android in past present tech that are real head scratchers. Here’s just a smattering of the ones we found interesting, or downright absurd. nasonic long ago developed a cloud-based, Android-powered microwave to help you find recipes defrost food, as well as an Android-powered Rice Cooker that was capable of exchanging recipes with an Android app via RFID. And at last year’s CES in Vegas, Samsung showed off a prototype of its T9000 refridgerator running a version of Evernote for Android. Smart appliances really are a smart idea for the masses, especially those who spend a lot of time making magic in the kitchen, but the price tag on these things seems a bit steep for that extra bit of functionality they offer. But before it was announced, Android was already in use as an embedded system in the dashboards of cars like the 2014 Kia Soul. It doesn’t really act anything like the Android you know on your phone tablet, but maybe that’s why was so eager to get out a unified version of Android for your car. Oddly, devices like this still exist in some capacity, though they’re not as outlish, nor do they feature a tablet device slapped on a printer body. laroid announced something similar earlier this year, but it’s an Android-powered camer–printer-in-one. Anyway, with Android KitKat’s built-in printing abilities, there’s no real need for these type of stein’s-monster gadgets to exist. Not that there really was before. The mirror is actually a reflective display that’s powered by a hidden Android tablet. Either way, it’s an interesting take on the “smart bathroom.” Companies like Creative Archos offered Android-powered music players in the past, even Samsung offered its own line of music players based on its Galaxy br. tely, Sony’s the one with all the press for its N ZX-1 lkman, a pricey music player that plays back high quality, 192kHz FC audio files runs Android 4.1.
