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Beer Stein Goes Hi Tech
Spudley writes "Beer is a subject close to many slashdot-readers' hearts, so you'll be pleased to learn that Mitsubishi has invented a glass that can tell when it's empty, and order a refill from the bar. Of course, it'll still have to be filled the old fashioned way, but at least the bar staff will know which ones need refilling - the... ehm... empty ones." I
like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people can't be trusted to hand wash
glass.
Wonder if I can get my wife to monitor the glass...
A modern day witchhunt.
Absolutely completely useless. This makes your life easier how, by not having to utter two words to a bartender?
Especially if they are too drunk to notice they need a refill without an alarm going off...
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is to modify one of those Japanese humanoid robots to home-in on the signals from these empty glasses.
Strap a keg on it's back, give it a serious collision avoidance and guidance system, and let it roam the bars, filling empties.
As a home brewer and a geek this invention is very near and dear to my heart. Anything that can make it easier to get another beer in a crowded bar, and uses technology to do it has got to be a good think. I love Mitsubishi, and beer.
can we win beer stien's money? That would be cool
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Don't entrust your glass with your credit-card number... :)
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Or, on the contrary: "I don't know, darling, maybe I forgot to reset the glass when I left the pub..."
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we have brains. we can tell if a glass is empty or not. even a child can do this. what the fuck?
I'd rather have a bowl of coco-pops.
None. The beer should be open when the woman brings it to you.
BOOYAH!
i dunno about you taco, but about the only thing i won't do when i'm drunk is the dishes.
four-oh-four
how about a beer stein that can scan the crowd in the bar...and then keep ordering you beers until the ladies look good...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
One of the narrator's comments was "A glass like that could destroy a man"
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
This is, sorta neat I guess. But, isn't it easier just to flag down the waitress? Maybe the clubs they go to are really crowded or something. its easy to get a drink at the strip clubs I go to.
What, me worry?
Ever seen those mugs with a bicycle bell on them? Much better solution. Out of beer?
I'm sorry, but does anybody realize how stupid this is?
Like people that work at bars (or the bars themselves) are organized enough to guarantee that:
a. somebody will keep track of who, at which table, has which glass.
b. waitstaff will actually use this.
Come on. You look at a table. Glass is either full or empty. Or, if you are smart, you sold them a pitcher. That was probably the last technological update that any beer pouring establishment needed.
Fill glasses, fill pitcher, deliver to table. Periodically monitor the pitcher mechanism until you no longer detect an amber, or red, or dark, frothy content. When content is empty, fork a process to your waitress. Have her deliver a new pitcher of frothy goodness.
Electronic beer glasses, heh. Are they going to assign individual addresses to every glass made? Where there is one bar, there are more bars. Talk about miscommunication.
"OH! That must be glass 716 from across the street"
Heh,
-S
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that is the second best usage i can think of for 802.11b...
I think a more worthwhile invention would be a mug that electronically disables the drinkers car keys for a certain amount of time when the mug runs dry.
Wise men say, "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."
And I dont drink, or smoke or do drugs. I don't know any other self respecting geek nodes of mine that does the same. What do you think?
Yahoo is also running a similar story, based on a New Scientist article. In the New Scientist article, this technology makes sense: in a restaurant setting, waiters can make sure to keep people's glasses topped off, that way the customers stay happier. But in a pub setting, I dont see this technology working as well. I mean, how does the glass know when the drinker has drunk enough for the night? Obviously it doesn't....and because everyone is different, there's no algorithm that can tell you how much a person should be allowed to drink, and that'd be treading on the person's privacy anyway. But yeah, I'd love to see this used on restaurant soda and water glasses...
Bluetooth, so I can have my cellphone call the grocery store to deliver more to my home, and have my printer spit out appropriate imagery, proportionate to my blood alcohol level. (0.0 = Pamela Anderson, 0.2 = anything remotely human)
Jouster
Now, if McDonald's can come up with a Fry container that lets them know I need a refill then that would be so sweet. On the serious note, this is one of the brightest sales ideas I have heard in a long time, however the short end of this is that it will be getting people drunker than if they sat with an empty glass for a while. Ibet DWI will go up to! Entertain the Brutes!
something that i gare about!!!!
I like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people can't be trusted to hand wash glass.
Either the bars you go to are staffed by drunks.. or they make you clean your own glasses.
Either way I'd find a new bar.
I didn't see any mention of price on the page.
It has to be comparable to the price of a regular glass, or bars and restaurants simply won't buy them. Broken dishes happen in these places. There is simply no denying it, and no way around it. Damn near everyone has been in an establishment and heard it happen. I can understand an owner shying away from these if they turn $100 in broken dishes into $1000 in broken dishes.
First of all, great idea--put electronics inside a fragile item next to a liquid.
Second, 18 months? The peanuts and pretzels on the counter are gonna be older than the glasses. and I bet these things aren't cheap. Sounds really economical.
I mean ain't life already more than easy enough for us? What's next? A device that'll let you know when you need to get off?
How much does it cost per glass?
Ever been to a busy bar? (smash...10 mins go by...smash!)
99% of us will never see this.
I think you just stepped on some toes, including mine. I home brew beer, and I don't drink it to get drunk. Beer has a long and colorful history, and has been enjoyed through the ages. Many people don't agree with you. Personally I like the taste of beer, now if all you have had is Bud Coors and Miller than I can understand why you don't like beer. However, there are some very good microbrews, and even things like Sam Adams can be very enjoyable. And not all beer is incredibly bitter, bitterness is a quality that is affected by the ingredients. A very strongly hopped beer like a Pale Ale will be bitter, however, I find that beers like Guiness, and Sam Adams Spring and Summer ales to be much less bitter. Guiness is almost creamy, and I've considred trying it on pancakes, and Sam Adams Spring and Summer ales are very mild, and in the case of the Summer actually have a slight fruity flavor to them. Before making a statement "All beer sucks" I sample something more than just the ass beer that fills the shelves and coolers of most gas stations an convenient stores.
...pay the bill for the new beer!
- Tell when you've had too much to drink?
- Tell you when your beer goggles might be in effect?
- Tell you when you've bought enough beer for your date?
- Warn of inferior beer in the glass?
How many glasses per month walk off with patrons? Considering the hi-tech apparatus in the glass, they probably cost several times that of an ordinary glass.
It will be far too expensive to replace the stolen glasses. So it's back to the old way, I guess.
If I weren't nailed to the penis, I'd be pushing up the daisies!
I would prefer if it would signal that it's full, not empty. ...
That would greatly simplify finding beer at a party or in the dark.
Think of possibilities
If you're so freaking drunk you can't tell whether it's full or not.. you really don't need another one.. This is just going to what, help drunk drivers get MORE drunk?
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...expensive. Simple regular glass, a few dollars at most to replace when I...err someone drops it. This on the other hand will cost much more and require a large overhead initially to get working. Only the "good" bars will have these things, not the pits I frequent.
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Yeah, I know guinness is spelled with 2 n's it's been a long day...cut me a break. Sorry for the spelling/grammatical errors. I'm too lazy to spell check.
>I like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people
>can't be trusted to hand wash glass.
Bartenders don't (usually) get drunk.
Considering that this really doesn't have use in the home. I mean, what good would knowing I need a new beer be if I have to go get another anyway? I guess if had a butler it would work out, but I can't really afford one since I've been spending all my money on beer lately.
GPS navigation embedded in the glass so it can tell you where to find the toilets?
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A typical case of where a geek invents something cool without checking if someone really wants it. There are two requirements to make things like this a success: technology and people. The latter often doesn't get the attention it needs.
MSN 8: Now Microsoft even has bugs in their ad campaigns.
I drink a bit, but I guess it's a vice. You're entirely correct about the other two. I don't smoke and I don't do no drugs. The drinking is mostly social, but one of these days I'd stop.
How does it know when to refill? How much beer has to be left? Is it adjustable? What about us folk that want another beer on its way halfway through the current one? In my experience it takes a while to get another beer. Possibly because I'm an ugly geek, but still. If it activates when there's only a few drops left we could be beerless for minutes on end!
This might be kinda interesting for Oktoberfest, but the cost for more than 1M of the 1-liter mugs would be incredible. Speaking of Oktoberfest, I'll let you all in on how it all works here:
- Put your butt on a bench and they'll bring you a beer. You will NOT be served at Oktoberfest unless you are seated. Everyone will let you sit down for the two or three minutes necessary to order a beer if you ask nicely and tell them that's what you're doing.
- Tourists go to the HB (Hofbräuhaus); the best beer is Augustiner.
- To be sure to get faster service, fuller beer steins and better food, tip 15% or more. The women work HARD (and if you had to listen to the "Hey, Baby" song 3 times an hour, 13 hours a day for 2 1/2 weeks straight, you'd understand).
woof.What I need is not a beer mug that tells the staff I need another. I need one that tells me I don't!
But they can be trusted to walk around the pub with the pint of beer in their hand? I hope these things aren't too expensive. The night's not complete until someone breaks a pint glass.
Sam Adams sucks!! I don't know how people drink that liquid tripe. The funny thing is that the smart marketing people behind it have managed to have it elevated to cult status among frat boys, sororiety girls and yuppies coast to coast who think they're drinking a "cool" beer (the same people who listen to Creed and Marcy Playground, drive a RAV4 and talk about how they're into "alternative music").
The only halfway decent beer they have developed was the Sam Adams Golden Pilsner, which now seems to not be available, probably dropped so that they increase production of Sam Adams Light (which is crap btw).
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How about a spectrophotometric analysis of the contents, so the glas also knows what it actually stores.
would be very usefull, 'cause then the glass can keep track of your 'consumption', and if you're too pissed to order anyway, it'll settle with the last drink it was filled with.
cheers !
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Thanks for the laugh!!
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
Unless this has a GPS embedded in it, how are the waitresses going to find the glass to refill it? People wander around at bars so the glass probably won't be in the same place that it was filled. It's too much to keep track of.
A better use of this would be at a restaurant where there's assigned seating and people stay in the same place.
Says Mrs B Sober:"My boy, Larry (37), was such a nice boy. Sure he couldn't talk to people so never went out. When he drank at home I would switch to serving him warm milk after the third glass and send him off to bed. Then MBG came along and he could sit in the corner of the pub and the beer kept coming. The MBG didn't know when to stop, didn't order milk after the third glass or snuggle him into bed. MBG killed my son. MBG is responsible because they should have a warning label that says it can enhance addictive behaviour and won't order milk or put you to bed."
Or see the recent 9 Chickweed Lane takes on the question (starting around the beginning of March).
Since I have a habit of stealing beer mugs (you've done it too, admit it!), I should have a whole set of these at my place soon. Schweet!
Rather than just a way of improving customer service this strikes me as more a way of selling more beer. The moment your glass is empty someone comes offering to fill it it. Not only are they selling more beer but they're getting people a LOT more drunk as it's now so much more convenient to have another one.
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Maybe if you sucked the beer, rather than letting it suck you, you would appreciate it more.
Would it perchance be FOX Network viewers? ;-)
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender, Futurama (Cancelled, by FOX, the network that really knows what's going on, right?)
I go to the local Irish pub and say:
"Keep this Guinness full"
Then leave a nice tip.
Works every time.
You'd have to be a stupid motherfucker to need a beer stein that goes "meep meep, I need to be refilled dumbfuck!"
This invention really only fits the way Japanese drink beer. In your basic itza-kaya, once your beer is empty, it's expected that a waiter will bring you a new one. If you're done drinking, you leave a little bit in the glass.
Prolly closer to their guts.
personal attacks hurt, especially when deserved
wtf?
This would only work at my local pub if it was configured to give the bartender an electric shock.
Come on. You look at a table. Glass is either full or empty. Or, if you are smart, you sold them a pitcher. That was probably the last technological update that any beer pouring establishment needed.
Obviously you've never been in a high-end restaurant in the midst of a dinner rush (or a popular bar at the peak of partytime, like 2 or 3am). It can be murder to get the pretty lady who brings the magic jump juice to come around. If they can make a cocktail and wineglass version (and I don't see why not) they might just have something to contribute to the future of the service industry.
Most establishments in NYC (my base of experience) already run their ordering off a touch-screen system, eliminating errors, waste and such. The next logical step is a bluetooth-enabled waiter PDA that maps the floor, the tables, and shows the frazzles server whos glasses are empty at a strategic level. She/he can then plan her/his serving game plan.
Trust me, keeping track of 5 or more tables eatch with large parties and seperate orders spread out over a large floor plan is a headache even for a seasoned server. Sure, if I'm talking about my sleepy corner bar, this is the most frivilous thing in the world, but for a hectic place like the W or Soho Grand (or some of the more classy clubs) this could be a big sell.
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Anyway I was in this one conveyor belt sushi bar where the plates had different patterns, but instead of counting them the waitress came over with something that looked like a bar code scanner, but no laser, she waved it vaguely at the pile of plates from several feet away, and the thing printed out an itemised list of everything we had eaten ... (and yes I did check there were no obvious marks on the rims of the stack of plates). Just had to give her the cc and we were off. Often wondered exactly how that was done, guess it's embedded stuff again ...
This is greate if you are out traveling and if the glass comes with severeal languages (I didn't read the article).
1) Capacitor like device charges
2) Shocks patron
3) Patron falls to floor
4) Server says "ah, they're ready for another at table 3"
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Just another variation of the empty glass theme
Some sort of auto-eroticiser... I'll have to think about that. Might be a business plan in there somewhere.
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I hope they never develop a waitress that knows when I'm thinking about her. That could get embarrassing...
Actually, that is pretty cool. I always liked the BASF or 3M commercial where it talked about inventions of the future, and then said "DONE" to Typhoon-proof glass. I guess I would rather have more genius people working on things other than automated sushi calculators.
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C'mon, Spudley! As if nerds really drink the kind of beer that comes from hops and is served in bars. This invention can only be a bad thing because now anyone can quickly spot the geek asking the bartender if they have these things. Oh, boy, a smart-glass with 802.11b wireless conncectivity! Neato!
Remember "I" before "E," except in Budweiser. *Anonymous
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a support Group. *Anonymous
Beer - Because one doesn't solve the world's problems over white wine. *Anonymous
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. * Henny Youngman
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. *Anonymous
Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure : hooking up with fat, hairy girls. * Ross Levy
Sometimes I reflect back on all the beer I have consumed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their Hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." * Jack Handy
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. * Frank Sinatra
The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. *William Butler Yeats
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. * Ernest Hemingway
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. * Ernest Hemingway
Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. *Catherine Zandonella
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. *W. C. Fields
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? * Tee Mans
Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all of the time and have the time of your life. *Michelle Mastrolacasa
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. *Tom Waits
When we drink beer we fall asleep. We fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! * Brian O'Rourke
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. * Frank Zappa
Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. * Winston Churchill
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. *Benjamin Franklin
If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose. *Jack Handy
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. * Dave Barry
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. *Humphrey Bogart
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. * Kaiser Wilhelm
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. *Dave Barry
You know you're drunk when you fall off the floor. *Anonymous
And God said, "Let there be vodka!" And He saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let there be light!" And then He said, "Whoa - too much light." * Anonymous
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. *Dean Martin
Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862! *Anonymous
Sam Adams is known as the independent beer the same way that Anheuser-Busch Budweiser is known as the American beer[2] the same way that Heineken is still the US import beer.
woof.
[1] Don't give me a hard time about not mentioning Oldenburg, which only started brewing in 1990 or 1991.
[2]Of course, it doesn't hurt that reputation when you consider that about 20% of all beer brewed in the US is Budweiser (regular, not including Bud Light), and that Budweiser alone accounts for more barrelage than the next largest brewery (Miller brands).
really needed that.
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Homer no function beer well without.
Finally, a product announcement on Slashdot where I could actually use a Beowulf cluster of them!
How about a high tech coaster that has an ultrasound sensor such that when you set your beer on top of it it would figure out how much you have left by bouncing a signal. Then you could still use your cheap glasses. Just an idea...
Secene1: fade into a bar in downtown San Francisco. Where CmdrTaco and two other guys are having a beer using the the NEW technological glasses.
...
waitress: can I get you two studs anything else?
cmdr taco: No thanks. If I need any more you'll hear my glass.
[everyone chuckles and adorns cmdr taco like a god]
cmdrtaco: just keep filling it up when rings and put it on my tab. It makes life so much easier.
waitress: ok.
[waitress leaves]
cmdrtaco: shit its almost 8. Excuse me gentlemen. I gotta call kathleen.
[cmdrtaco leaves]
guy1: man, I'm out of beer. You think he'll mind?
guy2: nah.
[guy1 drinks cmdrtaco's beer]
[cmdrtaco's glass alarm goes off]
[waitress comes back]
waitress: did he want more?
guy1: oh yeah. He loves this stuff.
[waitress fills glass and leaves]
guy2: you know...I'm outta beer too.
[both guys laugh]
[guy2 drinks cmdrtacos beer]
[alarm goes off, waitress comes back, fills glass, leaves]
[this repeats about 9 times before cmdrtaco comes back]
[guy1 and guy2 are SLOSHED]
cmdrtaco: sorry about that.
[both guys laugh]
guy1: oh thatsssssss ok. Hey...uhhhhh...ssssorry I have to do thisss but I have an early meeting tomorrow meeting...errrr....morning. but lets do this again sssometime.
everyone: ok. cool.
[guy1 leaves]
cmdrtaco: wait, but isnt tomorrow....sat...urday?
guy2: oh, crrrrrraaaaap! It's my sssssonssss 21sssst birthday tonight. Gottttttti run!
cmdrtaco: hey I understand, I would have hated it if my dad forgot my....
[guy2 vanishes into the smoky crowd]
cmdrtaco: brithday....wait...he didn't have kids...
[waitress comes back with the tab]
waitress: will that be all sir?
cmdrtaco: uhh....yeah I guess.
waitress:here you go
cmdrtaco: HEY, I didn't drink 10 glasses! I haven't even finished my first!
[now things start getting hairy]
waitress: no money? Well honey, I'll bet we can work SOMETHING out...
[waitress puts on a horny a grin]
[cmdrtaco looks confused]
[cmdrtaco figures out what she meant]
[cmdrtaco either considers the proposition or is lost in thought with some slashdot comment he made earlier that week....narrater cant make it out]
[cmdrtaco notices the facial hair and the big bulge in pants]
[cmdrtaco pulls out a $100 bill, throws it on the table and runs]
cmdrtaco:uhhhhh....gotta run! Keep the change.
[cmdrtaco vanishes]
waitress: works every time.
[waitress takes $100, rips off fake facial hair and pulls out sock from pants]
he bought the company!
. . . that a good fraction of the regular stories are quite a bit like the April Fool's stories?
I couldn't tell if you were experimenting with poor-man's cryogenics or looking for the orange sherbet.
If the girl with the mustache and 3 chins starts looking attractive the Beer mug should stop ordering refills and start ordering coffee.
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Now many of these places offer bottled beer because there isn't a good way to offer draft beer when you don't have a bartender in the room. And putting a tap in the room would be an invitation to massive floods when a drunken salaryman (or woman) accidentally forgets that he needs a glass for all that beer he's drinking.
But with this solution, problem solved! The manager simply looks at the beer status display, and when enough glasses show up as empty on the display, he sends a waiter back to the room with freshly poured Super Dry. Happy customers, more revenue, perfect!
sulli
RTFJ.
I'm deeply sorry for that.
So when it's only half filled, will the chip see it as half empty or half full??
What happens if the FBI Magic Lantern program gets downloaded into it?
Will the Feds start keeping a record of which countries imports I'm drinking?
What if there is spy ware in the glass?
Will it change my order with the bartender to one of their sponsored brewers?
This idea scares me! I better go lie down and have a beer to calm my nerves...
Goran
Carpe Scrotum - The only way to deal with your competition.
Also, a pub/bar is more of a social setting than a restaurant. Part of the deal is bothering the bartender with your life, or using the "let me get a drink" excuse to cruise the bar, or the "can I get you a drink?" to talk to someone of the opposite sex just enough to hear the "not interested" part. Having an excuse to move around the bar lets you interact with other people, even (specially) if they're strangers.
"Automating" the re-fill would not be a convenience but a hassle, it would remove a great part of the ritual from the whole bar-thing. It's not like we have a lot of excuses left... going to the bathroom is a perfectly valid but too attractive excuse to use in public. Since the whole point of going to a bar is the ritual, that's probably not a good idea.
In a restaurant, you normally don't interact with other customers. Contacting the waiter/waitress may actually be an excercise in acrobatics and gesticulation, but it's definitely a disposable part of the restaurant ritual: you go there to eat and interact with those at your table, any moment interacting with someone else is usually an interruption and minimizing it makes sense.
Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4, everything else follows...
Heck, when my pint's finished, it's pretty obvious, and I'm not overly pissed off if the bar stewards nick the last few dribbles...but when they walk off with a not-yet-empty tumbler of whisky, that really pisses me off.
This is the type of glass that needs to have a loud "I'm not empty, leave me alone" sensor. Bar staff are just blind when it comes to whisky tumblers!
But what if someone gobs on the sushi or puts a bogey on it and then puts it back on the conveyor belt?
What we need is a monitor for the women who is drinking the beer -- does she need another one or has she had the right amount?
Typhoon proof? It can take a steel bar shot at 100 mph? Links ?
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I want the technology evolved so that when my drink runs out in the movie theater, the staff will come and fill THAT! Ah, to sit thru Episode 2 with someone bringing my soda to me! "Want some more Twizzlers also?" Life would be complete!
I'm like a chocoholic, except for booze.
-J
A radio-frequency signal in the table coil induces a current in the coils in the glasses to keep the glasses powered up, even when they are raised a few inches above the table.
Oh great! Now in addition to worrying about my cell phone giving me a brain tumor I have to worry about sitting to close to the table and going sterile.
Quick someone get George W. to mandate these!
"I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
I mean really, the Big Brother Beer Stein! Now my drinking is being electronicly spied on. Does everyone on the planet have to know everything that I'm doing every second?
:P
How annoying to have the waitress zoom over the very second you sip the last of your beer every time. "Would you like another?". Uh, no... I'll ask for another if I want one thank you
Contrary to popular belief, coding is not all free blow-jobs and beer. Those things cost MONEY!
Just go straight to the intravenous keggage.
Next thing you know, the government will be keeping a database of what we drink and how much. I don't want my privacy violated like this! Will the bars that use this be required to tell you you're being monitored? Will I be able to opt out? This is the scariest violation of privacy since Social Security.
/. privay rant, so I took it upon myself.
Sorry, I was tired of waiting for the token
what you really need is a device that will tell you how many drinks all the ladies in the bar have ordered.
I'll bet they add lo-jack to this system, JUST for people like yourself...
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Accountability on the heads of the powerful.
Power in the hands of the accountable.
(Posting anonymously, since this is totally off-topic.)
Those who wield power must be held accountable to those over whom they have control. Conversely, those who will be held accountable must be given the power to make the hard decisions.
My feeling (and it's just a feeling; not much more) is that the second is sometimes overlooked. People want to be able to hold an individual accountable for something, but are wary of giving any power to that person. That's just unfair.
This is not related to any political system, but I think the balance between power and accountability is best (and most explicitly) embodied by democracy. Then again, IANAPS (PS = political scientist).
How dare they consider this?! Now every time I visit a bar, they will be keeping tabs on when and how much I drink and sell it to the Alcohol industry. This is a gross violation of my privacy and I will only ever drink straight from the bottle/keg/bathtub/still to preserve my precious privacy!
Won't someone think of the children?!?! er...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
But you've reminded me of a joke:
Q: What's the difference between bogeys and broccoli?
...
A: Children won't eat broccoli
Drunk people can't be trusted to handle glass period. I think Barney Gumpbell's bartab just went up 5-fold with the invent of THIS little device.
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I thought most people on Slashdot didnt do drugs, or want to read about them, but then there is this article and it says beer is on most readers hearts... I'm a bit confused...
You, sir, are SO correct.
Direct from Mitsubishi R&D in Japan:
Stein: "Me rikey beel! Me rikey velly much! You baltender, be firring grass, prease! Me dlinky some mole!"
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Beer is a subject close to many slashdot-readers
Frankly, I think drinking alcohol as a beverage is downright stupid--and no, I'm not trying to make some moral point. It's just not the slightest bit practical. C'mon now, think about it:
- it's expensive
- it really doesn't taste very good by itself
- it doesn't quench your thirst
- it damages your brain and liver
- it has a high fat content (10g/std. serving)
- it wastes your time if you get tipsy or a hangover
- it dulls your wit, judgment, and intelligence
- it creates all sorts of societal problems when used irresponsibly
- used as an escape, it is highly unhealthy psychologically
..and if you think it'll help you get guys/girls, you've got a bigger problem than lack of a mate. (ie. it should not be a requisite for acting sociable)
Why on earth would any self-respecting geek want to poison themselves with this crap? Stop listening to the big beer companies. Drink water. Live healthfully. Enjoy life.
1) Built-in breathalyzer, configurable by the bars. That way, there's less guessing about whether you should cut someone off, and less likelihood that it'll be too late.
2) Little blinking lights, or some kind of visual ID system. Easier to spot which ones need filling. (Hmm...this might even work better than the Mitsubishi invention, at least outside of Japan.)
3) Combine the signal with relays(?) around the bar/restaurant, or in the tables, so that waitstaff can precisely locate the glasses.
4) Re-do this so that the signal's activated by the customer.
Another thing this would be good for is finding empties, just for periodic cleaning.
On a related note, why aren't there "vending" machines for mixed drinks at bars? Something where you could walk up to the machine and punch in your order, and have the machine mix it would be mighty handy--it'd get around noise, waiting for the overworked bartenders, and communication problems. ("You want a *what*??") Liquor would be dispensed similarly to how slushie machines work. Could be mighty handy....
Why drink beer from a glass when my PBR comes pre-packaged in an easily disposable container?
Quite frankly this project is a waste of time and resources that could be more useful in the attaining of more beer and the consuming of materials thereof.
Why waste money on these glasses when the R&D money would be better suited to get more beer, cheaper for you and me... who's with me?
Chief Booya Executive
WOHOO!! I'll drink to that!!
Help, anyone? I cannot remember the commercial. Basically shows a series of neat thinks a company is working on; dent-resistant car doors, etc. It then shows a high-rise apartment building with a family peering through the floor to ceiling window into the storm, and it says "typhoon-proof glass: done". I think it was BASF or 3M or Du Pont. Anyone remember?
Click here or here.
Put an id on the sensor that tells it which table it is sitting on.
The bar table top should be able to place where the glass is located, at least enough for a server to replace.
Only imagine how much beer I can get FOR FREE, paid by all the people willing to se how the mug does after beeing emptied, by me of course.
I think this is a left-over April Fool's joke, you know it's late because of the time-difference and all... :)
- passion
Man, was I confused thinking this story was about a significat change in format for "Win Ben Stein's Money." I mean, it's a pretty low budget show and probably could use some high-tech ;)
Someone pass this man a beer
it has nothing to do with racism. assuming a races' members don't have the right to choose their religion is a great insult to people of that race.
Any competent bartender or server can tell if you need another round. I know, I've been one. If your beverage server cannot determine this, it's due to _incompetence_, not technology. To put it another way, a GUI-based tool for network administration that claimed to solve the "problem" of a command-line interface with advanced technology would almost certainly be greeted here with well-earned derision. That is exactly what we're dealing with here. Tipping 20% works much better than any amount of technology for the purpose of getting your next beer on time.
"Mister Bilbo has learned him his letters -- meaning no harm, mark you, and I hope no harm will come of it." --Hamfast
:)
hawk
How about personal medallions that learn your pickup preferences and glow when you approach someone compatible. That way you could, for example, bypass the ones who are searching for that special someone and go right to the ones who just came in to get laid.
I've travelled most of the world and I've never found a bar that beats an English/Irish pub. Other nationalities simply don't get it.
> This isn't really about beer stiens. This is > really more of a prototype gimic product. I'll say! Instead of reporting that my beer glass is low, I want the sensors reporting that my alcohol blood level is falling dangerously below 2%.
"Has [being a kidnapped teenage girl, raped repeatedly for months] changed you?" - Katie Couric to Elizabeth Smart
>has drunk enough for the night?
well, to drink, first ya gots to bring the mug to yo mout. Den ya breeds out, and den ya drinks.
And they test on the exhale . .
:)
hawk
>you and you want to get completely shit faced...
If you can't remember (or tell!) which of these your dating, is it any surprise s/he/it dumped you???
:)
hawk
"Ahhh...beer. The cause of...and solution to...all of life's problems." --Homer Simpson
Could you imagine a Beowulf cluster of those
THe packet it sends looks something like:
:)
hawk, coauthor of "IP over drunken mug" protocol
I wonder if the manufacturer of the glass could use the transparent aluminum that was just invented to make an almost-transparent model, which would be easier to market than a glass-with-a-bunch-of-wires-in-it ...?
Wouldn't it work better if there was a beer button at every stool or table. The drinker could simply hit the button when they needed more alcohol. Just because my glass is empty dosen't mean i need another drink right away anyways. Sometimes you need to pace yourself if you want to make it through the night. And the server wouldn't have to remember which glass went to which table because the buttons are always in the same place.
I agree with you. However I am led to believe that it is an aquired taste much the same as cigarettes or cannabis - awful at first but you continue to abuse it due to peer pressure. Eventually, you end up liking it.
My ex-girlfriend developed a bizarre liking to beer in the last few months that we were together. Turns out that the guy she was cheating with behind my back really liked beer and he got her onto it. Kind of makes me want to smash his face with a pint glass and cut his skin to ribbons, thinking about it now.
Ah well. I hate beer.
But if you put it in the dishwasher, the detergent will kill the beer's head... we can't have that...
Do dishwashers work with no detergent in them? ie. I'm sure they actually still operate without it, but do they do a decent job on beer glasses without detergent...
Go and stick your cock in a blender, legface.
I should cut your toes off and force feed them to your mother's rectum for that comment, you dipshit.
And you, madam, are stupid.
*sip*
*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT*
"(groan) Excuse me, waiter, but these are a bit strong, don't you think?"
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
I like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people can't be trusted to hand wash glass.
;)
That depends on the person. For example, my girlfriend can do cartweels drunk, along with many other interesting things that I prefer to keep to myself...
It's funny, laugh
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Whoa... talk about uber-geek...
At the end of a harrowing day, I go out for a pint to *FORGET ABOUT WORK*. Who the heck sits there staring at a pint and says 'hmm, I wonder how I can get even more network support requests during happy hour'.
,,,in the dark with my solar flashlight, if so needed. And if it gets kinda rowdy in there, I'll toss a good old nuclear hand grenade to clear out the bums.
hook the drinkers up n tell em how long they have til they hafta take a wiz?
or maybe you can hack yer neighbor's mug n get a second round free?
"What is originality? Undetected plagiarism." - William Ralph (Dean Inge)
Now that would be some news.
Yawn...
- colin
Since this will require a small charge (current, not cash) in the glass, what will it do to the bevrage?
Like will electrolisis happen or soemthing.
Sometimes I wish I was a plumber, then I'd know how to deal with other people's shit.
if it's half empty or half full?
it's from New Scientist - it tells you how it works
... what frightens me, is that they make cars, too.