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Beer and Bluetooth

Posted by michael on from the two-great-tastes-that-taste-great-together dept.

juxter writes "The BBC is reporting on a London bar which has installed a Bluetooth and WiFi access point. Owners of camera phones can wirelessly send their pictures to an overhead screen and web based gallery - The system runs the LocustWorld Linux based MeshAP which has been extended to drive bluetooth devices as well. Hopefully this will encourage more UK premises to deploy free hot spots."

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  1. Web based gallery by ehiris · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The gallery software it uses is pretty lame.
    For a good web gallery app try coppermine.

  2. New bar games galore! by mattsucks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Think of the possibilities when beer, cameras, and a big screen at the head of the bar are combined:

    "Am I Drunk or Not?" - you take a picture of yourself/friend/stranger and post it. In true reality TV style, the whole bar votes on whether the pictur-ee is a) as drunk as they think they are, b) drunker, or c) not drunk enough. Much hilarity and yelling ensues!

    "Shot Shots" - take a picture of a shot of something, put into the picture rotation. Whenever it comes up, everybody drinks one

    "Hot Shots" - variation, but with a picture of a particularly attractive patron. Assuming there are some. The chance of "hot" being "hot" decreases as the night goes on

    "Who's ____ is that?" - take a picture of a random body part of someone ... post it. First one to guess who it is, and what part, gets to buy me a round. (wait, did I say _me_? i meant the photographer)

    any more ideas?