November 19, 2006 5:55 AM PST
This walk-in wine vault by General Electric and shown off in the Popular Science/Sunset Magazine House of Innovation uses an electronic inventory-management system, based on printable bar codes, that will help wine connoisseurs keep tabs on their collections--and even sends alerts when a specific wine is at its peak.
A touch screen on the exterior of the wine cellar can be used to categorize, file into a designated space and track any bottle that comes into the cellar. If the bottle is taken out, just run it through the bar code scanner, and the inventory will be automatically updated.
Photo by Neha Tiwari/CNET News.com
