Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re building a battery that won’t overheat, transforming your kitchen with a revolutionary refrigerator, and taking a ride in a vehicle that connects to everything.

Samsung’s Smart Fridge

This year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung unveiled its Family Hub Refrigerator featuring a Wi-Fi touchscreen enabling families to connect, manage food, and entertain like never before.

The 21.5-inch touchscreen allows you to display your calendar, notes, recipes and weather; look inside remotely with a built-in interior camera; create shopping lists and order groceries; and stream entertainment, including news, music and TV.

‘Vehicle-to-Everything’ Autonomous Tech

You may remember last year when Delphi used its own automotive technologies to “drive” a vehicle autonomously from San Francisco to New York. The company took its automated driving to the next level at CES 2016 by showcasing its vehicle-to-everything (V2E) technology.

Vehicle-to-everything is actually a term that encompasses vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-traffic light technology. This means V2E allows cars to communicate with traffic lights, signs, streets, cars, and even pedestrians.

Lithium-Ion Batteries That Won’t Overheat

Lithium-ion batteries’ longer-lasting energy powers many of our most-modern gadgets, ranging from smartphones to electric cars to really any type of portable electronic.

But they’re also susceptible to overheating and sometimes even catching fire. Lucky for us, researchers at Stanford University think they might have a solution. These researchers were able to successfully coat a battery electrode with a thin film that expands when it gets too hot, thus preventing the continued conducting of electricity.