In the future, what role will kitchens play in our lives? What developments are possible?

Premium and luxury kitchen manufacturer SieMatic will provide answers to these questions with the S1, the company’s latest development, at this year’s CeBIT from March 3–8, 2009 in Hanover. As a high-end kitchen, the S1 is part of a show apartment exhibited by a team of researchers from TU Berlin in Hall 9 of the so-called Future Parc. The SieMatic S1 isn’t just a place to enjoy cooking, but to savor all of life. TV, DVD, Internet radio or iPod media can be played in high-end audio quality.

One of the kitchen’s particular infotainment highlights is the S1-Grid. Internet content such as e-mail, RSS feeds, and weather reports are presented within a stylish user interface. A user’s own photos and video clips from a home network enjoy an impressive presentation on the integrated display. Additional features include a recipe database, device and home automation ports, and a so-called myS1 website individually configured for each S1 buyer as a place to store important contact data and instruction manuals, for example.