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hi I'm Andrew Gebhart frissina I'm here at GE zoo micro Factory in Louisville Kentucky called first build and I'm with the prototype of their new micro kitchen the idea behind the micro kitchen is packing everything you need into one six foot long kitchen module so in here we have a sink with a retractable faucet a capacitive touch faucet a cutting board a dishwasher a fridge a freezer a induction cooktop advantium microwave and a regular old oven all in one mono block the concept here is really cool they're looking to tailor this to the ever-growing number of Millennials and baby boomers who are moving into the city and want the same level of premium kitchen but need it in a smaller space for their apartments that said this much compacted premium is gonna cost as the estimated retail for this thing right now is fifteen thousand dollars but you can start to see the justification for the cost when you pull it apart the advantium microwave all on its own is going to be a couple of thousand dollars the induction cooktop is new technology that directly heats your pans and keeps the rest of the surface cooler not to mention as it's all one smooth glass surface you can cook as many things as you can fit on there so right now they actually have touch screens controlling everything here and hopefully at some point they'll add Wi-Fi capability as well which means you can control it from your phone that's gonna all depend upon the input they get from the community that they're going to be using to help them finish this product my concerns here are that those who can afford this might be able to still afford apartments where they can fit a full-sized fridge or a full sized oven the reduced space might not let you keep your week's worth of food also this is still a prototype and getting high powered heating and cooling appliances right next to each other is going to be a very tricky challenge so the micro kitchen is going to be a work in progress for a while but they very first versions you can buy you'll be able to buy in quarter four of this year 2014 with the micro kitchen at GES first build for CNET I'm Andrew Gephardt