[decimalenough]

Mind-bending indeed, but looks pretty impractical. In an ordinary fridge, if your egg carton is a bit out of place, your door may not close properly. In this one, you're going to have liquid omelette slathered all over the place, and how do you even clean the bottom of that thing?

[ndsipa_pomu]

Who, apart from Americans, puts eggs into the fridge?

[Lalabadie]

Any country where eggs are industrially washed before showing up in grocery stores.

Their protective coating (called the bloom, I believe?) goes away when that happens, and they become susceptible to salmonella when they stay at room temperature.

[ndsipa_pomu]

What's the reasoning behind washing eggs to make them more susceptible to salmonella?

[MrDOS]

Because it cleans the poop off.

[andai]

So if an egg has poop on it, it's less likely to have salmonella?

[lostlogin]

There is a coating on the outside of the egg which prevents that.

Washing the egg removes the poo and the coating.

No source provided and this may just be some myth.

[bashtoni]

Many British people and Australians, even though our eggs are sold at room temperature and unwashed. I don't know why, but for most of us it 'feels wrong' to store eggs anywhere else.

[b112]

Well, it's a prototype. Any production model would need to watch for fingers too, so it'd have to be gentle.

Just as elevator doors won't crush a person due to sensors and such.

The cleaning part is an interesting question.