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Linux-Based Bar-Monkey

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-awkward-tipping-decisions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Bar-Monkey is a bar built around a 486 running linux that can dispense an 8 ounce mixed drink in under 10 seconds. It uses a Matrix Orbital Serial LCD panel with a keypad built into the bar surface for user input. Three Harvey Mudd College students built the bar in their spare time last semester. The bar holds 16 ingredients with which it can currently mix 188 drinks stored in its drink database. Total project cost: $235."

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  1. Slashdotted humor.. by weave · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The Bar-Monkey is a bar built around a 486 running linux

    Looks like that same 486 is running their web site! :-)

  2. Re:Cheap liquor? by Blimey85 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Dude! Don't dis the Boon's Farm... I actually like that stuff. Isn't sterno lighter fluid or camping alcohol or something like that? I know I've seen that name on something camping related... too damn lazy to walk out to my garage and check though.

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