Kegbot: The Future of Robotic Drink Service, Now

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 30, 2005 @07:00AM from the can-it-dispense-orange-juice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Frat houses all over the world could soon be linked up in massive online drinking games, thanks to Kegbot, a standard kegerator that uses an RFID alternative to track how much the drinkers have imbibed and feeds that data over an embedded ethernet into an online database. One of Kegbot's main creators, Mike Wakerly, says the technology can actually promote more responsible drinking because it allows people to be cut off from using the tap after the system detects that they've had more than their alloted fluid ounces." Reader bloglogic points to "more pics and instructions on building your own Kegbot at the Make Magazine web site."

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anti-bender? by dopaz · 2005-07-30 07:02 · Score: 5, Funny

a robot that cuts me off? we have to do everything we can to stop this insidious technology before its too late!
oh no! by isbhod · 2005-07-30 07:14 · Score: 5, Funny

because it allows people to be cut off from using the tap

This is an Evil machine that needs to be killed and never spoken of again.
One more feature... by Y-Crate · 2005-07-30 07:36 · Score: 5, Interesting

They need to add WiFi to it, set to trigger 5 pounds of plastic explosives under the driver's seat of any fratboy that gets behind the wheel after playing.

I'm getting really fucking tired of the de-facto acceptance of drunk driving in some circles.