FMS - Technology Required

The technology that will drive the FMS system is cheap and easy to fabricate. Hardware-wise it would consist of two main hardware elements,

- Touch sensitive LCD screen;
- Colour LCD;
- 800x600 Screen resolution.
- Microcomputer.

In terms of software the OS could be a stripped down LINUX version and the interface itself would be done in flash.

All mentioned is already widely available for mass production, reducing the total development cost of such a product. The main cost strained will probably be outsourcing a company to create a custom LINUX system. Although I am sure a ready made system might already be available that would have the capability of running a flash based application. Maybe not in the forms of a microcomputer but still small enough to incorporate it in an large fridge.

Furthermore, a simple interface like this would not need any more powerful hardware / software. You could compare it with a mobile phone which has all the capabilities of the mentioned hardware AND software. Few examples,

- iPhone 3G
- Samsung Omnia
- HTC G1 (Google Phone)

They all have a touch screen and are more then capable of running a interface such as FMS in a flash environment.