This amazing fridge will order more beer when you’re running low

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LAS VEGAS — Meet man’s new best friend.

A Japanese company will unveil on Tuesday a “smart’’ beer fridge designed to keep track of how many brewskis you drink — and automatically order more when you run low.

The chill contraption, called the DrinkShift, is among thousands of high-tech products set to be displayed at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which kicks off Tuesday and will run through Friday.

In addition to the brew-buddy fridge by Tokyo-based Shiftall Inc., which holds 13 beers and uses sensors to keep a tally of your bottles, other items set to be showcased at CES include:

• An LG “rollaway” TV featuring a flexible, flat 65-inch screen that comes up out of a rectangular enclosure with the push of a button and then curls back up around a spindle inside the contraption. The base doubles as a large speaker system.
• A “smart’’ pet feeder called Mookkie with food bowls that open using facial recognition, so Fido can’t get into Mitten’s food and vice versa. The device has a front camera to eye any animal that comes near and scan its face.
• A suitcase designed to move alongside you wherever you go. The “smart’’ luggage, called Ovis, comes equipped it with five small cameras that are supposed to use “recognition’’ technology to keep tabs on you even in a crowd. Luggage owners also wear wristbands linked to the technology, and the arm devices will buzz if the bag gets more than a few feet away. The luggage on wheels can travel more than 6 mph. It can be switched to manual mode so the bag can be lugged up stairs or loaded onto an escalator.
• An electronic sleep buddy known as the Somnox Sleep Robot, which resembles a large plush peanut and includes technology tucked inside it that is supposed to mirror your breathing as you cuddle with it to improve your snooze time.
• An Air 100 selfie drone with an HD aerial camera, all about the size of your hand. Its camera uses facial-recognition technology to lock onto your face as it is hovering, and it can follow you around. You have the option to control it with your phone, like a remote control, if you want to take a bigger group shot, but its default function is to focus on you.