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The Beer Tossing Fridge

Posted by samzenpus on from the second-only-to-the-wheel dept.

cmacdona101 writes "CNN is reporting on a recent Duke grad that's engineered a remote controlled Fridge that tosses him a beer at the touch of a button. The fridge can launch the beer up to 20 feet, far enough to get to his couch. The video shows the fridge using a "beer magazine clip" and a remote firing system that let you determine angles and ballistics to get the beer to your friends anywhere in the room."

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  1. Re:You're a total n00b! by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In college I actually put a second fridge right next to my couch. Was definitely cheaper than building one that threw stuff at me.

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  2. Mandatory reply by Monsuco · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The guy created something that involves robots, beer, catapults, remote controls, and dangerously fast moving projectiles. He spent a lot of time creating an overly complicated and somewhat destructive method to do something trivially easy.
    But can it run Linux?

    Seriously if it did, it would have all things it would take to be the perfect /. article. It's like the perfect storm in /. beer tech.

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  3. Re:Poor use of time. by NaturalDisaster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i wanna see him kill a squirrel with it