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Berlin's Robotic Pub

Posted by timothy on from the was-wollen-sie-denn-eigentlich dept.

Gallamine writes: "Take a trip to Berlin, and visit the Automaten Bar to have a drink served by a robot. This members-only bar is completely automated. While this may sound rather cool, the part I find disturbing is the fact that the owner plans on webcamming the security cameras so you can check on who's at the pub. The owner also wants to make it so you can have a SMS message sent to you when a particular person's entrance card is swiped by the system. I guess the idea is that you can get an e-mail to let you know that Bob is having a drink so you can stop by and chat. While it sounds like a bunch of baloney to me, it appears to be pretty popular in Berlin, as they've already got 130 members after 2 weeks without any advertising."

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  1. hrm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why the hell aren't there any comments here?

  2. Re:Timothy, get that compulsive knee jerking seen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, I think it's great that you blame Timothy for Gallamine's comments. That should really teach him a lesson!

    You are my hero.

    Thank you.

  3. Sad to see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You make two valid points and get modded down..

    Come over to the other side of the pond.. we still allow privacy here.

  4. MOD PARENT UP!! by lucius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is *really* clever

  5. Re:Kraftwerk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go away, and don't come back until you have learned the German lyrics!